Aftab Jawaid
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| Born | 1937 (age 88–89) Gurdaspur, Indian Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aftab Jawaid (also transliterated Aftab Javed; Urdu: آفتاب جاوید) is a former squash player from Pakistan, who was one of the game's leading players in the 1960s.
Biography
He was born in Gurdaspur, a city in Indian Punjab in 1937, and currently resides in Manchester. He has a son and two daughters.
He won the British Amateur championship three times (in 1963/64,[1] 1964/65[2] and 1965/66[3]) and finished runner-up at the British Open three times (in 1966, 1967 and 1971).[4] He arranged the PIA squash tour and was Pakistan's national coach.
Family
His nephew Qamar Zaman was a leading squash player in the 1970s and 1980s.[5]
References
- ↑ "Pakistani carries off title". Liverpool Daily Post. 14 January 1964. p. 12. Retrieved 28 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Jawaid retains British title". Birmingham Daily Post. 12 January 1965. p. 13. Retrieved 28 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Pakistani lands a squash treble". Western Daily Press. 18 January 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 27 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Chaudhry, Ijaz (26 April 2020). "SQUASH: THE UNHERALDED HERO". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 104. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.