Maqsood Ahmed (squash player)
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| Nickname | Max | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Pakistani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 August 1957 (age 69) Karachi, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turned pro | 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 4 (April 1980) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maqsood Ahmed (born 30 August 1957) is a Pakistani former professional squash player who was the world amateur champion and twice bronze medallist in the professional world championships.
Biography
Born in Karachi, he started playing squash in 1968 and turned professional in 1978. In 1977 he became the first player to win the Pakistani Amateur and Open titles in the same year. He retained a world top ten seeding for a decade.[1] Also in 1977 he won the World Amateur Squash Championship held in Toronto, defeating his brother Mohamed Saleem in the final.[2]
He was twice a bronze medallist at the World Squash Championships in 1979[3] and 1984.[4]
Ahmed was a three-time a world team champion with the Pakistan men's national squash team, winning the 1977 Men's World Team Squash Championships in Canada,[5][6] the 1981 Men's World Team Squash Championships in Sweden and the 1983 Men's World Team Squash Championships in New Zealand.
References
- ↑ Palmer, Michael (1984). Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-270-1.
- ↑ "Oh, Brother". Evening News (London). 30 September 1977. p. 48. Retrieved 16 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "World Men's Open and World Amateur Individual" (PDF). World Squash. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Squash". Daily Mirror. 3 December 1984. p. 31. Retrieved 16 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Pakistan leads squash". Canberra Times. Trove. 19 September 1977. p. 13.
- ↑ "Results 1977". Sydney Morning Herald (page 12 of 12).
External links
- Maqsood Ahmed at Squash Info