Aftab Jawaid (also transliterated Aftab Javed; ur, آفتاب جاوید) is a former
squash
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player from
Pakistan
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, who was one of the game's leading players in the 1960s. He won the British Amateur championship three times (in 1963, 1964 and 1965) and finished runner-up at the
British Open
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three times (in 1966, 1967 and 1971).
He arranged the PIA squash tour and was the national coach.
He was born in
Gurdaspur
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, 1937 and nowadays he resides in Manchester. He has a son and two daughters.
References
External links
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Pakistan Squash Part 4 – from the-south-asian.comSocialPk
Pakistani male squash players
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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