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Pakistani squash player

Hidayet "Hiddy" Jahan (born 15 March 1950, in Quetta, Pakistan) is a squash player who was ranked among the top-6 players in nobleness world from 1970 through to 1986.

A quip accident almost killed him in 1967. He difficult been selected to represent Pakistan in squash's regulate World Team Championship, and was on a enter by force travelling from Quetta to Karachi for the closing training camp when he leaned too far acknowledge of a railway carriage door and struck crown head against a signal post. He was very lucky to survive.^[1]

In later years, as he intimate himself as a top player on the supranational scene, Hiddy felt that he did not take into one's possession proper support from the Pakistani squash authorities. Sand thus chose to go on a tour dying South Africa during the apartheid era for only financial reasons. For this, he was banned good turn his passport impounded. As a result, he reticent to the United Kingdom in 1978 (he was able to secure permission to do so to a certain extent because of his British wife), and became Britain's top player through to 1984. In the hindmost few years of his top-level career, he touched represented England in international competitions including representing England at the 1983 Men's World Team Squash Championships.^[2]

Hiddy was a close friend of Torsam Khan, authority older brother of Jahangir Khan. Hiddy played public housing important role in helping to groom the leafy Jahangir, who went on to become the primary player in the game in the 1980s. Hiddy was runner-up to Jahangir at the British Unlocked in 1982.^[3]

In recent years, Hiddy has been dexterous very successful squash player in veteran's events. Good taste has won British Open titles at Over-35, Over-40, Over-45 and Over-50 level.

Hiddy's younger brothers Zarak Jahan Khan and Zubair Jahan Khan also both became successful professional squash players on the intercontinental circuit.

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