Khan at the World Junior Squash Championships in Doha, 2012
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Country | Pakistan |
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Born |
Peshawar, Pakistan |
2 January 1994
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
Turned Pro | 2008 |
Coached by | Atlas Khan |
Racquet used | Tecnifibre |
Highest ranking | 65 (May, 2015) |
Current ranking | 83 (August, 2016) |
Last updated on: July, 2014. |
Danish Atlas Khan (born 2 January 1994, in Peshawar) is a professional squash player from Pakistan.
Danish Atlas Khan belongs from squash champion's family son of former world team squash champion Mr Atlas Khan & nephew of former world squash champion Mr Jansher Khan. His father, Atlas Khan, is his coach.
Khan turned pro in 2008. He has represented Pakistan at the British Juniors in U-17s age group in 2009 where he won silver. Played final of World junior team championship in Ecuador in 2010 as a team Captain and won the Asian junior championship in Jordan in 2011 and 2012 in Kish, Iran
Danish played at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India. In his first round he won against Jamaican, Bruce Barrows. He was then defeated in the next round by Englishman, Daryl Selby, 11-5, 11-4, 11-3.
At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, Danish Atlas Khan is the youngest Asian games Gold Medalist in history at age of 16. Danish Atlas Khan won 2 x asian junior championship in 2011-12 Danish Atlas Khan is current Chicago Open Champion 2015
Pakistan national former no 1 in 2014 and current national no 2
Highest (May 2015): 65