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Place of Birth: Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
About Hiddy Jahan
- Hidayet "Hiddy" Jahan (born 15 March 1950, in Quetta, Pakistan) is a squash player who was ranked among the top-6 players in the world from 1970 through to 1986. A serious accident almost killed him in 1967.
- He had been selected to represent Pakistan in squash's first World Team Championship, and was on a train travelling from Quetta to Karachi for the final training camp when he leaned too far out of a railway carriage door and struck his head against a signal post.
- He was extremely lucky to survive.In later years, as he established himself as a top player on the international scene, Hiddy felt that he did not receive proper support from the Pakistani squash authorities.
- He thus chose to go on a tour of South Africa during the apartheid era for purely financial reasons.
- For this, he was banned and his passport impounded.
- As a result, he moved to the United Kingdom in 1978 (he was able to secure permission to do so partly because of his British wife), and became Britain's top player through to 1984.
- In the last few years of his top-level career, he played represented England in international competitions including representing England at the 1983 Men's World Team Squash Championships. Hiddy was a close friend of Torsam Khan, the older brother of Jahangir Khan.
- Hiddy played an important role in helping to groom the young Jahangir, who went on to become the dominant player in the game in the 1980s.
- Hiddy was runner-up to Jahangir at the British Open in 1982. In recent years, Hiddy has been a very successful squash player in veteran's events.
- He 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 international circuit.
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