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Career
Jansher Khan started his career at the age of 11 in 1981. He first came to prominence at the age of 16 when he won the World Junior Squash Championships in Australia in 1986. At the age of 18 he defeated the world No.1 Jahangir Khan in Hong Kong Open. It is observed that Jansher Khan started his career from payroll of Pakistan Air Force and then he was transferred to Pakistan International Airlines and continued to play on payroll of PIA till 2001 when PIA overthrew Jansher Khan, Jahangir Khan, Zaheer Abbas and many other players from PIA as forced retirement. Jansher Khan was known for his lighting quick reflexes and movement round the court. During his illuminous career he won 293 matches out of total 331 .He crowned a sensational career by winning 99 finals out of 118 the highest by any player in the history of squash and was ranked world’s No.1 for over 10 years while his opponent Jahangir Khan won 61 finals out of 80 and 134 matches out of total 164. The measure of Jansher Khan domination over sport was clearly evident with his 08 World Open triumphs. From 1987 to 1996 the title of World Open Championship was retained by Jansher Khan. In World Open Finals he has 08 titles and a runner up. This was the longest winning streak by any athlete on top level recorded by Guinness World Records in 1996. In 1986 there came forth another player Jansher Khan the only player to beat the top squash player Jahangir Khan and stopped his continuous winning streak afterwards beating him continuously for 06 years and it was due to continuous victories of Jansher Khan which lead to Jahangir Khan’s disappointment and eventually getting retirement. Similarly from 1992 to 1997 he claimed British Open Squash Championships British Open Championship six times in a row. In 09 British Open Squash Championships British Open matches he has claimed 06 titles and 03 runners-up. In the twilight of his career it is also his record of retaining the title of Hong Kong Squash Open  from 1987 to 1995. Out of 09 Hong Kong Squash Open finals, he has claimed 08 titles and a runner up. To great amazement in World Series Squash Finals he has been unbeaten in all four finals (1993 to 1997) and this record has never been broken yet. He also has the stupendous record of victories in Pakistan Open (1987,1990,1992,1994,1995,1997) out of 09 Pakistan Open finals he has won 06 titles and 03 runners up. He got retirement in September 2002 and which brought an end to nearly 50 years of domination by Pakistan in the sport of squash. His active years were from 1986 to 2018. (Loversquash (talk) 08:15, 10 October 2019 (UTC))