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Jahangir New World Squash Prez
By Howard Harding © 2002 SquashTalk; all rights of reproduction reserved.
Oct 26, 2002     [Read also - Martin Bronstein's report and analysis]

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Jahangir Khan, one of the sport's greatest ever players, has been elected
President of the World Squash Federation (WSF) at today's (Saturday) Annual
General Meeting of the Federation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Jahangir Khan - legendary champion © SquashTalk archive

The 38-year-old from Karachi in Pakistan, a Vice-President for the past four
years, succeeds New Zealander Susie Simcock who stands down after serving her
maximum terms of six years as Vice-President and six as President. In a
close-fought election, Khan beat fellow Vice-President Mike Corby, a former
British squash and hockey international, to become the Federation's seventh
President.

Jahangir Khan dominated the sport in the eighties and into the nineties when
he won a record 10 British Open and six World Open titles, and also
established an unprecedented unbeaten run stretching more than five and a
half years. In addition to being the first WSF President from Pakistan, Khan
is only the second ever Pakistani to head an international sports federation.

"It is a great honour to be elected as President of the WSF and I am grateful
to all of you for voting for me," said Jahangir to the WSF delegates
attending the AGM on behalf of its 119 member nations. "When I first joined
the WSF Management Committee, it was because of my desire to do something
productive for the game of squash after my retirement. I will now dedicate
myself full-time to the WSF and do my level best to help promote the sport in
all corners of the globe."

Jahangir's first act in his new role was to invite his predecessor to accept
the role of Emeritus President of the WSF: "Susie Simcock has been a
brilliant leader for our sport over the past six years, earning huge respect
for us wherever she has been and winning the hearts of everybody within
minutes of their meetings. I know I will be talking to her on a regular
basis for advice over the coming months," said Jahangir.

All who attended the Kuala Lumpur meeting warmly greeted the new appointment.
"We take particular pride in learning that Jahangir has been elected to this
important position," said Jack Herrick and Gawain Briars, Chairman and
Executive Director, respectively, of the Professional Squash Association
(PSA). "In addition to being perhaps the greatest player in the history of
the game, he is also a past Chairman of our organisation. With this
background, we wish him well in this new endeavour and look forward to
working with him in this new WSF role."

Andrew Shelley, Director of the Women's International Squash Players'
Association (WISPA) added: "It's great to have a player as leader of the
WSF." Mr N Ramachandran, President of the Asian Squash Federation said:
"Electing Jahangir Khan will be a great boost for squash in Asia." Wes
Barlow, President of Squash Canada, furthermore stated: "This a great
message to sportsmen and women all over the world - that there is an
important role they can provide for their sport once their active careers are
over."

Khan's appointment coincides with the announcement that the WSF, PSA and
WISPA will be investigating joint initiatives to market the sport worldwide
in the future.

In addition to Ireland's Joyce Buckley, who was re-elected, two new
Vice-Presidents were also elected at the AGM: Neven Barbour, a past Chairman
of New Zealand Squash, continues the New Zealand link with the Management
Committee; and Sani Karim, of the Squash Rackets Association of Malaysia.
HRH Tunku Imran, a former President and Emeritus President of the WSF from
Malaysia, was elected to a new position of Patron.

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