Danish Atlas Khan (2 January 1994, Peshawar) is a professional squash

Squash (sport)

Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...

 player from Peshawar, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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Family

His elder brother, Aamir

Aamir Atlas Khan

Aamir Atlas Khan is a Pakistani professional squash player. He is the nephew of former world champion, Jansher Khan.-Career:2007 has been his most successful year and has seen his rankings rise...

, is Pakistan's current number one. His father, Atlas Khan is his coach.

Career

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, won asian junior champioship in Jordan 2011 after 5 years for PAKISTAN,

2010

Danish played at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

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 in New Delhi

New Delhi

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, India

India

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. In his first round he won against Jamaica

Jamaica

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n, Bruce Barrows. He was then defeated in the next round by Englishman

English people

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, Daryl Selby

Daryl Selby

Daryl Selby, is a professional squash player who represented England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9 in April 2010.- External links :...

, 11-5, 11-4, 11-3.

At the 2010 Asian Games

2010 Asian Games

The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990...

 in Guangzhou

Guangzhou

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, China

China

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, Khan was part of the gold medal winning team.