Raj Manchanda
Indian squash player (1945–2024)
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Raj Manchanda (5 August 1945 – 1 December 2024) was an Indian squash player.[1] He won six straight National Squash Championships from 1977 to 1982.[2] Also a member of the Arjuna Award, he received the Arjuna Award in 1980.[3] In 1981, he received the Best Services Sportsman Award.[4]
The Major
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Nickname(s) | Old Fox The Major | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1945 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 December 2024 (aged 79) New Delhi, India | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Squash | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Born in Abohar on 5 August 1945, Manchanda held six national championship titles[5] and won every single one of his regional championships.[6] During the 1980s, he faced Jahangir Khan, a future World Open champion, in the Asian Individual Squash Championships.[7] At the Asian Team Squash Championships, he won a silver medal in 1981 and a bronze medal in 1984.[8]
Manchanda died in New Delhi on 1 December 2024, at the age of 79.[9]