Mo Yasin

{{short description|Pakistani squash player and coach}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=May 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox squash player | name = Mo Yasin | image = | caption = | nationality = Pakistani | birth_date = | birth_place = | height = | weight = | turnedpro = | retired = | highest_ranking = 11 | date_of_highest_ranking = September 1976 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition | British Open}} {{MedalSilver | 1974 Sheffield | singles}} }}

'''Mohammed "Mo" Yasin''' ({{langx|ur|محمد یاسین}}) is a squash coach and retired squash player from Pakistan. One of the leading players in the game in the 1970s,

== Biography == Yasin lived in Wembley, north-west London, from 1974<ref name=HI>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003805/19900413/028/0028 |title=Harris gets sponsor for Khan match |work=Harrow Informer |p=28 |date=13 April 1990 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> and was a finalist in the 1974 British Open. Yasin is famous for beating world champion Jonah Barrington and preventing him for equalling Hashim Khan's record of seven British Open titles at that time in 1974. He did not play the final due to his ankle injury while playing with Qamar Zaman in the semi-final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/1459-mo-yasin|title=Squash Info - Mo Yasin - Squash|website=www.squashinfo.com|access-date=18 January 2019}}</ref>

By 1990 he was a three-time winner of the over-45 British Open.<ref name=HI/>

After retiring from squash, Yasin took up coaching and coached players including Jansher Khan.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19880108/525/0028 |title=Harris gets sponsor for Khan match |work=The Scotsman |p=28 |date=8 January 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2026}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116212049/http://squashtalk.com/html/history/britishopen.htm |title=British Open champions }} * {{Squash Info}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yasin, Mo}} Category:Pakistani male squash players Category:20th-century Pakistani sportsmen Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people)