updated event birth_place highest_ranking worldopenresult plays birth_date residence article_title name retired date_of_highest_ranking
20 december 2011 men 's singles whitianga 2 w -lrb- 1986 -rrb- right-handed 7 january 1959 sunningdale , england ross norman
 ross norman 1995 december 1985
ross norman

ross norman -lrb- born 7 january 1959 -rrb- is a former professional squash player from new zealand .
he is best remembered for winning the world open in 1986 , when he beat jahangir khan of pakistan in the final 9-5 , 9-7 , 7-9 , 9-1 .
the win marked the end of an unbeaten run for khan that had stretched for over five years -lrb- the longest in the history of professional sport -rrb- .
norman had been ranked the world no. 2 behind khan for some time going into the match , but despite a single-minded determination to end his unbeaten run had been unable to end the total dominance that the pakistani had held over the game .
norman had vowed : `` one day jahangir will be slightly off his game and i will get him . ''
that day finally came in the final of squash 's biggest tournament , which was held that year in toulouse , france .
norman retired from the professional squash circuit in 1995 , but has remained active in seniors events .
he now has two sons , brett and alex. despite often returning to his homeland new zealand , ross lives in sunningdale , england .
