Diego Elías Chehab is a Peruvian squash player, born on 19 November 1996 in Lima. He won the World Junior Championships twice and the British Junior Open twice, and took the US Junior Open at under 15, under 17 and under 19 level. He won gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima and his first PSA World Tour Platinum title, the Qatar QTerminals Classic, in October 2021. In April 2023 he reached world number one, the first South American player in squash history to do so. He won the 2023-24 PSA World Championship, again the first South American to take that title, and in June 2025 he beat Mostafa Asal in the final to win the British Open for the first time.
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is a squash player who represents Peru
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(born November 19, 1996, in Lima)
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losing out to Ali Farag in the 2023 Men's British Open Squash Championship
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is a squash player who represents Peru
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is a squash player who represents Peru
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On July 27, 2019, he won a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.
Competed In: World Squash Championships, Career
becoming the first South American player in squash history to clinch this title
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defeated the No. 1 ranked Asal in the final of the 2025 Men's British Open Squash Championship
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