Mahmoud Karim, also written Mahmoud el Karim, was an Egyptian squash player, born in 1916 and died on 9 September 1999. He first played golf and tennis at the Gezira Sporting Club in Cairo and discovered squash at fifteen. He won the British Open men's title four years in a row from 1947 to 1950, beating Jim Dear in 1947 and 1948, Brian Phillips in 1949 and Abdul Bari of India in 1950, and was runner-up in 1951 and 1952 to Pakistan's Hashim Khan. He toured Australia, where he won both the professional and the open championships. After retiring he coached in Montreal and London, Ontario, then returned to Egypt at 72 as Director of Squash at the Gezira Club.
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He won the British Open men's title four consecutive times from 1947-1950.
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