Fu Xiaofang
Born | (1986-05-06) 6 May 1986 (age 38) |
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Sport country | China |
Pool games | 8-Ball, 9-Ball |
Tournament wins | |
World Champion | Nine-Ball (2010) |
Fu Xiaofang (born 6 May 1986) is a Chinese professional pool player. Fu is best known for winning the 2010 WPA World Nine-ball Championship.[1]
Biography
Fu was born into a peasant family in Bailou, in Lankao County, China. In 2002, aged 15, she travelled to her uncle's pool hall in Heilongjiang province to learn how to play pool. She moved to Beijing in 2004 to develop her game, and was coached by Zhang Shuchung. A year later, in 2005, she won her first national pool title.[2]
Fu won bronze medals at the Asian Indoor Games in 2009 and at the Asian Games in 2010.[3]
In 2010 she won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship with a 9–7 victory over Allison Fisher.[4] Two years later, she was the runner-up, beaten in the final 6–9 by Kelly Fisher.[5]
Achievements
- 2010 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship[6]
- 2011 China Open 9-Ball Championship[7]
- 2014 WPA World Team Championship[8]
- 2017 CBSA World Chinese Eight-ball Championship[9]
- 2018 China Open 9-Ball Championship[10]
References
- ^ World Champions Archived 16 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Teenager Liu is really on the ball". China Daily (Beijing, China). 27 November 2009 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Games scoreboard November 20, 2010". China Daily. 20 November 2010 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ 2010 Women World 9-Ball Championship Archived 16 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Getty Images, 29 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ Lerner, Ted (21 June 2012). "Kelly Claims the Gold!". World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ 2010 Women World 9-Ball Championship Archived 16 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Getty Images, 29 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ Lerner, Ted (12 June 2011). "Fu Xiao Fang wins China Open Going Away". World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ Lerner, Ted (2 August 2014). "Chinese Fortune Smiles in Beijing". World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ Gold medallist Pan Xiaoting of China Getty Images, 19 November 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2019
- ^ Yue, Ma (10 September 2018). "Fu triumphs at 9-ball". Shanghai Daily (China) – via NewsBank. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
External links
- Fu Xiaofang at azbilliards.com
- v
- t
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(men's)
- 1990: Earl Strickland
- 1991: Earl Strickland
- 1992: Johnny Archer
- 1993: Chao Fong-pang
- 1994: Takeshi Okumura
- 1995: Oliver Ortmann
- 1996: Ralf Souquet
- 1997: Johnny Archer
- 1998: Kunihiko Takahashi
- 1999: Efren Reyes & Nick Varner
- 2000: Chao Fong-pang
- 2001: Mika Immonen
- 2002: Earl Strickland
- 2003: Thorsten Hohmann
- 2004: Alex Pagulayan
- 2005: Wu Chia-ching
- 2006: Ronato Alcano
- 2007: Daryl Peach
- 2010: Francisco Bustamante
- 2011: Yukio Akakariyama
- 2012: Darren Appleton
- 2013: Thorsten Hohmann
- 2014: Niels Feijen
- 2015: Ko Pin-yi
- 2016: Albin Ouschan
- 2017: Carlo Biado
- 2018: Joshua Filler
- 2019: Fedor Gorst
- 2021: Albin Ouschan
- 2022: Shane Van Boening
- 2023: Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
- 2024: Fedor Gorst
(women's)
- 1990: Robin Bell
- 1991: Robin Bell
- 1992: Franziska Stark
- 1993: Loree Jon Jones
- 1994: Ewa Laurance
- 1995: Gerda Hofstätter
- 1996: Allison Fisher
- 1997: Allison Fisher
- 1998: Allison Fisher
- 1999: Liu Hsin-mei
- 2000: Julie Kelly
- 2001: Allison Fisher
- 2002: Liu Hsin-mei
- 2004: Kim Ga-young
- 2006: Kim Ga-young
- 2007: Pan Xiaoting
- 2008: Lin Yuan-chun
- 2009: Liu Shasha
- 2010: Fu Xiaofang
- 2011: Bi Zhu Qing
- 2012: Kelly Fisher
- 2013: Han Yu
- 2014: Liu Shasha
- 2015: Liu Shasha
- 2016: Han Yu
- 2017: Chen Siming
- 2018: Han Yu
- 2019: Kelly Fisher
(champions)
- 2004: Efren Reyes
- 2005: Wu Chia-ching
- 2007: Ronato Alcano
- 2008: Ralf Souquet
- 2010: Karl Boyes
- 2011: Dennis Orcollo
- 2012: Chang Jung-Lin
- 2022: Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
- 2008: Darren Appleton
- 2009: Mika Immonen
- 2011: Huidji See
- 2015: Ko Pin-yi
- 2019: Ko Ping-chung
- 2021: Eklent Kaçi
- 2022: Wojciech Szewczyk
- 2023: Eklent Kaçi
- 2024: Carlo Biado
- 2006: Thorsten Hohmann
- 2007: Oliver Ortmann
- 2008: Niels Feijen
- 2009: Stephan Cohen
- 2010: Oliver Ortmann
- 2011: Thorsten Hohmann
- 2012: John Schmidt
- 2013: Thorsten Hohmann
- 2014: Darren Appleton
- 2015: Thorsten Hohmann
- 2016: Mika Immonen
- 2017: Lee Vann Corteza
- 2018: Thorsten Hohmann
- 2019: Shane Van Boening