Pankaj Advani
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| Pankaj Advani | |
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| Born | July 24, 1985 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Professional | 2003– |
| Highest break | 136 |
Pankaj Advani (Kannada:ಪಂಕಜ್ ಅಡ್ವಾಣಿ) (born 24 July 1985 in Bangalore) is a World Champion amateur player of snooker and English billiards from India.
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[edit] Career
He won his first his 2003 IBSF World Snooker Championship title in China.
After winning the IBSF World Billiards Championship in 2005 at Qawra, Malta, when he defeated fellow countryman Devendra Joshi, he became only the second cueist after Malta's Paul Mifsud to have won both the English billiards and snooker amateur world titles.[clarify]
In the 2007 World Billiards Championship, he was knocked out in the quarter-finales, 859–1074 (34.4 vs. 44.8 average), by eventual runner-up Chris Shut.[1]
He has been coached by Arvind Savur for almost a decade at Bangalore.
[edit] Titles
- 2006
- Asian Games Gold Medallist - English Billiards singles
- 2005
- World Billiards Championship
- Asian Billiards Championship
- India Billiards Championship
- India Junior Snooker Championship
- India Junior Billiards Championship
- WSA Challenge Tour
- 2004
- WSA Challenge Tour
- 2003
- IBSF World Snooker Championship
- Indian Junior Billiards Championship
- Indian Junior Snooker Championship
- 2001
- Indian Junior Billiards Championship
- 2000
- Indian Junior Billiards Championship
- 1999
- Pot Shot All India Triangular Championship
- Pot Shot non-medallist Championship
- 1998
- Karnataka State Junior Snooker Championship
- 1997
- 27th BS Sampath Memorial Handicap Snooker Championship
- T.A. Selvaraj Memorial Billiards Championship
- Karnataka Stage Junior Snooker Championship
[edit] Awards and honors
Pankaj was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour, for the year 2005–2006, on 29 August 2006.[1][clarify]
[edit] Personal life
Advani is business communications student of Jain College, Bangalore.
[edit] References
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- ^ 2007 World Professional Billiards Championship. EABAonline "Tournaments" section. English Amateur Billiards Association (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
[edit] External links
- Panjak Avani bio at BilliardsForum
- IBSF Snooker Challenge — article on Advani's IBSF 2006 Win[unreliable source?]
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