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Indian snooker, billiards, and pool player

Chitra Magimairaj
Born (1973-04-07) 7 April 1973 (age 51)
India
Sport countryIndia
Medal record
Women's snooker
Representing  India
World Women's Senior Snooker Championship
Gold medal – first place Individual competition 2014
Gold medal – first place Individual competition 2016

Chitra Magimairaj (born 7 April 1973, Bangalore), is an Indian professional player of snooker, English billiards, and pool. She is a two-time World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association World Champion of English Billiards (2006, 2007), a two-time national pool champion, and more recently the World Women's Senior Snooker Championship (2014 and 2016).

Her highest breaks are 91 at snooker and 49 at English billiards.

Career

Magimairaj played cricket and hockey at state level until experiencing an injury that forced her to give up.

On 22 April 2014, Magimairaj won the World Women's Senior Snooker Championship, after defeating Alena Asmolava of Belarus, in Leeds, UK.

In 2007 she received a Kempegowda Award and an Ekalavya Award.

Titles and achievements

English billiards

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Winner 1 2006 World Ladies Billiards Championship Emma Bonney 193–164
Winner 2 2007 World Ladies Billiards Championship Emma Bonney 187–148
Runner-up 3 2009 World Ladies Billiards Championship Emma Bonney 118–272
Runner-up 4 2010 World Ladies Billiards Championship Emma Bonney 220–269
Runner-up 5 2013 Indian National Billiards Championship

Snooker

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Winner 1 2008 Australian Open Snooker Championship
Runner-up 2 2009 Australian Open Snooker Championship
Winner 3 2011 Indian National Six-red Snooker Championship
Winner 4 2012 Indian National Snooker Championship
Runner-up 5 2013 Indian National Snooker Championship

Pool

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Winner 1 2006 Indian National Eight-ball Pool Championship
Winner 2 2007 Indian National Nine-ball Pool Championship

References

  1. "Athlete Profile: MAGIMAIRAJAN Chitra". ashgabat2017.com. Ashgabat 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. ^ "The rewards are meagre". The Hindu. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022.
  3. "Player: Chitra Magimairaj". WPBSA Snookerscores. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  4. "Chitra Magimairaj". Cue Sports India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  5. "Chitra Magimairaj". Cue Sports India. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  6. "Chitra wins world title". The Statesman. India. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  7. "India's first world champion". Snooker Scene. No. May 2006. Everton's News Agency. p. 5.
  8. "Reanne Evans completes world title hat-trick". Snooker Scene. No. May 2007. Everton's News Agency. p. 25.
  9. "Women's billiards". Snooker Scene. No. May 2009. Everton's News Agency. p. 20.
  10. "In pictures: World Ladies Billiards Championship 2010". BBC. 8 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.

External links

Women's world champions of English billiards
Champions
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