Chitra Magimairaj

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Chitra Magimairaj
Born (1973-04-07) 7 April 1973 (age 52)
India
Sport countryIndia
Medal record
Women's snooker
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
World Women's Senior Snooker Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgIndividual competition2014
Gold medal icon (G initial).svgIndividual competition2016

Chitra Magimairaj (born 7 April 1973, [1] 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, [2] and more recently the World Women's Senior Snooker Championship (2014 and 2016). [3]

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Her highest breaks are 91 at snooker [4] and 49 at English billiards. [5]

Career

Magimairaj played cricket and hockey at state level until experiencing an injury that forced her to give up. [2]

On 22 April 2014, Magimairaj won the World Women's Senior Snooker Championship, after defeating Alena Asmolava of Belarus, in Leeds, UK. [6]

In 2007 she received a Kempegowda Award and an Ekalavya Award. [2]

Titles and achievements

English billiards

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Winner 12006 World Ladies Billiards Championship Emma Bonney 193–164 [7]
Winner 22007 World Ladies Billiards Championship Emma Bonney 187–148 [8]
Runner-up 32009 World Ladies Billiards Championship Emma Bonney 118–272 [9]
Runner-up 42010 World Ladies Billiards Championship Emma Bonney 220–269 [10]
Runner-up 52013Indian National Billiards Championship

Snooker

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Winner 12008Australian Open Snooker Championship [2]
Runner-up 22009Australian Open Snooker Championship
Winner 32011Indian National Six-red Snooker Championship [2]
Winner 42012Indian National Snooker Championship [2]
Runner-up 52013Indian National Snooker Championship

Pool

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Winner 12006Indian National Eight-ball Pool Championship [2]
Winner 22007Indian National Nine-ball Pool Championship [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Athlete Profile: MAGIMAIRAJAN Chitra". ashgabat2017.com. Ashgabat 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "The rewards are meagre". The Hindu. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Player: Chitra Magimairaj". WPBSA Snookerscores. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. 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. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. 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.
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