| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | "Golden Tiger" |
| Nationality | |
| Born | November 9, 1986 |
| Pool career | |
| Pool games | nine-ball |
Dang Jinhu (born November 9, 1986), nicknamed "Golden Tiger" is a Chinese professional pool player. [1]
Dang started competing internationally in 2009, reaching the last 16 of the China 9-Ball Open. [1] He reached the last 32 round of the 2010 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, losing 7–11 to Ronato Alcano. [2] He entered the nine-ball singles event at the 2010 Asian Games, losing in the quarter-finals 8–9 to Warren Kiamco. [3] [4] He reached the last 16 of the 2011 Bejing Open, [1] and entering both the ten-ball and nine-ball World Championships in 2011. He would lost 7–9 to Ko Pin-yi in the last 32 of the ten-ball event and 6–11 in the last 64 to Darren Appleton in the nine-ball event. [5] [6]
Dang reached the last 16 of the 2012 China Open, losing 9–11 to eventual winner Dennis Orcollo. [7] He reached the quarter-finals of the 2013 U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship. [8] Teaming with Wang Can, Dang reached the quarter-finals at the 2014 World Cup of Pool. [9]
As one of the first Chinese players to return to competition following the COVID-19 pandemic, [10] he defeated Marc Bijsterbosch 13–12 in the final of the 2023 Spanish Open Pool Championship. [11] [12] Dang reached the final of the 2024 Asian ten-ball Championship, losing 6–11 to Chang Jung-lin. [13] [14] He reached the final of the 2025 China 9-Ball Open before losing to Wojciech Szewczyk 5–11. [15]