 Gilchrist at the 2015 SEA Games | |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Middlesbrough, England |
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| Sport country |  Singapore |
Medal record | |
Peter Gilchrist (born 1968) is a Singaporean billiards player. He won the World Billiards Championship (English billiards) in 1994, 2001, and 2013 (long format), 2019, and 2023.
Gilchrist played in Teesside Boys Billiards League as a youth. he was the English Amateur Champion in 1988. [1]
Gilchrist won the World Billiards Championship (English billiards) in 1994, 2001, 2013 (long format) [2] 2019, [3] and 2023. He also won the International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Championship in 2015 (short format), 2016 and 2019 (long up). [1]
In 2003, Gilchrist moved to Singapore to become the national billiards and snooker coach. [4]
Gilchrist represented Singapore in the SEA Games in 2009, [5] where he won Gold for English Billiards Singles, and Bronze for the doubles. [6] [7]
Gilchrist set the world record for highest break in billiards (1346) under modern rules, at the New Zealand Open Billiards Championships. [8] On 14 February 2014, he scored his second 1000 break, at the World Billiards Irish Open. Gilchrist is the only player of the modern era who scored more than one 1000 points in tournament break. [9]
Gilchrist won the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship, beating Sourav Kothari 1500–706 in the final. [10]
In 2022, during the 2021 Southeast Asian Games, Gilchrist won the silver medal after losing 3–1 to Myanmar's Pauk Sa, ending a streak of six gold medals in the English billiards men's singles event. [11]
Gilchrist is a two-time recipient of the Singapore Sports Awards' Sportsman of the Year title (2014 and 2020). [12]
In 2006, Gilchrist became a Singaporean citizen under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. He renounced his British citizenship at the same time. [13]
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