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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nicknames | Billiards Queen[1] A-mei[2] |
| Born | 3 December 1969 |
| Pool career | |
| Country |  Chinese Taipei |
| Pool games | Nine-Ball, 14.1 continuous |
| Tournament wins | |
| World Champion | Nine-Ball (1999, 2002) |
Liu Shin-mei (柳信美) is a professional pool player from Chinese Taipei. She has won the WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship twice, in 1999 and 2002.[3]
Biography
[edit]Both of Liu's parents were blind and worked as masseuses. As a young girl, Liu would bicycle to her parents' customers' houses. At 18, she started socialising at pool halls and took up playing pool. Later, she worked at a karaoke bar, during which she was regularly drinking and taking drugs, including amphetamines.[4]
She studied at The Taipei Physical Education College.[5] In 2001, she started studying sports management at Taipei Physical Education College, with the ambition of becoming a teacher.[4]
She won the WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship in 1999 and 2002, and was runner-up in 2004 and 2006. Shortly after winning the 2002 championship, she published an autobiographical book, Taiwan A-mei (台灣阿美).[4]
Tournament results
[edit]- 2004 WPA Amway Cup 9-Ball World Open
- 2003 All Japan Championship 9-Ball
- 2002 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship[2]
- 2001 All Japan Championship 9-Ball
- 1999 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship[2]
- 1998 All Japan Championship 9-Ball
- 1993 BCA U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship[4][6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Sen-lun, Yu (28 July 2002). "From a low-class to a high-profile sport". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- 1 2 3 Frazier, David (2 April 2000). "Inside the Angel War". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ↑ World Champions Archived 16 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 Sen-lun, Yu (28 July 2002). "Cleaning the table". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ↑ Carpio, Gerry (15 July 2012). "Strong school sports behind Taiwan's Olympic success". ABS CBN News. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ↑ Billiard Congress of America (1 May 2005). Billiards, Revised and Updated: The Official Rules And Records Book. Lyons Press. pp. 183–. ISBN 978-1-4617-4992-9.
- Living people
- Taiwanese pool players
- Female pool players
- World champions in pool
- Asian Games gold medalists in cue sports
- Asian Games bronze medalists in cue sports
- Cue sports players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Cue sports players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei