Chitra_Magimairaj

Chitra Magimairaj

Chitra Magimairaj

Indian snooker, billiards, and pool player

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

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Snooker

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Pool

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References

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    "Athlete Profile: MAGIMAIRAJAN Chitra". ashgabat2017.com. Ashgabat 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
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    "The rewards are meagre". The Hindu. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022.
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    "Player: Chitra Magimairaj". WPBSA Snookerscores. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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    "Chitra Magimairaj". Cue Sports India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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    "Chitra Magimairaj". Cue Sports India. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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    "Chitra wins world title". The Statesman. India. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  7. [7]
    "India's first world champion". Snooker Scene. No. May 2006. Everton's News Agency. p. 5.
  8. [8]
    "Reanne Evans completes world title hat-trick". Snooker Scene. No. May 2007. Everton's News Agency. p. 25.
  9. [9]
    "Women's billiards". Snooker Scene. No. May 2009. Everton's News Agency. p. 20.
  10. [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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