Sport country | Chinese Taipei |
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Nickname | Billiards Queen
[1] A-mei [2] |
Pool games | Nine-Ball, 14.1 continuous |
Tournament wins | |
World Champion | Nine-Ball ( 1999, 2002) |
Liu Hsin-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]
Both of Liu's parents were blind, and provided massages for a living. As a young girl, Liu would transport her parents by bicycle to 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]
Sport country | Chinese Taipei |
---|---|
Nickname | Billiards Queen
[1] A-mei [2] |
Pool games | Nine-Ball, 14.1 continuous |
Tournament wins | |
World Champion | Nine-Ball ( 1999, 2002) |
Liu Hsin-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]
Both of Liu's parents were blind, and provided massages for a living. As a young girl, Liu would transport her parents by bicycle to 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]