Chitra Magimairaj

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 (2006, 2007), a two-time national pool champion, and more recently the World Women's Senior Snooker Championship (2014). She has also been a national-class amateur cricket and field hockey player.

Chitra Magimairaj
Born (1973-04-07) 7 April 1973
India
Sport country India
NicknameSports
Highest rankingWorld ranking 10
Highest break91 (snooker) and 49 (English billiards)
Medal record
Women's snooker
Representing  India
World Women's Senior Snooker Championship
Individual competition 2014
Individual competition 2016

Her highest breaks are 91 at snooker and 49 at English billiards.

Early life

Born in Bangalore, India, Magimairaj was educated at St. Anne's Girls High School, and graduated from Teresian College, Mysore. She started playing cricket and field hockey at a young age.

Career

On 22 April 2014, Magimairaj won the World Women's Senior Snooker Championship, after defeating Alena Asmolava of Belarus, in Leeds, UK.[2]

Other sports

Magimairaj played cricket for Falcon Sports Club under Shanta Rangaswamy, and represented Karnataka, which won the South Zone Cricket Championship in the year 1989.

She played field hockey for Sports Hostel Mysore for seven years, and represented Karnataka in sub-junior, junior, and senior nationals, the All-India Inter-University Invitation Cup, and the South Zone Championship.

Titles and achievements

English billiards

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Winner 12006World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipEmma Bonney193–164[3]
Winner 22007World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipEmma Bonney187–148[4]
Runner-up 32009World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipEmma Bonney118–272[5]
Runner-up 42010World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipEmma Bonney220–269[6]
Runner-up 52013Indian National Billiards Championship

Snooker

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Winner 12008Australian Open Snooker Championship
Runner-up 22009Australian Open Snooker Championship
Winner 32011Indian National Six-red Snooker Championship
Winner 42012Indian National Snooker Championship
Runner-up 52013Indian National Snooker Championship

Pool

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Winner 12006Indian National Eight-ball Pool Championship
Winner 22007Indian National Nine-ball Pool Championship
Other

  • First Indian woman cueist to qualify to participate in two Asian Games and three Asian Indoor Games.
  • First Indian woman cueist to win a medal in Asian Games and Asian Indoor Games.
  • First Indian woman to have won two World Billiards Champion (women's division) titles (2006 and 2007).
  • First Indian to win an Australian Open Women's Snooker Championship (2008).
  • First Indian woman to win a medal in the IBSF World Snooker Championships (Team & Individual, women's division) in the same year
  • First player representing India in international pool, to qualify and to play televised match (Dauge, South Korea, 2008).
  • Mysore Dasara Award, 2007
  • Kempegowda Award, 2007
  • Ekalavya Award, 2007
  • Zee Excellence Award, 2008
  • Sports Writers Association Award (SWAA) for Best Sportsperson, 2008
  • Her highest snooker break in international competition was 91 (Australian Open, Sydney, 2008)

References
  1. "Athlete Profile: MAGIMAIRAJAN Chitra". ashgabat2017.com. Ashgabat 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. "Chitra wins world title". The Statesman. India. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. "India's first world champion". Snooker Scene. No. May 2006. Everton's News Agency. p. 5.
  4. "Reanne Evans completes world title hat-trick". Snooker Scene. No. May 2007. Everton's News Agency. p. 25.
  5. "Women's billiards". Snooker Scene. No. May 2009. Everton's News Agency. p. 20.
  6. "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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