Fu Xiaofang

Fu Xiaofang (born 6 May 1986) is a Chinese professional pool player. Fu is best known for winning the 2010 WPA World Nine-ball Championship.[1]

Fu Xiaofang
Born (1986-05-06) 6 May 1986
Sport country China
Pool games8-Ball, Nine-Ball
Tournament wins
World Champion2010
Ranking info

Biography

Fu was born into a peasant family in Bailou, in Lankao County, China. In 2002, aged 15, she travelled to her uncle's pool hall in Heilongjiang province to learn how to play pool. She moved to Beijing in 2004 to develop her game, and was coached by Zhang Shuchung. A year later, in 2005, she won her first national pool title.[2]

Fu won bronze medals at the Asian Indoor Games in 2009 and at the Asian Games in 2010.[3]

In 2010 she won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship with a 9–7 victory over Allison Fisher.[4] Two years later, she was the runner-up, beaten in the final 6–9 by Kelly Fisher.[5]

Achievements

References
  1. World Champions Archived 16 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. "Teenager Liu is really on the ball". China Daily (Beijing, China). 27 November 2009 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. "Games scoreboard November 20, 2010". China Daily. 20 November 2010 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. 2010 Women World 9-Ball Championship Archived 16 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Getty Images, 29 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. Lerner, Ted (21 June 2012). "Kelly Claims the Gold!". World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  6. Gold medallist Pan Xiaoting of China Getty Images, 19 November 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2019
  7. 2010 Women World 9-Ball Championship Archived 16 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Getty Images, 29 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  8. Lerner, Ted (12 June 2011). "Fu Xiao Fang wins China Open Going Away". World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  9. Lerner, Ted (21 June 2012). "Kelly Claims the Gold!". World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  10. Lerner, Ted (2 August 2014). "Chinese Fortune Smiles in Beijing". World Pool-Billiard Association. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  11. Yue, Ma (10 September 2018). "Fu triumphs at 9-ball". Shanghai Daily (China) – via NewsBank. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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