Liu Hsin-mei
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]
| Sport country |  Chinese Taipei |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Billiards Queen[1] A-mei[2] |
| Pool games | Nine-Ball, 14.1 continuous |
| Tournament wins | |
| Major | WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship 1999 and 2002 |
| Ranking info | |
Biography
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 amphetemines.[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
- 1993 BCA US Open 14.1 Pocket Billiards Champion[4][6]
- 1999 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Champion - beat Allison Fisher 11–10 in the final[2]
- 2002 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Champion - beat Karen Corr in the final
- 2004 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship – runner up, 9–11, to Kim Ga-young
- 2006 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship – runner up to Kim Ga-young
References
- Sen-lun, Yu (28 July 2002). "From a low-class to a high-profile sport". Taipei Times. 17. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.CS1 maint: location (link)
- Frazier, David (2 April 2000). "Inside the Angel War". Taipei Times. 17. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.CS1 maint: location (link)
- World Champions Archived 16 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- Sen-lun, Yu (28 July 2002). "Cleaning the table". Taipei Times. 17. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.CS1 maint: location (link)
- 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.
- Billiards 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.