Peter Gilchrist (billiards player)

Peter Gilchrist (born 1968 in Middlesbrough) is an English-born Singaporean English billiards player.

Peter Gilchrist
Gilchrist at the 2015 SEA Games
Born1968 (age 52–53)
Middlesbrough, England
Sport country Singapore
Highest break1346 (Billiards), 125 (Snooker, 1994 World Snooker Championship)
Best ranking finishLast 128 (1994 World Snooker Championship)
Medal record
Men's English billiards
Representing  Singapore
SEA Games
2009 Laos Singles
2009 Laos Doubles
2011 Indonesia Singles
2011 Indonesia Doubles
2013 Myanmar Singles
2013 Myanmar Doubles
2015 Singapore Singles
2017 Kuala Lumpur Singles
2017 Kuala Lumpur Doubles
Asian Games
2006 Doha Singles
2010 Guangzhou Singles
Asian Indoor Games
2007 Macau Singles
2009 Vietnam Singles
2013 Incheon Singles

Career

Gilchrist won the World Billiards Championship (English billiards) in 1994, 2001, 2013 (long format)[1] and 2019.[2]

In 2003, Gilchrist moved to Singapore to become the national billiards and snooker coach.[3]

In 2006, Gilchrist became a Singapore citizen under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme as a two-time world billiards champion (1994 and 2001) while competing for England.[4]

He has also represented Singapore in the SEA Games in 2009,[5] where he won Gold for English Billiards Singles, and Bronze for the doubles.

He set the world record for highest break in billiards (1346) under modern rules, at the New Zealand Open Billiards Championships.[6]

On 14 February 2014, he scored his second 1000 break at the World Billiards Irish Open. He is the only player of the modern era who scored more than one 1000 points in tournament break.[7]

He won the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship, beating Sourav Kothari 1500–706 in the final.[8]

References
  1. "IBSF Long up Billiards Championships Long up – Leeds / England 2013". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  2. "2019 World Billiards Championship". wbeventsonline.com. World Billiards. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. "Games-Gilchrist on cue for more billiards glory in adopted home". Yahoo Sports. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  4. "Gilchrist pots way to new world milestones". TODAYOnline. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  5. PlayPauseSlowMediumFast12 of 12. "Peter Gilchrist – SEA Games: Singapore's gold winners". Sports.xin.msn.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  6. "Highest billiard break-world record set by Peter Gilchrist". Worldrecordacademy.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  7. "Irish Open 2014". Worldsnooker.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  8. "Gilchrist masterclass denies Kothari a double". The Hindu. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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