Liu Hsin-mei

Liu Shin-mei
Sport country Chinese Taipei
NicknameBilliards Queen[1]
A-mei[2]
Pool gamesNine-Ball, 14.1 continuous
Tournament wins
World ChampionNine-Ball (1999, 2002)

Liu Shin-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]

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 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]

Tournament results

References

  1. ^ Sen-lun, Yu (28 July 2002). "From a low-class to a high-profile sport". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Frazier, David (2 April 2000). "Inside the Angel War". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. ^ World Champions Archived 16 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d Sen-lun, Yu (28 July 2002). "Cleaning the table". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Billiard 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.