Anuja Chandra-Thakur Explained

Anuja Chandra-Thakur
Birth Place:	India

Anuja Chandra-Thakur (born 1983)^[1] is an Indian amateur player of snooker and English billiards.^{[2] [3]}

She won the WLBSA Ladies World Billiards Championship title in April 2005, in a 243–136 victory over Lynette Horsburgh of Scotland,^{[4] [5]} and reached the semi-final at the 2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship in Amman, Jordan, where she was eliminated by Jaique Ip 4–2.^[6]

Biography

Thakur is a native of Mumbai, Maharashtra. She has won several state and national championships in both snooker and billiards. Her sister, Meenal Thakur, is also a player in both disciplines. Anuja is married to Manan Chandra, another Indian amateur billiards player.

Titles and achievements

Snooker

English billiards

Notes and References

1. News: Anuja bags World Billiards crown . . 7 April 2005 . Rediff . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20050413205442/http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2005/apr/07bill.htm . 13 April 2005 . 19 January 2018.
2. Web site: Anuja Thakur triumphs . 7 January 2006 . . 5 May 2010 . 27 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120227102333/http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2006/jan/07snook.htm . live .
3. Web site: Alok and Anuja clinch titles . 3 February 2007 . . 5 May 2010 . 9 April 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080409194701/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/03/stories/2007020308621800.htm . dead .
4. Web site: Roshni . Olivera . On cue . The Times of India . 5 July 2005 . 24 April 2011 . 5 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105070023/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/On-cue/articleshow/1161514.cms . live .
5. News: . Anuja wins world crown . The Statesman (India) . 8 April 2005. NewsBank. Retrieved 6 October 2019..
6. . Wendy Jans in class of her own . Snooker Scene . 27 . Everton's News Agency . December 2006.