Chitra Magimairaj | |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1973 |
Birth Place: | India |
Sport Country: | India |
Chitra Magimairaj (born 7 April 1973,[1] Bangalore), is an Indian professional player of snooker, English billiards, and pool. She is a two-time World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association World Champion of English Billiards (2006, 2007), a two-time national pool champion, and more recently the World Women's Senior Snooker Championship (2014 and 2016).[2]
Her highest are 91 at snooker[3] and 49 at English billiards.[4]
Magimairaj played cricket and hockey at state level until experiencing an injury that forced her to give up.
On 22 April 2014, Magimairaj won the World Women's Senior Snooker Championship, after defeating Alena Asmolava of Belarus, in Leeds, UK.[5]
In 2007 she received a Kempegowda Award and an Ekalavya Award.[6]
English billiards
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score | Ref. | |
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Winner | 1 | 2006 | 193–164 | [7] | |||
Winner | 2 | 2007 | 187–148 | [8] | |||
Runner-up | 3 | 2009 | 118–272 | [9] | |||
Runner-up | 4 | 2010 | 220–269 | [10] | |||
Runner-up | 5 | 2013 | Indian National Billiards Championship |
Snooker
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score | Ref. | |
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Winner | 1 | 2008 | Australian Open Snooker Championship | ||||
Runner-up | 2 | 2009 | Australian Open Snooker Championship | ||||
Winner | 3 | 2011 | Indian National Six-red Snooker Championship | ||||
Winner | 4 | 2012 | Indian National Snooker Championship | ||||
Runner-up | 5 | 2013 | Indian National Snooker Championship |
Pool
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score | Ref. | |
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Winner | 1 | 2006 | Indian National Eight-ball Pool Championship | ||||
Winner | 2 | 2007 | Indian National Nine-ball Pool Championship |