Fu Xiaofang Explained

Fu Xiaofang
Birth Date:6 May 1986
Game:8-Ball, 9-Ball
World Champ:Nine-Ball (2010)

Fu Xiaofang (born 6 May 1986) is a Chinese professional pool player. Fu is best known for winning the 2010 WPA World Nine-ball Championship.[1]

Biography

Fu was born into a peasant family in Bailou, in Lankao County, China. In 2002, aged 15, she travelled to her uncle's pool hall in Heilongjiang province to learn how to play pool. She moved to Beijing in 2004 to develop her game, and was coached by Zhang Shuchung. A year later, in 2005, she won her first national pool title.[2]

Fu won bronze medals at the Asian Indoor Games in 2009 and at the Asian Games in 2010.[3]

In 2010 she won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship with a 9–7 victory over Allison Fisher.[4] Two years later, she was the runner-up, beaten in the final 6–9 by Kelly Fisher.[5]

Achievements

Notes and References

  1. https://wpapool.com/world-champions/ World Champions
  2. News: 27 November 2009 . Teenager Liu is really on the ball . China Daily (Beijing, China) . NewsBank. Retrieved 16 August 2019..
  3. News: . Games scoreboard November 20, 2010 . China Daily . 20 November 2010 . NewsBank. Retrieved 16 August 2019..
  4. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/fu-xiaofang-of-china-kisses-the-trophy-after-defeating-news-photo/103717328 2010 Women World 9-Ball Championship
  5. Web site: Kelly Claims the Gold! . Lerner . Ted . World Pool-Billiard Association . 21 June 2012 . 16 August 2019.
  6. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/fu-xiaofang-of-china-kisses-the-trophy-after-defeating-news-photo/103717328 2010 Women World 9-Ball Championship
  7. Web site: Fu Xiao Fang wins China Open Going Away . Lerner . Ted . World Pool-Billiard Association . 12 June 2011 . 16 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190731184043/https://wpapool.com/fu-xiao-fang-wins-china-open-going-away/ . 31 July 2019.
  8. Web site: Chinese Fortune Smiles in Beijing . Lerner . Ted . World Pool-Billiard Association . 2 August 2014 . 16 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190816090649/https://wpapool.com/chinese-fortune-smiles-beijing/ . 16 August 2019 .
  9. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/gold-medalist-pan-xiaoting-of-china-competes-in-the-womens-news-photo/106967185?adppopup=true Gold medallist Pan Xiaoting of China
  10. News: Yue . Ma . 10 September 2018 . Fu triumphs at 9-ball . Shanghai Daily (China) . NewsBank. Retrieved 16 August 2019..