Fact file of new World snooker champion Pankaj Advani.
Date of birth: July 24, 1985
Place of birth: - Pune, Maharashtra.
Achievements in chronological order:
International:
2001: Fourth in Asian Under-21 Snooker, Bangkok, Thailand; Third in World Under-21 Snooker, Latvia.
2002: Second in Asian Billiards Championships, Bangalore; represented India in the Team snooker event at the Busan Asian Games, Korea; turned professional in billiards.
2003: Won World Snooker Championship, in China. Only second
Indian after Omprakash Bharadwaj Agarwal (1984, Dublin) to win the title; fifth in World Under-21 Snooker Championship, New Zealand.
National:
Junior billiards champion: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Junior snooker champion: 2001, 2002
Senior snooker champion: 2002 (held in January 2003).
