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'''Lisa Quick''' (born 24 April |
'''Lisa Quick''' (born 24 April 1975) is an [[English people|English]] [[snooker]] and pool player. She won the [[World Women's Snooker Championship]] in 2001, and was runner-up to [[Kelly Fisher]] in 2002 and 2003.<ref>[https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/world-champions/ World Champions] Women's World Snooker, Retrieved 21 July 2019.</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Lisa Quick (born 24 April 1975) is an English snooker and pool player. She won the World Women's Snooker Championship in 2001, and was runner-up to Kelly Fisher in 2002 and 2003.[1]
Biography
Quick began playing cue sports properly at the age of 13.[2]
Having won the world pool championship in 1999 and then the snooker title in 2001, she became first person in either the women's or the men's game to win both titles.[3]
Following her World Snooker Championship victory, Quick told the BBC "I've got to get back to my full-time job as a newsagent shop assistant in Weston-super-Mare in the morning - but don't worry, I will be celebrating my win in style if I can get a day off later in the week." [2]
Quick was named World Snooker's Woman Player of the Year in 2001.[4]
Titles and achievements
World Snooker Championship final
- 2001 Champion - beat Lynette Horsburgh 4-2
- 2002 Runner-up - Lost 1-4 to Kelly Fisher
- 2003 Runner-up - Lost 1-4 to Kelly Fisher
WEPF World Eight-ball Pool Championship Final
- 1999 Champion
- 2001 Champion beat Linda Leadbetter [5]
- 2002 Runner-up - Lost 3-8 to Sue Thompson
- 2003 Runner-up - Lost 3-8 to Sue Thompson
Other
- 1998 Grand Prix - Runner-up - Lost 0-4 to Kelly Fisher
- 1999 Welsh Open - Champion - beat Tessa Davidson 4-1
- 2001 CCI Women's Invitation Snooker Tournament - Champion - beat Kelly Fisher 5-2[6]
References
- ^ World Champions Women's World Snooker, Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Quick to make big splash in pool". BBC Sport. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Champion, Tim (17 May 2002). "Western Daily Press: Snooker star pots sponsorship deal". Western Daily Press. Retrieved 21 July 2019 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Dee, John (11 October 2001). "Snooker: O'Sullivan handed supreme honour". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ "A-Z of British world champions". The Guardian. 22 December 2001. Retrieved 21 July 2019 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer.
- ^ Lisa pips Kelly Fisher for CCI snooker title Times of India, 28 October 2001. Retrieved 21 July 2019