Liu Hsin-mei

Liu Hsin-mei (柳信美) is a professional pool player from Chinese Taipei. She has won the WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship twice, in 1999 and 2002.[3]

Liu Hsin-mei
Sport country Chinese Taipei
NicknameBilliards Queen[1]
A-mei[2]
Pool gamesNine-Ball, 14.1 continuous
Tournament wins
World ChampionNine-Ball (1999, 2002)

Biography

Both of Liu's parents were blind, and provided massages for a living. As a young girl, Liu would transport her parents by bicycle to customers' houses. At 18, she started socialising at pool halls, and took up playing pool. Later, she worked at a karaoke bar, during which she was regularly drinking and taking drugs, including amphetamines.[4]

She studied at The Taipei Physical Education College.[5] In 2001, she started studying sports management at Taipei Physical Education College, with the ambition of becoming a teacher.[4]

She won the WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship in 1999 and 2002, and was runner-up in 2004 and 2006. Shortly after winning the 2002 championship, she published an autobiographical book, Taiwan A-mei (台灣阿美).[4]

Tournament results

References
  1. Sen-lun, Yu (28 July 2002). "From a low-class to a high-profile sport". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. Frazier, David (2 April 2000). "Inside the Angel War". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. World Champions Archived 16 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  4. Sen-lun, Yu (28 July 2002). "Cleaning the table". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. Carpio, Gerry (15 July 2012). "Strong school sports behind Taiwan's Olympic success". ABS CBN News. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  6. Billiards Congress of America (1 May 2005). Billiards, Revised and Updated: The Official Rules And Records Book. Lyons Press. pp. 183–. ISBN 978-1-4617-4992-9.
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