Mark Selby

Mark Anthony Selby is an English professional snooker player from Leicester. He is the reigning World Snooker Champion, having won the title for a second time in 2016, and is the current World No. 1.

Selby was born in Leicester, England. Malcolm Thorne, the brother of Leicesterborn snooker player Willie Thorne, spotted Selbys snooker ability and provided Selby practice so he could practice every day after school. His father died of cancer when he was 16, two months before he joined the main professional tour.

Source: Wikipedia