Pankaj Advani

Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian professional player of English billiards and former professional snooker player. In recognition of his achievements, the Government of India has bestowed several awards upon AdvaniArjuna Award in 2004, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2006, and Padma Shri in 2009. He has achieved a hattrick of hattricks in English billiards, holding the World, Asian, and Indian National Championship titles simultaneously, in three different years 2005, 2008 and 2012. He became a snooker professional only in 2012, and his first season on the main tour was the 20122013 season. Advani won the 2014 IBSF World 6Red Snooker Championship, on his debut in that discipline. He is the only player ever to win professional world titles in both the long and short formats of snooker and both formats of English billiards . Advani is also Indias first world champion in 6red snooker. On August 14, 2014, Advani helped win the first ever World Team Billiards Championship held in Glasgow, Scotl

Pankaj Advani was born onJuly 1985 in Pune, India. Advani spent his initial years in Kuwait before moving to Bangalore, India. He received his education at the Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore and completed his Bachelors degree in Commerce from Mahaveer Jain College which comes under the umberella of Jain University, Bangalore. He received training in snooker from former national Snooker champion Arvind Savur.

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