Ching-Shun Yang — The Son of Pool By YangChingShun.com Date: Mon, May 24, 2004 @ 19:28:05 CDT Topic: Gods of Pool (Profiles)
Hailing from Chinese Taipei, the prodigy has never failed to amazed the international pool arena with his talents and achievements. World Champion, Earl Strickland acknowledged him as arguably the best player in the world for his break during the 2003 World Pool Championship. One of his most famous wins includes beating Francisco Bustamante to win the All Japan Open in 1996 when he was only sixteen years old. He has also defeated other world champions like Mika Immonen, Ralf Souquet and Efren Reyes but one thing is for sure, he will not be stopped.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Ching-Shun Yang Nickname: Son of Pool Residence: Taipei, Taiwan DOB: April 3rd, 1978 Birthplace: Kao Hsiung, Taiwan
CAREER HISTORY
2004 San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour (Hong Kong) — Champion 2004 San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour (Singapore) — Quarter-Finalist 2004 Taiwan 7th Annual Professional Pool Grand Championship — Champion 2003 The First Annual Master Billiard Big Apple 9-Ball Challenge — Quarter-Finalist 2003 World Pool Championship — Quarter-Finalist 2003 San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour (Singapore) — Champion 2002 World All Stars Pro Ranking — Champion 2002 World Pool Masters — Last 16 2002 World Pool League — 3rd 2002 World Pool Championship — 3rd 2002 14th Asian Games, Busan (9-Ball Men Singles) — Gold 2001 Tokyo 9-Ball Open — 5th 2001 World Games, Akita — Champion 2001 World Pool Championship — Last 16 2000 World Pool Championship — Last 16 1998 13th Asian Games, Bangkok (9-Ball Men Singles) — Gold 1998 13th Asian Games, Bangkok (8-Ball Men Doubles) with Fong-Pang Chao — Silver 1997 1997 World All-Star Campionship — Champion 1996 All Japan Open — Champion
Credits: The above information and more is available from YangChingShun.com - the official fansite of professional pool player Ching-Shun Yang from Chinese Taipei.
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