Anuja Chandra-Thakur (born 1983) is an Indian amateur player of

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and

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. She won the

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Ladies World Billiards Championship title in April 2005, in a 243–136 victory over Lynette Horsburgh of Scotland, and reached the semi-final at the 2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship in

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, where she was eliminated by

Jaique Ip Jaique Ip Wan-in MH (; born 15 January 1980) is a Hong Kong amateur snooker player. Biography Ip won the silver medal at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, after she lost 5–0 in the final against Wendy Jans.

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Biography

Thakur is a native of

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. She has won several state and national championships in both snooker and billiards. Her sister, Meenal Thakur, is also a player in both disciplines. Anuja is married to

Manan Chandra Manan Chandra (born 28 February 1981 in New Delhi) is an Indian amateur snooker and pool player. Chandra reached the semi-final at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom ...

, another Indian amateur billiards player.

Titles and achievements

Snooker

References

Living people 1983 births Indian snooker players Sportspeople from Mumbai Cue sports players at the 2006 Asian Games Cue sports players at the 2010 Asian Games Female snooker players Female players of English billiards Indian players of English billiards Sportswomen from Maharashtra Cue sports players from Maharashtra Asian Games competitors for India World champions in English billiards Recipients of the Arjuna Award {{billiards-bio-stub