Anuja Chandra-Thakur (born 1983)
is an Indian amateur player of
snooker
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and
English billiards
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.
She won the
WLBSA
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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
Amman
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,
Jordan
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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. 4–2.
Biography
Thakur is a native of
Mumbai
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,
Maharashtra
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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
English billiards
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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
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