Chitra Magimairaj (born 7 April 1973,

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

), is an Indian professional player of

snooker Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sport played on a rectangular Billiard table#Snooker and English billiards tables, billiards table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six Billiard table#Pockets 2, pockets: one at each corner and ...

English billiards English billiards, called simply billiards in the UK and in many former British colonies, is a cue sport that combines the aspects of carom billiards and pool. Two (one white and one yellow) and a red are used. Each player or team uses a diffe ...

, and

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. She is a two-time World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association World

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of English Billiards (2006, 2007), a two-time national pool champion, and more recently the World Women's Senior Snooker Championship (2014 and 2016). Her highest are 91 at

and 49 at

Career

Magimairaj played cricket and hockey at state level until experiencing an injury that forced her to give up. On 22 April 2014, Magimairaj won the World Women's Senior Snooker Championship, after defeating Alena Asmolava of Belarus, in Leeds, UK. In 2007 she received a

Kempegowda Award The Kempegowda Award or Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Award is a civilian award presented annually by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The award nomination is based on the notable contributions of civilians, in t ...

and an Ekalavya Award.

Titles and achievements

English billiards Snooker Pool

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Magimairaj, Chitra Living people 1973 births Sportspeople from Bengaluru Cue sports players at the 2006 Asian Games Cue sports players at the 2010 Asian Games Cue sports players from Karnataka Indian pool players Indian players of English billiards Indian snooker players Female pool players Female players of English billiards Female snooker players Asian Games competitors for India World champions in English billiards