Lisa Quick (born 31 May 1975) is an
English
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snooker
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and
pool
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player. She won the
World Women's Snooker Championship
The World Women's Snooker Championship (known as the Women's World Open from 1976 Women's World Open (snooker), 1976 to 1981 Women's World Open (snooker), 1981 and the World Ladies Snooker Championship from 1983 Women's World Snooker Championsh ...
in
2001
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, and was runner-up to
Kelly Fisher
Kelly Teresa Fisher (born 25 August 1978) is an English professional pool, snooker and English billiards player, and has won world championships in all three disciplines.
Career
Fisher grew up in South Elmsall, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire ...
in 2002 and 2003. She also won the
WEPF World Eightball Championship
The WEPF World Eightball Pool Championship is a pool world championship organised by the World Eightball Pool Federation using International Rules. Until 2022 the competition used World Rules. The competition has taken place annually since 1993.
...
in 1999 and 2001.
Biography
Quick began playing cue sports at the age of 13.
Having won the world pool championship in 1999 and then the snooker title in 2001, she became first person in either the women's or the men's game to win both titles.
Following her World Snooker Championship victory, Quick told the
BBC
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that she had to return to her job as shop assistant at a newsagent in Weston-Super-Mare the following morning, adding "but don't worry, I will be celebrating my win in style if I can get a day off later in the week."
Quick was named World Snooker's Woman Player of the Year in 2001.
Titles and achievements
Snooker
Pool
References
External links
WLPBSA Hall of Famearchived at 21 March 2012.
Lisa Quick(WPBSA Tournament Manager)
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Living people
1974 births
Female snooker players
English snooker players
Female pool players
English pool players