Muhammad Yousaf ( ur, محمد یوسف, born 1952), also spelled as Mohammed Yousuf, is a Pakistani

snooker Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sport played on a rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. First played by British Army officers stationed in Ind ...

player. He is the winner of the 1994

IBSF World Snooker Championship The IBSF World Snooker Championship (also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship) is the premier non-professional snooker tournament in the world. The event series is sanctioned by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation. A nu ...

, 2006 IBSF World Masters Championship, and 1998

ACBS Asian Snooker Championship The ACBS Asian Snooker Championship is the premier non-professional snooker tournament in Asia. The event series is sanctioned by the Asian Confederation of Billiard Sports and started from 1984. Mostly, the winner of the tournament qualifies for th ...

Biography

Yousaf was born in

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and later migrated to

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest c ...

. Currently, he is resident in

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest ...

and coaches young snooker players in one of the largest snooker clubs of Pakistan, ''Dolphin Snooker Club'', situated in Chandni Chowk,

, Pakistan.

Career

In 1994, at the IBSF World Snooker Championship at

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, he defeated

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’s Johannes R. Johanneson 11–9 to become the IBSF World Snooker Champion. In 2006, he beat

Glen Wilkinson Glen Wilkinson (born 4 July 1959) is an Australian professional snooker player from Miranda, New South Wales who is currently ranked the number ten snooker player in Australia. He is also a National Director of Coaching for snooker in Australia ...

of Australia in Amman 5–4 to win the IBSF World Masters Championship in

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Ri ...

. He also competed at the

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, Qatar.

Achievements

* 2006 IBSF World Masters Champion * 2002 Asian Champion * 2000 IBSF World Championship Quarter Final * 1998 ACBS Asian Snooker Champion * 1994 IBSF World Snooker Champion * 1996 Asian champion

Awards

Pride of Performance The Pride of Performance ( ur, ), officially known as Presidential Pride of Performance, is an award bestowed by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to recognize people with "notable achievements in the field of art, science, literature, sports, an ...

Award by the

Government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the four provinces, two autonomous territorie ...

in 1994.Pride of Performance Award info for Muhammad Yousaf (in Urdu language)
Tareekh-e-Pakistan website, Retrieved 21 August 2023

References

1952 births Living people Sportspeople from Mumbai Muhajir people Pakistani snooker players Pakistani Muslims Recipients of the Pride of Performance Sportspeople from Rawalpindi Sportspeople from Karachi Asian Games medalists in cue sports Cue sports players at the 2006 Asian Games Cue sports players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Snooker players from Punjab, Pakistan Cue sports players from Maharashtra Cue sports players at the 1998 Asian Games {{Pakistan-sport-bio-stub

Biography

Career

Achievements

Awards

See also

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