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| Born | (1967-09-15) 15 September 1967 (age 57) Kaohsiung, Taiwan | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport country |  Chinese Taipei | |||||||||||||||||
| Pool games | Nine-ball, Eight-ball | |||||||||||||||||
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| World Champion | Nine-ball (1993, 2000) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chao Fong-pang (Chinese: 趙豐邦; pinyin: Zhào Fēngbāng; born 15 September 1967 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional pool player.
Career
He won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship in 1993 against Thomas Hasch of Germany. Thus, he became the first male Chinese Taipei player to win a world championship in pocket billiards.
In 1995, he won the International Challenge of Champions against Japan's Takeshi Okumura, who was won the 1994 world champion in nine-ball.
Three year later, he won the gold medal in the eight-ball event of the Asian Games.
Chao regained the World Nine-ball Championship for the second time in 2000 by defeating Mexico's Ismael Paez, 17–6. The score was the largest winning margin ever made in a World Championship final.
In 2001, Chao won the International Challenge of Champions for the second time, defeating Francisco Bustamante who won the event in 1999. He won the event for a third time in 2005 with a victory over the defending champion Thomas Engert.
Titles
- 2005 International Challenge of Champions
- 2001 International Challenge of Champions
- 2000 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
- 1998 Asian Games Eight-ball Singles
- 1997 Asian Nine-ball Championship
- 1996 Asian Nine-ball Championship
- 1995 International Challenge of Champions
- 1995 Peace World All-Star Championship
- 1993 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
References
- "Sports 123: Pool: Asian Games: Men: 8-Ball". Sports 123. Archived from the original on September 12, 2008. Retrieved August 11, 2008.
- "Chao is Champion of Champions". AZ Billiards.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2007.
- Living people
- 1967 births
- Taiwanese pool players
- World champions in pool
- Sportspeople from Kaohsiung
- Asian Games medalists in cue sports
- Cue sports players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei
- Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- WPA World Nine-ball Champions