Fedor Gorst
Fedor Alekseyevich Gorst (Russian: Фёдор Алексеевич Горст; born May 31, 2000 in Moscow) is a Russian professional pool player.
Born | Moscow, Russia | 31 May 2000
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Sport country | Russia |
Nickname | "Viking" |
Pool games | 8-Ball, 9-Ball, 10-Ball,[1] |
Tournament wins | |
World Champion | Nine-ball (2019) |
Ranking info | |
Current WPA ranking | 7 (as of 7 February 2019) |
Current Euro Tour ranking | (as of 16 Dec 2019) |
Highest WPA ranking | 8[2] |
Career
In December 2018, Gorst reached 8th in the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) world rankings. Gorst won the U19 8-Ball European Pool Championship in 2017,[3] before winning the 2018 Treviso Open on the Euro Tour.[4] Gorst is also a Junior 9-ball world champion, winning the 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship in the boys (Under 19) event.[5]
Gorst won the 2019 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, defeating Chang Jung-lin in the final 13–11.[6]
Achievements
References
- "US Pool Billiard Player Profile of Fedor GORST - Kozoom". kozoom.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- "Ranking - WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- "New European 8-Ball Champions are Tkach, Gorst and Pehlivanovic". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- "Fedor Gorst goes all the way". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
Dynamic Billard Treviso Open 2018
- "Triple gold for team Europe". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- "Knockout". esnooker.pl. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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