Alex Pagulayan
Alex Pagulayan
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birthday | 25th June 1976 (age 44) | ||||||||||||
place of birth | Cabagan | ||||||||||||
Nickname | The Lion, The Killer Pixie |
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Current WRL location | 7 (as of July 2, 2020) |
Alejandro Salvador "Alex" Pagulayan (* 25. June 1976 in cabagan , Isabela , Philippines ) is a born in the Philippines and in Toronto , Canada grew up snooker - and snooker players.
Career
Pool
His first major success was winning the world championship in Trickshotpool Billiards in 2002. A year later he was in the final of the 9-Ball World Cup , where he had to admit defeat to Thorsten Hohmann from Germany. The following year , however, he made it to the finals again and won against the Taiwanese Chang Pei-Wei .
In 2005, he was also able to win the 29th edition of the US Open in 9-ball , which only three players from outside the USA achieved before him . Also in 2005 he won gold with the Philippine team at the Southeast Asian Games .
In 2008 he won the World Pool Masters after having made it to the final once in 2006 . In 2016 he reached the semi-finals of the 9-ball World Cup for the third time , but lost it 4:11 to eventual world champion Albin Ouschan .
snooker
In 2012 he was nominated as the reigning national snooker champion by the Canadian Federation as a player for the Snooker Main Tour ; however, decided not to participate.
successes
(Selection)
World Pool Trickshot Champion: | 2002 |
IBC Western Canadian Open: | 2003 |
Joss Tour Grand Final: | 2003 |
9-ball world champion : | 2004 |
Derby City Classic 10-Ball Ring Game : | 2005 |
US Open 9-Ball : | 2005 |
Southeast Asian Games 8 Ball Singles : | 2005 |
Southeast Asian Games 9 Ball Doubles : | 2005 |
Southeast Asian Games Snooker Team : | 2005 |
Filipino Pool Master: | 2006 |
World Summit of Pool: | 2007 |
World Pool Masters : | 2008 |
Canadian Snooker Master: | 2011, 2012 |
Derby City Classic 9-Ball : | 2013 |
Web links
- Alex Pagulayan on azbilliards.com
- Alex Pagulayan on snooker.org
- Alex Pagulayan in the snooker Database (English)
swell
- ↑ Profile of Alex Pagulayan on CueTracker (as of February 15, 2016)
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SURNAME | Pagulayan, Alex |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pagulayan, Alejandro Salvador |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Filipino-Canadian pool and snooker player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cabagan , Isabela |