Alex Pagulayan

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Alex Pagulayan
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Alex Pagulayan

nation PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines Canada
CanadaCanada 
birthday 25th June 1976 (age 44)
place of birth Cabagan
Nickname The Lion,
The Killer Pixie
Medal table
8-ball World Cup 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
9-ball World Cup 1 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Southeast Asian Games 3 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Pool world rankings
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

Commons : Alex Pagulayan  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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  1. Profile of Alex Pagulayan on CueTracker (as of February 15, 2016)