Paul Mifsud
| Paul Mifsud | |
|---|---|
| birthday | February 6, 1947 |
| nationality |
 Malta
|
| professional | 1983/84 snooker season - 1986/87 snooker season |
| Prize money | 5700 ₤ |
| Highest break | 108 |
| Century Breaks | at least 1 |
| World rankings | |
| Highest WRL place | 49 |
Paul Mifsud (born February 6, 1947 ) is a Maltese snooker and English billiards player. In 1985 and 1986 he was amateur snooker world champion , in 1988 he was vice European champion. Mifsud took part in the 1984 World Snooker Championship .
Career
Mifsud became a professional on the Snooker Main Tour at the beginning of the snooker season 1983/84 , this season he had his highest ranking position with world number 49 . In the same season, Mifsud experienced the peak of his professional career. After he successfully qualified for the World Cup, he played his only game at the Crucible Theater , in which he lost 2:10 to Terry Griffiths . He stayed on the Snooker Main Tour for four years and then played a successful period as an amateur player, which had already started during his time as a professional player. In 1985 Mifsud became amateur world champion, a year later he defended his title. In the first edition of the EBSA European Snooker Championship he lost 7:11 against Stefan Mazrocis .
In 1979 he won the IBSF World Billiards Championship in Sri Lanka in a time game against Norman Dailey from England.
Others
Shortly after his engagement to Sylvia Borg, the couple had a serious car accident on December 30, 1980. His fiancée died while Mifsud was critically injured.
Web links
- Profile of Paul Mifsud on CueTracker
- Paul Mifsud in the Snooker Database (English)
successes
Below is a list of Paul Mifsud's finals.
| competition | opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|
| snooker | ||
| IBSF World Snooker Championship 1976 | Doug Mountjoy | 1:11 |
| IBSF World Snooker Championship 1985 | Dilwyn John | 11: 6 |
| 1986 IBSF World Snooker Championship | Kerry Jones | 11: 9 |
| EBSA European Snooker Championship 1988 | Stefan Mazrocis | 7:11 |
| English billiards | ||
| IBSF World Billiards Championship 1979 | Norman Dailey | 2,943 : 2,152 |
He also won the Maltese billiards championship 25 times by 2002.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ron Florax: 1988 World Amateur Championship - Men - Centuries. Cuetracker.net, archived from the original on June 13, 2018 ; accessed on June 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Juan Ameen: Family fight to keep memorial of crash victim. Times of Malta , May 20, 2010, archived from the original on June 13, 2018 ; accessed on June 13, 2018 .
- ^ Mifsud - 25 times champion. Times of Malta , June 18, 2002, archived from the original on June 17, 2018 ; accessed on June 17, 2018 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mifsud, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Maltese snooker player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1947 |