Geet Sethi

Geet Sethi

Career Highlights :
  • IBSF World Billiards Champion 1985‚ 87‚ 01
  • IBSF World Billiards runner-up 2002‚ 2003‚ 2005‚ 2008
  • IBSF World Billiards Champion 1985‚ 87‚ 01
  • IBSF World Billiards bronze medallist 2007
  • IBSF World Billiards bronze medallist (time) 2008
  • WBA World Billiards Champion 1992‚93‚95‚98‚06
  • WBA World Billiards silver medal 2008
  • Asian Games Bangkok 1998: doubles gold medal in English Billiards and silver in singles.
  • Asian Games Doha 2006: doubles bronze in English Billiards
  • Asian Indoor Games Macau 2007: singles silver in English Billiards
  • Asian Billiards Champion 1986
  • International Pontins Snooker Champion 1984
  • World Amateur Snooker semi–finalist‚ Asian Snooker Championship no.3 1989
  • National Billiards Champion 1982‚85‚86‚87.88‚97‚ 07
  • National Snooker Champion 1985‚86‚87,‚88
  • World Team Snooker Masters Champion in San Jose 2006
Awards :
  • Padma Shri 1986
  • Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 1992
  • KK Birla Sports Foundation Award 1992
  • Arjuna Award 1986
  • Billiards Player of the year by WPBSA 1999
Records :
  • In the Guinness Book of Records : The first amateur to have recorded a 147 maximum in competition.
  • Created a world record of 1276–point break in the 1992 world professional billiards championship. That break is the highest world championship break of the last 50 years.
Other Activities :
Authored a book ‘Success v/s Joy
Brief write up:
9 world titles: 8 world billiards titles and 1 world snooker masters title Awarded: Padmashri‚ Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award‚ Arjuna Award
Geet Sethi crowned World Billiards Champion for the 8th Time!
Geet Sethi has capured his 8th world title with a 2073-1057 victory over Lee Lagan in a five hour final of the 2006 world professional billiards championship which concluded at Prestatyn on Friday evening. Building up an early lead with two century breaks Sethi led by 150 points for most of the first hour. From then on apart from a 118 and a 98 break by Lee Lagan, Sethi increased his lead to 427 at the end of the first session. Sethi continued his string of breaks, which included 2 double centuries. Lagan, who won the 2003 IBSF world championship with a 6-5 win over Sethi at Hyderabad, seemed to struggle throughout the match, with the exception of one century break in each session. When the final bell went, Sethi was in an unfinished break of 206, and without doubt, was a worthy champion, his 5th World Professional title which added to his 3 IBSF world titles takes his world titles tally to 8. Sethi, who has been focussing on the sport with renewed enthusiasm in preperation for the forthcoming Asian Games at Doha seems to be peaking at the right time. The Ahmedabad cueists last world professional title was in 1998 at his hometown and his IBSF world title in 2001 in New Zealand. Sethi defeated Chris Shutt, the defending champion in the semi final and David Casuier in the quarter final.
2006 WORLD PROFESSIONAL BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP
Venue:- Pontins Snooker Centre, PrestatynFormat: Final 2 x 2 ½ hour sessionsDate: Friday 2nd June 2006 FINAL Geet Sethi v Lee Lagan
First Session
Score: 930 Score: 503
Breaks: 104-186-52-127-101-89-90 Breaks: 128-118-98
Average: 32.0 Average: 18.0
Second Session
Score: 1163 Score: 554
Breaks: 108-55-64-88-88-238-55-206unf Breaks: 75-138-86-50
Average: 35.2 Average: 16.3
Match Result
Score: 2093 Score: 1057
Average: 34.3 Average: 17.0

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