Lin Yuan-chun

Lin Yuan-chun
Born (1984-10-05) 5 October 1984 (age 40)
Sport country Chinese Taipei
NicknameWoman Killer[1]
Female Assassin[2]
Pool gamesEight-ball, Nine-Ball
Tournament wins
World ChampionNine-Ball (2008)

Lin Yuan-chun (born 5 October 1984) is a professional pool player from Chinese Taipei.

She started playing at the age of 17.[2] At the 15th Asian Games in 2006, she won the 8 Ball Pool gold medal, narrowly winning 7–6 over Kim Ga-young.[3]

Lin went on to win the WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship in 2008, again by defeating Kim Ga-young in the final,[4] and was runner-up to Han Yu in the final in 2013.

She has also won medals at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games, 2009 East Asian Games, 2009 World Games and 2010 Asian Games. She won the Amway World Open in 2008 and 2015.[5]

  1. ^ Staff Writer (10 September 2010). "Taiwanese pockets title at World Pool 9-Ball China Open". Taipei Times. 20. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ a b Scanlan, Sean (2 March 2006). "Women's 9-ball tournament starts with intense stares". Taipei Times. 20. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
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  4. ^ World Champions Archived 16 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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