&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Michael_White_PHC_2016-2.jpg) White at the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic | |
| Born | 5 July 1991 Neath, Glamorgan, Wales |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Wales |
| Nickname | Lightning[1] |
| Professional | 2007/2008, 2009–2020, 2022–2024 |
| Highest ranking | 15 (April 2016)[2] |
| Century breaks | 180 |
| Tournament wins | |
| Ranking | 2 |
Michael White (born 5 July 1991) is a Welsh former professional snooker player from Neath, Glamorgan. Nicknamed ‘Lightning’ due to his fast playing style, he won two ranking titles during his career.
White holds the Guinness World Record as the youngest player to compile a witnessed century break, a feat he accomplished in March 2001 when he was aged 9 years and 268 days. He won the World Amateur Championship in 2006, aged 14, and turned professional during the 2007–08 snooker season. He won his first ranking title at the 2015 Indian Open and his second at the 2017 Paul Hunter Classic. He reached his career highest world ranking of 15th in April 2016.
White's form declined in the 2018–19 season, and he dropped off the professional tour after ending the 2019–20 season outside the top 64 in the world rankings. He regained his tour card by qualifying for the main stage of the 2022 World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, becoming only the second amateur player (after James Cahill in 2019) to do so.
In July 2024, White was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court to a total of 3 years in prison, relating to two charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on his former partner. The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association revoked White's WPBSA membership with immediate effect, which removed him from the professional tour and the snooker world rankings.[3][4]
- ^ "Michael White". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "WORLD RANKINGS After 2016 BAIC Motors China Open". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "WPBSA Statement Michael White". WPBSA. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ "Top snooker player jailed for assaulting partner". BBC News. Retrieved 12 July 2024.