Geet Sethi
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Geet Sethi (born April 17, 1961) is an Indian billiards player who has dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s.
Born in New Delhi, India, he rose to prominence by winning the World Amateur Billiards Championships in 1985 and 1987. The next year he completed a 147 break in snooker, the first amateur to complete an official maximum.
In the 1992 World Professional Billiards Championship, he constructed a world record break of 1276 under the three-pot rule. He won the title in this year and would go on to win it again in 1993, 1995, 1998 and 2001.
A major sporting hero in India, Geet has recently set up a number of Internet web sites such as the portal Kheladi.com.
World Professional Billiards Championship Results
- 1992: Won
- 1993: Won
- 1994: -
- 1995: Won (beat Devendra Joshi 1661-931)
- 1996: Runner-up (lost to Mike Russell 2534-1848)
- 1997: -
- 1998: Won (beat Mike Russell 1400-1015)
- 1999:
- 2000: Q/F (lost to David Causier)
- 2001: Won (beat Ashok Shandilya 3484-1289)
- 2002: S/F (lost to Peter Gilchrist 1767-851)
- 2003: group stages
- 2004: Q/F - lost to David Causier 971-722)