Draft:Stephen O'Connor (snooker player)

O’Connor was 18 years, 40 days when secured the World Amateur Snooker Championship title in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on November 25, 1990, defeating Steve Lemmens of Belgium in the final 11-8. He was the youngest winner of the title until Yan Bingtao in 2014, aged 14 years-old.{{Cite web|website=The Times|first=Mathew|last=Syed|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/flatmates-have-winning-mentality-but-cleaning-up-proves-impossible-m33wlh09vsl|title=Flatmates have winning mentality but cleaning up proves impossible|date=September 5, 2011|accessdate=April 16, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.snookerisland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=556&t=5354|title=Amateur Hall of Fame|website=Snooker Island|date=May 18, 2014|accessdate=April 16, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=330:yan-bingtao-becomes-youngest-ever-world-champion&Itemid=180|website=ibsf.info|first=Viveth|last=Pathak|title=Yan Bingtao Becomes Youngest Ever World Champion|date=November 29, 2014|accessdate=April 16, 2023}} That year, he won the Republic of Ireland National Senior Snooker Championship, defeating Richard McHugh 8-4 in the final.{{Cite web|first=Derek|last=Kiely|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40112948.html|website=Echolive.ie|title= Cork's leading snooker players still trying to bring national title to Leeside|date=June 24, 2020|accessdate=April 16, 2023}}

In 1994, O'Connor took part in the Longest frame in a ranking event, at the non-TV stage, when a frame lasted 92 minutes and 59 seconds in his match against Cliff Thorburn at the Regal Welsh Open.{{Cite web|url= https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/major-records.191872|website=Times of Malta|accessdate=April 16, 2023|first=Wilfred|last=Sultana|title= Major records|date=January 15, 2008}}

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