Muhammad Yousaf (snooker player)
{{Short description|Pakistani snooker player (born 1952)}}
{{Other people||Mohammad Yousuf (disambiguation){{!}}Mohammad Yousuf}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's Snooker }}
{{MedalCountry | {{PAK}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | IBSF World Masters Championship }}
{{MedalGold | 2006 Jordan | }}
{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }}
{{MedalBronze | 2002 Busan | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | ACBS Asian Snooker Championship }}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Pakistan | }}
{{MedalCompetition | IBSF World Snooker Championship }}
{{MedalGold | 1994 Johannesburg | }}
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Muhammad Yousaf ({{langx|ur|محمد یوسف}}, born 1952), also spelled as Mohammed Yousuf, is a Pakistani snooker player. He is the winner of the 1994 IBSF World Snooker Championship, 2006 IBSF World Masters Championship,{{cite web|url=http://www.ibsf.info/past-champions.shtml|title= Past Champions (1994 Champion - Muhammad Yousaf)| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120002252/http://www.ibsf.info/past-champions.shtml |archive-date=2013-01-20|access-date=21 August 2023|website=International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) website}} and 1998 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship.
Biography
Yousaf was born in Mumbai, India and later migrated to Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Currently, he is resident in Lahore and coaches young snooker players in one of the largest snooker clubs of Pakistan, Dolphin Snooker Club, situated in Chandni Chowk, Lahore, Pakistan.
Career
In 1994, at the IBSF World Snooker Championship at Johannesburg, he defeated Iceland’s Johannes R. Johanneson 11–9 to become the IBSF World Snooker Champion.{{cite news|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/100911/its-not-cricket/ |title=It's not cricket |author=Mohammad Ismail Khan|newspaper=Daily Times (newspaper)|date=2 May 2015|access-date=21 August 2023}}
In 2006, he beat Glen Wilkinson of Australia in Amman 5–4 to win the IBSF World Masters Championship in Jordan. He also competed at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.
Achievements
Awards
References
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Category:Sportspeople from Mumbai
Category:Pakistani snooker players
Category:Recipients of the Pride of Performance
Category:Sportspeople from Rawalpindi
Category:Sportspeople from Karachi
Category:Asian Games medalists in cue sports
Category:Cue sports players at the 2006 Asian Games
Category:Cue sports players at the 2002 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan
Category:Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Category:Snooker players from Punjab, Pakistan
Category:Cue sports players from Maharashtra
Category:Cue sports players at the 1998 Asian Games
Category:Indian emigrants to Pakistan
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