Peter Gilchrist (born 1968 in

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) is an English-born Singaporean

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player. He won the

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in 1994, 2001, and 2013 (long format), and 2019.

Career

Peter Gilchrist played in Teesside Boys Billiards League as a youth. he was the English Amateur Champion in 1988. He won the

in 1994, 2001, 2013 (long format) and 2019. He has won

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world titles in 2015 (short format), 2016 and 2019 (long up). In 2003, he moved to Singapore to become the national billiards and snooker coach, and in 2006 he became a Singaporean citizen under the

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. He renounced his British citizenship at the same time. Gilchrist represented Singapore in the

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in 2009, where he won Gold for English Billiards Singles, and Bronze for the doubles. Gilchrist set the world record for highest break in billiards (1346) under modern rules, at the New Zealand Open Billiards Championships. On 14 February 2014, he scored his second 1000 break, at the

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Irish Open. He is the only player of the modern era who scored more than one 1000 points in tournament break. He won the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship, beating

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1500–706 in the final. In 2022, during the 2021 Southeast Asian Games, Gilchrist won the silver medal after losing 3-1 to

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's Pauk Sa, ending a streak of six gold medals in the English billiards men's singles event. He is a two-time Sportsman of the Year in Singapore, having been named to the awards in the 2020 and 2014 editions of the Singapore Sports Awards.

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