Shawn Budd (born 2 March 1974 in

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), is a professional

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and

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player that has won major snooker and pool tournaments in Australia, New Zealand, England and America. He is the only Australian snooker player ever to win the Australian Open Snooker, Australian National Snooker, Australian

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and

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titles. Also he has won the Oceania Snooker championships and was runner up in the Oceania Billiards Championship in the same year. In 2002 he was a quarter finalist in the

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s (50 up). In 1994 he won the Valley National Open 8-ball tournament in Las Vegas (over 5000 entries) and in 2001 he won the Masters 8-ball event. The event is now called the World Pool Championships.

Life

Budd grew up in the Sydney suburb of Coogee. His grandfather, from

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, first taught Shawn how to play snooker. He attended

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. Budd's cousin is actor/director

Michael Budd Michael Hamish Budd (born 2 July 1974) is an Australian film actor, director and producer. Budd is best known for playing Esmael in '' The Cold Light of Day''. Career Budd's initial break in Hollywood came in 2001 when the Wachowskis selected ...

Career

Early career

*2-time Australian under-18 snooker champion *1994 Asian Pacific under-21 snooker champion – televised on the ABC *1994 Valley National Open 8 ball champion Las Vegas – over 5000 entries from 50 countries Turned professional in 1992.

1995/1999

*1996 Bribie Island Open Champion *1997,98,99 Australia National snooker champion *1997 World Speed Pool Champion (Las Vegas) *1997 World Target Pool Champion (Las Vegas) *1997 IBSF World Championship Last 32 *1997 Rooty Hills Masters Champion (3 consecutives centuries in final) *1998 IBSF World Championship Last 16 *1998 WPBSA Oceania Qualifying Winner *1998 Princes Cup Winner *1999 Australian 8 ball champion held at

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*1999 Australian 9 ball Champion *1999 IBSF World Championship Last 16 *1999 Central Coast Leagues Champion *1999 Fred Osbourne Albury Championship Runner Up *Winner of the 1999 $100,000 8 ball Challenge – The largest prize money tournament ever held in Australia

2000/2005

*2000,2002,2004 Australian Open Snooker Champion *2001 VNEA 8-ball Masters Champion Las Vegas *2004 R/up Australian National Snooker Championships

2006/2016

*2006 NSW state 8 ball Champion *2007 R/Up Central Coast – Beaten by world number 1

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*2007 Semi finalist Australian 9 ball *2007 The first ever Australian Open Scotch Doubles Champions – Stuart Lawler and Shawn Budd- nominated to represent Australian in Rotterdam, September 2007 *2007 Runner up Australian National snooker championships *2008–2009 Fred Osbourne Albury Championship winner *2009 South Pacific Snooker Champion *2009 Australian Open Snooker Champion *2010 Oceania Men's Snooker Championship *2012 South Pacific Snooker Champion *2012 Australian Open Snooker Champion *2013 NSW 9 Ball Champion *2013 Australian Open 8 Ball Champion *2016 Lance Pannell Snooker winner *2016 Australian 10 Ball Champion *2016 Oceania 9 Ball Champion

References

External links

Official website

Profile at ''BSANSW''

Herald Sun: Shawn Budd takes prize for sportsmanship
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