Fu Che-wei born December 21, 1973 (
Traditional Chinese
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: ;
Tongyong Pinyin
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: Fù Ché-Wěi) is a
Chinese Taipei
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Due to the One-China principle stipulated by th ...
professional
pool
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player, nicknamed "the Draw Shot Prince."
Career
Fu made his first notable appearance when he finished among the top 32 competitors in the
2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The 2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 15th edition of the WPA World Championship for 9-Ball Pool. It took place from July 10 to 18, 2004 in the Taiwanese capital city Taipei.
Filipino Alex Pagulayan won the championship with a 17– ...
(losing to
Earl Strickland
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). He made a comeback at the
2006 event, he was eventually eliminated by runner-up
Ralf Souquet
Ralf Souquet ( ; born 29 November 1968) is a German professional pool player. His nickname is "The Kaiser".
Since 1988, he has won more than 200 tournament titles, including 23 Euro Tour titles, 20 European Pool Championship and 12 German Po ...
in the semi-finals.
The performance would win earn him a place in the
following years event, but was eliminated in the second round to
Mika Immonen
Mika Immonen (born 17 December 1972) is a Finnish professional Hall of Fame pool player, nicknamed "The Iceman."
Career
Immonen won the 2001 WPA World Nine-ball Championship in Cardiff, Wales. That same year, he was the runner-up to Corey Deue ...
.
Che-Wei reached the final of the
2012 WPA World Eight-ball Championships; defeating
Huidji See
Huidji See (born 30 May 1981 in Arnhem, Netherlands, also known as Huidji Lake) is a Dutch pool and billiards player. He was the 2011 WPA World 10-Ball Pool Champion.
Career Early life
See was born in 1981 in the Netherlands, the son of Chinese ...
in the quarter-finals 9–4, and
Liu Haitao 9–3 in the semi-final, before losing in the final to
Chang Jung-lin
Chang Jung-lin (born May 2, 1985) is a Taiwanese 8-ball and Nine-ball pool player.
He became WPA World Eight-ball Champion in 2012 and won the silver medal at the 2013 World Games for Nine-ball. Jun-Lin is a former world number 1, having done ...
11–6.
Fu has also competed at the
WPA World Ten-ball Championship
The WPA World Ten-ball Championship is a professional ten-ball pool tournament sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA). The event was first held in 2008 in the Philippines, followed by playings there in 2009 and 2011. After not bei ...
s, reaching the last 16 in
2008
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.
Titles
* 2012
WPA World Team Championship
References
External links
Fu Che-weiat AZBilliards.com
Living people
1973 births
Taiwanese pool players
Cue sports players at the 2002 Asian Games
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