Paul Medati (14 November 1943 – 29 November 2008) was an English professional

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and

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player.

Career

Medati was born in Ordsall,

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parents, and attended St. Joseph's Primary School. After playing snooker for many years, he turned professional in 1981, and perhaps the best performance of his career came when he reached the last 16 of the

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, where he was defeated 9-1 by eventual winner

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, courtesy of a disagreement with Medati. He had other notable victories in his career defeating the likes of

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, John Spencer and

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. In his later years he became a pool player, and the Paul Medati Trophy is a pool tournament named in his honour. Medati died of cancer at home in Salford in 2008.

References

1943 births 2008 deaths People from Ordsall Sportspeople from the City of Salford English snooker players English people of Maltese descent {{England-snooker-bio-stub