Yasin Merchant

Yasin Merchant
Personal information
Born (1966-12-17) 17 December 1966 (age 59)
Mumbai, India
Sport
Country India
SportSnooker
Professional1992–1997
Highest ranking65 (1996/1997)
Best ranking finishLast 32 (x2)
Yasin Merchant
Medal record
Men's Snooker
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2002 BusanDoubles
Silver medal – second place2010 GuangzhouTeam
Bronze medal – third place2006 DohaTeam
Asian Indoor Games
Bronze medal – third place2007 MacauTeam

Yasin Merchant (born 17 December 1966) is India's second professional snooker player. The late Omprakesh Agrawal was the first.

Merchant won the National Snooker championships on 3 occasions, in 2001, 2000 and 1991. He was honoured by Khar Gymkhana which has named its snooker hall after him as Yasin Merchant Snooker Hall.

Career

In 2011 he retired from the sport.

Tournament finals

References

  1. ↑ "Former Asian Snooker Champion Yasin Merchant honoured". The Indian Express. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Snooker ace Yasin Merchant calls it a day". ndtv.com. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Merchant loses to O'Donnel in World Snooker Championship". ndtv.com. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Snooker ace Yasin Merchant calls it a day". news18.com. Retrieved 26 April 2016.