Fedor Gorst

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Fedor Gorst
Born (2000-05-31) 31 May 2000 (age 23)
Moscow, Russia
Sport country United States
Nickname“The Ghost”
Pool gamesNine-ball, ten-ball, eight-ball, one pocket, banks
Tournament wins
World ChampionNine-ball (2019)
WEBSITE [1]

Fedor Alekseyevich Gorst (Russian: Фёдор Алексеевич Горст; born May 31, 2000, in Moscow) is a Russian professional pool player.

Career[edit]

In December 2018, Gorst reached 8th in the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) world rankings. Gorst won the U19 8-Ball European Pool Championship in 2017,[1] before winning the 2018 Treviso Open on the Euro Tour.[2] Gorst is also a Junior 9-ball world champion, winning the 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship in the boys (Under 19) event.[3]

Gorst won the 2019 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, defeating Chang Jung-lin in the final 13–11.[4]

In 2023, Gorst made it to the final of the U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship, but he was defeated 13–6 by Chinese Taipei's Ko Ping Chung.[5]

Titles and achievements[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New European 8-Ball Champions are Tkach, Gorst and Pehlivanovic". azbilliards.com. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Fedor Gorst goes all the way". azbilliards.com. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018. Dynamic Billard Treviso Open 2018
  3. ^ "Triple gold for team Europe". azbilliards.com. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Knockout". esnooker.pl. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. ^ Pool, Matchroom (2023-10-01). "KO PING CHUNG WINS THE 46TH US OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP". Matchroom Pool. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  6. ^ "9741 - Arizona Open 2022".

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