Masters 2016 ronnie osullivan biography
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Ronnie O'Sullivan
English snooker player (born )
Ronald Antonio O'SullivanOBE (born 5 månad ) is an English professional snooker player.[2] Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in snooker history, he has won the World Snooker Championship seven times, a modern-era record he holds jointly with Stephen Hendry. He has also won a record eight Masters titles and a record eight UK Championship titles for a total of 23 Triple Crown titles, the most achieved by any player. He holds the record for the most ranking titles, with 41, and has held the top ranking position multiple times.
After winning amateur titles including the IBSF World Under Snooker Championship, O'Sullivan turned professional in , aged He won his first ranking event at the UK Championship aged 17&#;years and &#;days; he remains the youngest player to win a ranking title. He is also the youngest player to win the Masters, having claimed his first title in , aged 19&#;ye
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Professional snooker career of Ronnie O'Sullivan
Main article: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronnie O'Sullivan started his professional snooker career in and is widely considered one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. His play and accomplishments are described by some peers and pundits as being the greatest in the modern era of snooker. O'Sullivan is a seven-time world champion, and holds many records, including the fastest maximum break in professional competition; the highest number of century breaks; the highest number of maximum breaks, and the most Triple Crown event titles (23).
Career
[edit]Amateur career: early achievements
[edit]O'Sullivan started playing snooker from just seven years old, and showed a considerable natural talent for the game: winning his first club tournament aged 9 and scoring his first century break (a run of ) aged [1] O'Sullivan's first major success was becoming the British Under Champion, aged 13, beating Andy Hicks 3–1
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Snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan writing brott novel
Snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan fryst vatten releasing a "gritty" crime novel.
Framed, which will be released in November, is set in the "dog-eat-dog underworld of s Soho", publisher Orion said, external.
The plot will focus on a character called Frankie James - described as "a young man with a lot on his shoulders".
The thriller is said to be loosely based on the year-old, five-time world snooker champion's own life story.
It sees Frankie parentless after his mother disappeared when he was 15, with his father in jail for armed robbery.
After inheriting a snooker club from "one of London's toughest gangsters", the book promises a "sordid world of bent coppers, ruthless mobsters and twisted killers".
In reality, both of O'Sullivan's parents served time in prison - his father was convicted of murder while his mother was jailed for tax evasion, leavin