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Ronnie O'Sullivan
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English snooker player (born 1975)
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Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan, known as The Rocket, is a male English snooker player born on December 5, 1975, in Wordsley, West Midlands. He competes for England and holds United Kingdom citizenship. His career includes participation in the 1995, 2007, 2009, and 2014 Masters tournaments.
O'Sullivan has won the 1993 and 1997 UK Championships, as well as the 1996 Asian Classic and German Open. He has accumulated 1,330 century breaks and achieved a highest break of 153. His total prize money stands at 15,190,717. He is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and is inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame. He speaks English.
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Wordsley, West Midlands, England, UK
Ronnie O'Sullivan, OBE (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player from Chigwell, Essex. Widely recognised as one of the most talented and accomplished players in the history of the sport, he holds the record for the most ranking titles in professional snooker. As a seven-time world champion, a seven-time Masters champion and a eight-time UK champion, he has won a record 23…
Known for
- Ronnie O'Sullivan: The Edge of Everything — Self2023
- The Mosconi Cup: A 30 Year Story2023
- Ronnie O'Sullivan: Seventh Heaven — Self2022
- Make or Break: The World Snooker Tour2022
- One Day at the Crucible2021
- Amol Rajan Interviews — Self - Interviewed Guest2021
- Ronnie O'Sullivan - The Joy of Six — Self2020
- The Crucible: 40 Golden Snooker Years — Self2017
- Enter the Dragon: China's Snooker Star2017
- Ronnie O'Sullivan's American Hustle — Self - Presenter2017
via TMDB
Sports profile
- Sport
- Snooker
- Team
- World Snooker Championship Mens
- Position
- Snooker Player
- Nationality
- england
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antonio
- Family name
- O'Sullivan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wordsley
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Snooker Hall of Fame
- Participant in
- 1997 Masters
- Sport
- snooker
- Country for sport
- England
- Image
- Stephen Maguire, Ronnie O’Sullivan, and Michaela Tabb at German Masters Snooker Final (DerHexer) 2012-02-05 05 cropped.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ronnie O'Sullivan
- date of birth
- 1975-12-05
- nickname
- The Essex Exocet
- century breaks
- 1325
- prize money
- 14725634
- relative
- Maria Catalano
- highest break
- 153
- name in native language
- Ronnie O'Sullivan
- ranking
- 1
- competition won
- 2009 Shanghai Masters
- social media followers
- 557450
- member of
- Class of '92
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Encyclopedic overview
Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player. 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 he has been ranked world number one on five occasions throughout his career.
After winning amateur titles including the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship, O'Sullivan turned professional in 1992, aged 16. He won his first ranking event at the 1993 UK Championship and 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 1995. It took him longer to achieve success at the World Championship, as it took until 2001 for him to reach his first world final, in which he defeated John Higgins to claim his first World Championship and complete the career Triple Crown aged 25. Now also noted for his longevity in the sport, he is the oldest winner of all three Triple Crown events.
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