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Liu Hsin-mei (柳信美) is a professional pool player from Chinese Taipei. She has won the WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship twice, in 1999 and 2002.
Biography
Both of Liu's parents were blind, and provided massages for a living. As a young girl, Liu would transport her parents by bicycle to customers' houses. At 18, she started socialising at pool halls, and took up playing pool. Later, she worked at a karaoke bar, during which she was regularly drinking and taking drugs, including amphetemines.
She studied at The Taipei Physical Education College. In 2001, she started studying sports management at Taipei Physical Education College, with the ambition of becoming a teacher.
She won the WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship in 1999 and 2002, and was runner-up in 2004 and 2006. Shortly after winning the 2002 championship, she published an autobiographical book, Taiwan A-mei (台灣阿美).
Tournament results
- 1993 BCA US Open 14.1 Pocket Billiards Champion
- 1999 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Champion - beat Allison Fisher 11-10 in the final
- 2002 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Champion - beat Karen Corr in the final
- 2004 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship – runner up, 9–11, to Kim Ga-young
- 2006 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship – runner up to Kim Ga-young