Pankaj Advani

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About Pankaj Advani

The tender age of 18, Pankaj won his first World Title in 2003. From there, Pankaj's career has seen many firsts. He is the 16-time World Billiards and Snooker Champion, Pankaj Advani - the only player in the world to win world titles in all formats of both, Billiards and Snooker.

He is the only person in the history of the game to have won both the billiards and snooker IBSF World Titles as well as the World Professional Billiards Championship. He was the first person ever to win a "Grand Double" (both the points and time formats in the same year) at the IBSF World Billiards Championships 2005 in Malta. Pankaj repeated the same feat at the 2008 Championships held in Bangalore. On October 29, 2014 he created a world record by winning the Grand Double for the third time, in Leeds, UK.

Pankaj Advani remaining the only person to have won all 5 Billiards tournaments in a season, an accomplishment achieved by winning the Junior National Championship, Senior National Championship, Asian Billiards Championship, World Billiards Championship (Point Format) and World Billiards Championship (Time Format).

His contribution to the sport and to India's sporting milieu has been recognized on multiple levels. He was bestowed with India's prestigious civilian award, the Padmashree in 2009. His excellence in the sport has also earned him the highest sporting honour - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2006 (Only Sportsperson in Karnataka) and the Arjuna Award in 2004. In 2010 alone, he was the recipient of the Sahara India Sports Award, the Teacher's Achievement Award in Sports and the DNA Most Stylish Sportsperson Award.

2011 saw Pankaj achieve a different milestone in his young life. The World Economic Forum chose him as a Global Shaper for his prowess, iconic status and supremacy in his field.

In 2012, he received the NDTV Spirit of Sports Award for India's Outstanding Achiever. He has also earned the TAG Heuer's Excellence in Sports Award in the same year. Pankaj then embarked on a unique journey as the only person in the world to participate as a Professional in both Snooker and Billiards.