Peter Gilchrist (billiards player)


Peter Gilchrist is an English-born Singaporean English billiards player.

Career

Gilchrist won the World Billiards Championship in 1994, 2001, 2013 and 2019.
In 2003, Gilchrist moved to Singapore to become the national billiards and snooker coach.
In 2006, Gilchrist became a Singapore citizen under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme as a two-time world billiards champion while competing for England.
He has also represented Singapore in the SEA Games in 2009, where he won Gold for English Billiards Singles, and Bronze for the doubles.
He set the world record for highest break in billiards under modern rules, at the New Zealand Open Billiards Championships.
On 14 February 2014, he scored his second 1000 break at the World Billiards Irish Open. He is the only player of the modern era who scored more than one 1000 points in tournament break.
He won the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship, beating Sourav Kothari 1500–706 in the final.