Joe Swail

Joe Swail ( born August 29, 1969 in Belfast ) is a Northern Irish snooker player.

Career

Swail made ​​his professional debut in 1991. Previously, he was once the English Amateur champion and finalist in the Northern Ireland Amateur Championships.

Among his greatest achievements include the semi-finals at the World Championships in Sheffield in 2000 and 2001 and his final appearance at the Welsh Open 2009, where he however Allister Carter 5:9 defeated, and his victory at one of the three Strachan Challenges ( a tournament series, the 1992 / was discharged in 1993 and once in it a tenth of the usual ranking points were ).

When German Masters 2011, he made ​​it to the quarter-finals. However, he fell at the end of the 2011/12 season in the top 64 in the world rankings out and played 2012/13 no longer on the main tour. Nevertheless, he managed at the Paul Hunter Classic 2012 to the final, where he lost to Mark Selby with 1:4. The PTC rating, he finished the season 18th place and thus qualified as the best non- professional on the "Order of Merit" from the 2013/14 season again for two years on the Main Tour.

Private

Swail suffers from a congenital hearing impairment. The BBC, he said that this will help him at the World Championships since not affect him the cheers of the audience and other noise to the neighboring table so.

His nickname is The Outlaw, a pun on the movie The Outlaw Josey Wales.

Swell

  • Joe Swail: Love of snooker was my cue to return, Belfast Telegraph, May 3, 2013
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