Jim Wych
Appearance
Born | Calgary, Canada | January 11, 1954
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Sport country | Canada |
Professional | 1979–1997 |
Highest ranking | 17 (1980–1982) |
Best ranking finish | Quarter-final (World Championship, World Championship) |
Jim Wych (born 11 January 1954) is a sports announcer and former Canadian professional snooker and pocket billiards player. He reached the quarter-final of the Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship in his debut year of 1980, a "first" for any overseas player and duplicated this feat again in 1992. A two-time Canadian snooker champion, he retired from professional snooker in 1997 and now works mainly as a television pool and snooker commentator, principally for Sky Sports, with whom he has had an association since 1990.
Tournament Wins
Amateur finals: : 2 (2 titles)
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 1979 | Canadian Amateur Championship | Bob Paquette | 10–7 |
Winner | 2. | 1999 | Canadian Amateur Championship | Tom Finstad | 6–4 |
References
Categories:
- Canadian snooker players
- Canadian players of English billiards
- Snooker writers and broadcasters
- Pool writers and broadcasters
- Canadian sports announcers
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Calgary
- Snooker biography stubs
- Cue sports biography stubs
- Canadian television biography stubs
- Canadian sportspeople stubs