1. Karen Corr was born on 10 November 1969 and is a Northern Irish professional pool and former snooker and English billiards player.
16 Facts About Karen Corr
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Karen Corr began entering women's snooker tournaments at age 15 and went on to win the World Women's Snooker Championship three times and the World Women's Billiards Championship twice.
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Karen Corr has won numerous tournaments and has been ranked number one on the WPBA Tour.
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Karen Corr was inducted into the BCA Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Karen Corr loved watching snooker matches on television and joined a snooker club at the age of 14 with her father and her brother.
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Karen Corr continued to play in tournaments and rapidly became a top player on the women's tour.
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Karen Corr would go on to repeat that feat in 1995 and 1997.
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Karen Corr won the World Women's Billiards Championship in 1998 and 1999.
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Karen Corr moved to the US in 1998 to see how well she could play pool.
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Karen Corr won her first WPBA Classic Tour title, "The 2000 Cuetec Cues Players Championship" in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
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Karen Corr completed that year with two more Classic tour titles.
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Karen Corr won the "All Japan Championship" held in Osaka, Japan.
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Karen Corr placed second in the "WPA Women's World Championship" and in the "UCC World Ladies Championship" held in Tokyo, Japan.
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Karen Corr won the silver medal at the World Games and placed 2nd at the World Championships.
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The crowning achievement of her career came on 26 October 2012, when Karen Corr was formally inducted into the Greatest Player wing of the BCA Hall of Fame.
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Karen Corr has been runner-up at the World 9-ball Championship four times.