Geet Sethi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Geet Sethi
Occupation	snooker player
Date Of Birth	Apr 17, 1961(1961-04-17)
Age	63
Country	India
Horoscope	Aries

Geet Sethi Biography

Geet Sethi is one of the most popular and richest Snooker Player who was born on April 17, 1961 in India.

Born in Delhi and grew up in Ahmedabad, Sethi won his first major English billiards event in 1982, the Indian National Billiards Championship (an international event despite its name), defeating Michael Ferreira, and went on to win the NBC again four years in a row, 1985–1988, and made a comeback in both 1997 and 1998 to reclaim the title.

Sethi also took the Indian National Snooker Championships four times back to back, in the same 1985–1988 span as his national English billiards streak. In the 1989 event, held at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, though he did not take the title, he did achieve the world’s first amateur maximum break of 147 in official competition. He has never placed in the top snooker world rankings, however. Sethi is the only person in the history of cue-sports to have scored a maximum (147) in competitive snooker and a 1000+ break in competitive billiards.

Geet Sethi Net Worth

Geet Sethi is one of the richest snooker player from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Geet Sethi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Geet Siriram Sethi (born 17 April 1961) of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur (ex-pro) snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two world records, in English billiards. He, along with Prakash Padukone, has co-founded Olympic Gold Quest, a Foundation for the Promotion of Sports in India.

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Who is Geet Sethi Dating?

According to our records, Geet Sethi married to Kiran Bir Sethi. As of December 1, 2023, Geet Sethi’s is not dating anyone.

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Sethi won gold and silver medals in doubles and singles English billiards respectively at the 13th Asian Games (1998, Bangkok, Thailand). He also won silver and bronze medals in doubles and singles English billiards respectively at the 14th Asian Games (2002, Busan, South Korea). At the 15th Asian Games (2006, Doha, Quatar), he took bronze medal in English billiards (men’s doubles with Ashok Harishankar Shandilya).

Facts & Trivia

Peter Ranked on the list of most popular Snooker Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Geet Sethi celebrates birthday on April 17 of every year.

In the 2006 event, in Prestatyn, Wales, he defeated David Causier in the quarter final, and defending World Pro Champion Chris Shutt in the semi-final. He won the title round 2073–1057 (average per inning 34.3 vs. 17.0) in a timed five-hour final against Lee Lagan (who had previously beaten him 6 frames to 5 at the untimed 2003 IBSF Amateur World Championship). After running two centuries in the first hour, Sethi led by 150, increased this to 427 with two more centuries by the end of the first of the two sessions , and followed it up with a double century of 238 points ; meanwhile Langan only managed two centuries in the first session and one in the second.. When the match time ran out, Sethi had just reached a double century again, at 206, and had been poised to continue the break.

Is Geet Sethi awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna?

Awarded: To Geet Sethi, the Rs-1 lakh Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for the year 1992-93 , the country’s highest sports award, for an illustrious career in billiards. Sethi is also a winner of the Arjuna Award and the Padma Shri.

In which game is Geet Sethi associated?

Sethi was born for the game of billiards but as he reveals in this interview, it wasn’t always smooth sailing. For Geet Sethi, bliss on the billiards table isn’t winning world titles or crushing his opponents or even compiling world record breaks.

Where is Geet Sethi from?

Delhi, India

When did Geet Sethi was born?

April 17, 1961 (age 61 years)

Who won first Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna?

The first recipient of the award was Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand , who was honoured for the performance in the year 1991–92.