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38 years |
Birth date |
February 22, 1986 |
Zodiac sign |
Pisces |
Place of Birth |
Northern Ireland |
Occupation |
Snooker player |
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Mark Allen (born 22 February 1986) is a Northern Irish professional snooker player. He won the World Amateur Championship in 2004. The following year he entered the Main Tour and took only three seasons to reach the elite top 16. As a prolific break-builder, Allen has compiled more than 425 century breaks in professional competition.
Allen reached his first ranking event final at the 2011 UK Championship. He has to date won five ranking tournaments – 2012 World Open, 2013 World Open, 2016 Players Tour Championship Finals, 2018 International Championship, and 2018 Scottish Open. In 2018, Allen won his first Triple Crown title at the 2018 Masters tournament.
Allen's highest break is 147, which he achieved in the 2016 UK Championship.
At a young age Allen considered a career in football, having trials with Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest before concentrating on snooker. Playing out of the Fountain Club in Antrim, he was Northern Ireland U14 champion in 2000, the U16 champion in 2001, before winning the Irish U16, U18 and U19 titles in one weekend in 2002, becoming the first player to win all three tournaments. By the age of 16 he had recorded his first maximum break and was a winner of the Golden Waistcoat, a tournament for the best U19 players from around the world.
Height | 6 ft 1 in / 185 cm |
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Weight | 183 lb / 83 kg |
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Hair Color | Brown |
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Eye Color | Brown |
Nationality | Irish |
Race / ethnicity | White |