Born | Moscow, Russia | 31 May 2000
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Sport country | United States |
Nickname | “The Ghost” |
Pool games | Nine-ball, ten-ball, eight-ball, one pocket, banks |
Tournament wins | |
World Champion | Nine-ball ( 2019) |
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Fedor Alekseyevich Gorst ( Russian: Фёдор Алексеевич Горст; born May 31, 2000, in Moscow) is a Russian professional pool player.
In December 2018, Gorst reached 8th in the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) world rankings. Gorst won the U19 8-Ball European Pool Championship in 2017, [1] before winning the 2018 Treviso Open on the Euro Tour. [2] Gorst is also a Junior 9-ball world champion, winning the 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship in the boys (Under 19) event. [3]
Gorst won the 2019 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, defeating Chang Jung-lin in the final 13–11. [4]
In 2023, Gorst made it to the final of the U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship, but he was defeated 13–6 by Chinese Taipei's Ko Ping Chung. [5]
Dynamic Billard Treviso Open 2018