Born | Dublin, Ireland | 28 January 1968
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Sport country | Ireland |
Nickname | Motor Molly [1] |
Tournament wins | |
World Champion | Nine-ball (2000) |
Julie Kelly (born 28 January 1968) is an Irish professional pool, and former snooker, player. She won the WPA nine-ball world championship in 2000. [2]
Kelly was a sheepherder in Ireland and won the Irish women's snooker championship a record seven times [3] before travelling to the United States with her friend Karen Corr to take up pool. [4] Kelly sold her sheep to help finance the move. [5]
She beat Corr in the final to win the WPA nine-ball world championship in 2000, and had some other successes on the tournament circuit, including a victory over Allison Fisher to win the 2000 WPBA Canadian Classic.
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