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Zhao Xintong

趙心童　/　ちゃお・しんとん

Snooker player from People's Republic of China

April 3, 1997 (age 29)　・　Xi'an, People's Republic of China

snooker player
athlete

My Take

Zhao Xintong is the kind of athlete I find genuinely thrilling to follow. Becoming the 2025 world champion as Asia's first, and doing it as an amateur winning a ranking event, isn't just a trophy; it's a structural break in a sport long dominated by British players. I'm drawn to snooker precisely because it rewards nerve and spatial reading over raw athleticism, and Zhao's cue control suggests a mind that thinks several shots ahead. Born in Xi'an in 1997, he carries a quiet weight of expectation for a whole region. To me he feels like a turning point, the proof that snooker's center of gravity is genuinely shifting east.

Overview

Zhao Xintong (Chinese: 赵心童, approximately chow shin-TUNG; born 3 April 1997) is a Chinese professional snooker player and the 2025 world champion, the sport's first world champion from Asia and the first player to win a ranking event while competing as an amateur. He also won his first Triple Crown title at the 2021 UK Championship and followed that with victory at the 2022 German Masters.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Zhao Xintong
Name (Japanese): 趙心童
Reading: ちゃお・しんとん
Born: April 3, 1997 (age 29)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Ox
Origin: Xi'an, People's Republic of China
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: snooker player / athlete

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
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4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao%20Xintong

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