Ami Kamani, the first Indian woman snooker player to win a gold medal in the Asian Championship 2018, has won the national title for the fourth consecutive time in the 4th National Six Red Snooker Championship.
The championship was played at Ahmedabad recently. Director Sports and Youth Welfare VK Singh met the player. Director of Sports Singh congratulated Ami Kamani on becoming the winner of the National Six Red Snooker Championship and congratulated her for the same performance further.
In National Six Red Snooker Championship, Kamani defeated Karnataka player Umadevi 3-2 in Quarter Final, 4-3 to Maharashtra’s Arkansas in the Semi Final and 4-2 to Karnataka’s Vidya Pillai in the Final. Made the State proud by winning the national title for the fourth consecutive time. Snooker player Ami Kamani has won a total of nine titles so far, including 15 red snooker, 6 red snooker and billiards.
Ami Kamani is currently a Six Red World ranking number-2 snooker player. Ami Kamani has given the country 16 medals including one gold, 5 silver and 10 bronze in the international competition. While in the national competitions, it has enhanced the pride of Madhya Pradesh by winning 13 medals, including 9 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.
Ami Kamani of Indore’s middle class family has touched the heights of success after much struggle. He started playing snooker in 2011. Due to strong will power, Ami Kamani completed the journey to become India number 3 player without any coach. Ami Kamani proved himself to be a good player by winning medals in national and international competition due to the full support of his parents.
She said the parents’ support inspired me to go ahead, struggle and win medals for my country and state. Ami, who lost her father in the year 2013, did not lose courage and proved that Madhya Pradesh has the talent to play snooker which has currently achieved number two in the world rankings.
He was awarded the Vikram Award in the year 2015 due to Ami Kamani’s outstanding achievements by the Madhya Pradesh Government. In January 2020, Ami Kamani Government appointment was granted in the Department of Sports and Youth Welfare.