Jeanette Lee (born Lee Jin-Hee, Hangul: ???, July 9, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American professional pool player. She was nicknamed "the Black Widow" by her friends because, in spite of her sweet demeanor, she would "eat people alive" when she got to a pool table. Jeanette is an American of Korean descent.
Video Jeanette Lee
Career
Lee started playing pool in 1989. She went on to rank as the No. 1 female pool player in the world during the 1990s, and received the Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) Sportsperson of the Year Award in 1998. She was three times runner-up at the World Nine-ball Championships (women's), from 1993-96. In addition to many top finishes on the WPBA Tour, she won the gold medal for the United States at the 2001 World Games in Akita, Japan, and won the ladies' US$25,000 winner-take-all Tournament of Champions twice, in 1999 and 2003. Lee also wrote The Black Widow's Guide to Killer Pool.
In 2001, Lee challenged Efren Reyes to a race-to-13 exhibition match at nine-ball, in Manila, Philippines, but lost 4-13. After receiving a true lession in Three-Cushion Billiards by Torbjörn Blomdahl, she has apparently taken up "the King of cue-sports" to heart, and have practiced and improved
For 2007, she was ranked #4 in Pool & Billiard Magazine's "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players" poll.
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Titles and achievements
Titles
- 2007 International Skins Billiard Championship
- 2007 Skins Billiards Champion
- 2007 World Team Cup Champion
- 2007 Empress Cup Champion
- 2005 China Invitational Champion
- 2004 BCA Open Champion
- 2004 Atlanta Women's Open
- 2004 ESPN Ultimate Challenge
- 2004 International Trick Shot Champion
- 2004 Women's Trick Shot World Champion
- 2004 WPBA Florida Classic Hard Rock Casino Champion
- 2003 Tournament of Champions Champion
- 2001 Gold Medalist for the United States in the World Games
- 1999 ESPN Ultimate Shootout
- 1999 ESPN Ladies' Tournament of Champions
- 1998 WPBA Penn Ray Classic
- 1998 WPBA Cuetec Cues Hawaii Classic
- 1997 WPBA Huebler Classic
- 1997 WPBA Olhausen Classic
- 1996 WPBA BCA Classic
- 1995 WPBA Olhausen Classic
- 1995 WPBA Brunswick Classic
- 1994 WPBA U.S. Open 9-Ball
- 1994 WPBA Baltimore Billiards Classic
- 1994 WPBA Kasson Classic
- 1994 WPBA San Francisco Classic
- 1994 WPBA Nationals
Achievements
- 2007 Pool & Billiard Magazine Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players, #4
- 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 Ranked one of the Most Powerful People in the Sport by Billiards Digest
- 1998 WPBA Sportsperson of the Years
- 1994 WPBA Player of the Year
- Formerly ranked #1 in the World and Player of the Year by Billiards Digest and Pool & Billiards Magazine
Outside competition
As someone who has suffered from scoliosis, Lee is a strong supporter of those affected by the disease, and now serves as the national spokesperson for the Scoliosis Association. Lee appeared on Fox Sports Net's Sport Science, where she pocketed 12 balls in one trick shot, on March 30, 2008. Orange County Choppers built the Black Widow Bike in Lee's honor on the TV show American Chopper.
Personal life
Jeanette Lee lives in Tampa, Florida with her husband (professional pool player George Breedlove) and their children: stepdaughters Morgan Michelle Breedlove and Olivia Sue Breedlove, foster-son John Kang, daughters Cheyenne Lee Breedlove, Chloe Angelee Breedlove, Savannah Lee Breedlove.
References
External links
- http://www.blackwidowbilliards.com/ Jeanette Lee's Official Website
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130305114903/http://blackwidowbilliards.co.kr/ Jeanette Lee's Official Website (Korea)
- https://www.facebook.com/jeanetteleetheblackwidow
- https://www.twitter.com/JeanetteLeeTBW
- WPBA Profile
- Jeanette Lee Photo Gallery
- Onthesnap.com Biography (Courtesy of archive.org)
- Press Release for the Black Widow Billiards Center
- Video of Jeanette Lee on Xtreme Presbox (exclusive)
- Video interview 2 with Jeanette Lee at Inside POOL Magazine
- Press Release on the birth of her daughter Savannah
- Jeanette Lee 2008 Derby City Straight Pool Challenge Video
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