Pankaj Advani Height, Weight, Age, Family, Biography, & More

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Pankaj Arjan Advani
Nicknames	The Prince of Pune, The Prince of India, The Golden Boy
Profession	Billiards and Snooker player
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in feet inches- 5’ 8”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 65 kg in pounds- 143 lbs
Body Measurements (approx.)	- Chest: 38 inches - Waist: 30 inches - Biceps: 12 inches
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Billiors/Snookers
International Debut	2002- Asian Billiards Championship in Bangalore
Coach/Mentor	Arvind Savur
Records (main ones)	2005- First person in the world to win the points and time formats both in the same year at the IBSF World Billiards Championship 2003- Won his first world title 'Men's World Snooker Championship' in China at the age of eighteen only 2014- Won the Grand Double for the third time in the UK
Awards/Achievements	Awards :- 2003 - Indo-American Young Achiever's Award 2004 - Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Award, Hero India Sports Award 2006 - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2009 - Padmashree 2010 - DNA Most Stylish Sportsperson, Sahara India Sports Award, Teacher's Achievement Award in Sports 2011 - World Economic Forum’s Global Shaper Award 2012 - Asian Billiards Championship, NDTV Spirit of Sports 2018 - PadmabhushanWorld Titles :- 2003, 2015, 2017 - IBSF World Snooker Champion 2005, 2007-09, 2012, 2014-15 - World Billiards Champion (Time Format) 2014 - The World Team Billiards Championship 2014-15 - IBSF World Six-Red Snooker Champion 2005, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017 - World Billiards Champion (Points Format) 2018 - IBSF World Snooker Team Championship
Personal Life
Date of Birth	24 July 1985
Age (as in 2017)	32 Years
Birthplace	Pune (Maharashtra)
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Leo
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Bangalore (India)
School	Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore
College/University	SBM Jain College, Bangalore
Educational Qualification	Graduation (Commerce)
Religion	Hinduism
Ethnicity	Sindhi
Food Habit	Vegetarian
Address	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Hobbies	Listening to music
Girls, Affairs & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Family
Wife/Spouse	Not Known
Parents	Father- Arjan Advani Mother- Kajal Advani
Siblings	Brother- Dr. Shree Advani (Sport & Performance Psychologist) Sister- Not Known
Favourite Things
Favourite Player	Roger Federer
Favourite Food	Idli
Favourite Songs	Sadi Gali (Tanu Weds Manu), Greece 2000, Unforgivable by Armin Van Buuren and Nothing Else Matters by Metallica
Favourite Designers	Manoviraj Khosla, Wendell Rodricks and Babita Malkani
Favourite Holiday Spots	Goa, Melbourne
Style Quotient
Car Collection	Scorpio
Money Factor
Net Worth	Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About Pankaj Advani

• Does Pankaj Advani smoke?: Not Known

• Does Pankaj Advani drink alcohol?: No

• After birth, his parents reared him in Kuwait for five years.

• At the time of the Iraqi invasion, his family migrated to Bangalore (India).

• His father passed away when he was six years old.

• He was the head boy of his school, and when the students forgot to wear their house badges, he didn’t like to complain them to the principle, Instead, he helped them to buy new badges from a nearby shop.

• At the age of ten, he, with his brother Shree used to go to the snooker parlour after school. 

• At the age of eleven, he won his first State title, after beating his brother and mentor Shree in the final.

• During his childhood, he revealed his dream to the media that he would like to become a world champion in future.

• He is eighteen times world champion of both world snooker and billiards. 

• He won total – 6 Worlds, 3 Asian Billiards, 2 Asian Games Golds, 1 Australian Open and 5 National titles. 

• He is the only person in the world, who won the billiards and snooker IBSF World Titles, along with World Professional Billiards Championship.

• For his success, he gives credit to his brother Dr Shree Advani and coach Arvind Savur. 

• He likes watching movies and reads spiritual books.

• During his school days, he wanted to become a pilot to fulfil his desire of travelling the whole world.