Dang Jinhu
Chinese pool player
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Career
Dang started competing internationally in 2009, reaching the last 16 of the China 9-Ball Open.[1] He reached the last 32 round of the 2010 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, losing 7–11 to Ronato Alcano.[2] He entered the nine-ball singles event at the 2010 Asian Games, losing in the quarter-finals 8–9 to Warren Kiamco.[3][4] He reached the last 16 of the 2011 Beijing Open,[1] and entering both the ten-ball and nine-ball World Championships in 2011. He would lost 7–9 to Ko Pin-yi in the last 32 of the ten-ball event and 6–11 in the last 64 to Darren Appleton in the nine-ball event.[5][6]
Dang reached the last 16 of the 2012 China Open, losing 9–11 to eventual winner Dennis Orcollo.[7] He reached the quarter-finals of the 2013 U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship.[8] Teaming with Wang Can, Dang reached the quarter-finals at the 2014 World Cup of Pool.[9]
As one of the first Chinese players to return to competition following the COVID-19 pandemic,[10] he defeated Marc Bijsterbosch 13–12 in the final of the 2023 Spanish Open Pool Championship.[11][12] Dang reached the final of the 2024 Asian ten-ball Championship, losing 6–11 to Chang Jung-lin.[13][14] He reached the final of the 2025 China 9-Ball Open before losing to Wojciech Szewczyk 5–11.[15]
Titles
- 2023 Spanish Open Pool Championship[11]