Ko Pin-yi

Ko Pin-yi is a Taiwanese professional pool player, born on 31 May 1989, who won the World Nine-ball Junior Championship in 2007 and 2008 and became a multiple world champion in 2015, winning three world titles in a single calendar year. He beat Carlo Biado 11-9 in the 2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship final, beat Shane Van Boening 13-11 in the 2015 WPA World Nine-ball Championship final, and won Taiwan's first World Cup of Pool alongside Chang Yu-lung. He was named Billiards Digest Player of the Year in 2015, won the Asian Nine-ball Open in 2022 and 2023, and in 2023 became the first Taiwanese winner of the World Pool Masters. His brothers Ko Ping-chung and Ko Ping Han are also professional pool players.