Dave Finbow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Dave Finbow

English snooker player

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1968

Place of Birth: Worcester, England, United Kingdom

Profession: snooker player

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Dave Finbow

  • David Finbow is an English former professional snooker player from Worcester.
  • In his career, he managed to beat players such as Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ken Doherty and James Wattana.
  • Originally a soccer player, he was introduced to snooker by a neighbourhood friend.
  • He attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute in Toronto for high school, where he became a star in his new sport for the Bulldogs, who began dominating the Toronto league in 1978.
  • Throughout his career he reached five quarter-finals in ranking tournaments, as well as the last 16 of many events and he once looked as if he could get into the top 16 of the world rankings.
  • However, his results in tournaments suffered, which was partly due to suffering from anxiety attacks which caused him to feel nauseated and unable to concentrate in a match.
  • Finbow could not find a cure, and despite taking prescribed medication and trying a number of solutions it did not cure his anxiety attacks completely.
  • After beating David Gray and Dave Harold to reach the last 16 of the 2001 UK Championship he was playing Ronnie O'Sullivan, but suffered a particularly bad anxiety attack, and was forced to retire the match at 0–8 down.
  • After the match he expressed his distress and by the end of the 2002–2003 season he announced his retirement from the game altogether.

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