Before the age of 16, she studied painting at ease and was a well-behaved girl in the eyes of her parents; after the age of 16, she transformed into a beautiful "nine-ball diva" on the billiards court, and she was Pan Xiaoting, a Chinese professional billiards fancy nine-ball player.
Painter – the original dream
Pan Xiaoting, born in 1982 in Yanzhou, Jining, Shandong Province, has loved to draw since she was a child and has shown a high talent in painting. At a young age, she often copied portraits from books, and although she did not have the guidance of her teacher, she was able to draw vividly, and when she was in elementary school, she participated in local painting competitions and won the first prize.
Her parents wanted her to be as quiet as the other girls, safe and carefree as a painter. Day after day of hard practice made her continuous improvement in painting, but just when she was single-mindedly and obsessively rushing to her painting dream, Heaven made a joke with her: at the age of 16, she applied for the Jining Beauty Courtyard List!
After experiencing this heavy blow, she fell into a deep confusion, she began to self-examine and reflect, and finally she soberly realized that she may not be so good at art. That summer, she began to turn to billiards. To her surprise, she lost a forest, but ushered in the whole spring! She missed the artist, but embarked on the road to the championship of billiards.
Talent – the starting point for success
Pan Xiaoting's talent for billiards is inseparable from her father, Pan Jian. Her father is an ordinary worker, but also a heavy sports enthusiast, he has been a long-distance runner, football player, basketball national first-class referee, but also a top billiards enthusiast, quite famous in the local area, known as "Pan Yi".
One day when she was 6 years old, Pan Xiaoting and her parents went to Tengzhou to visit her grandmother, and her mother stayed at her grandmother's house for a few more days, and the father and daughter returned to Jining first. When they arrived at the Tengzhou railway station, they saw a billiard stall next to the station, and after leaving the car for a while, my father couldn't help but have a discussion with the stall owner. Young Xiaoting just watched a round on the side, she understood what billiards was, and in the second round, she couldn't help but start to support her father, who was very surprised by Pan Xiaoting's understanding of billiards.
Later, Pan Jian often taught her a few tricks from time to time when playing ball, and slowly she also liked the elegant sport of billiards, but because she was busy painting and learning, she did not invest much energy in billiards at first, until she failed the academy exam, after much consideration, she followed her father to the road of professional billiards.
In the billiard room opened by her father, Pan Xiaoting practiced at least 12 hours a day. Once he found out that his daughter was not at the pool table, "Eagle Dad" Pan Jian would be very mad. Later, according to Xiaoting's own recollection, in the decades when she concentrated on playing, she completely ignored things other than billiards.
The "myth" of billiards exists
Tiger Father naturally has no dog girl. Talent and intelligence coupled with the "Eagle Dad" almost harsh training makes Pan Xiaoting's ball skills improve rapidly, from formal practice to becoming a world champion, Pan Xiaoting only took half a year, it can be said that the debut is the peak! This has almost become an incredible myth in billiards.
From 1998 to 2000, she remained unbeaten in The Country, winning 6 consecutive national championships. In the final of the 2007 World Championships, she defeated the Philippines by an absolute margin and became China's first world champion in billiards.
She won ten world championship titles, the first asian games nine-ball gold medal, the national sports conference triple crown and grand slam, known as China's "nine-ball diva". She played a brilliant life with sweat, achieved a wonderful life with hard work, and was known as China's "nine-ball diva".
The multi-faceted life of the "crossover queen"
If you think that the "queen of nine-ball queens" only has billiards in their lives, you are dead wrong. In addition to billiards, Pan Xiaoting can be said to be a rare "all-rounder", in every field she is involved in, she blooms like a flower: as a racing driver, she won the trophy of the fourth Qinghai Lake International Electric Vehicle Challenge "Towel Cup", winning professional players; as a model, she became a guest in various fashion magazines.
As a writer, she has written her autobiography "I Am Not a Queen of Heaven", published the essay "Stopped in the Best Time"; as an actress, she has made cameo appearances in "Fine Dance Gate", filmed the movie "Love the Nine Ball", and participated in the recording of several variety shows. She has studied art and has her own unique views on the matching of clothing and the grasp of color. Every time she crosses the border, it is not a simple play and a whim.
From art crossover to billiards, and from billiards to racing drivers, e-sports players, writers, models, actors, Pan Xiaoting's life seems to have never been defined, she is not afraid of challenges, has the courage to break through herself, and is free to transform, shape and enjoy between multiple roles, her life is as brilliant as a flower, she is perfecting in continuous exploration, exploring in continuous improvement. In her, we see all the possibilities of life.
Some people say that billiards and the track are her vast battlefields, and some people say that a person cannot walk on two poles, but she herself has a clear positioning for herself: my life can never be defined by the outside world, and my life is never just a color!
Pan Xiaoting's beauty is not only reflected in the momentum and heroic posture on the field, but also not only in the graceful figure, raising her hands and feet, smiling and calming, but also reflected in her persistence after experiencing the wind and rain.
Speaking about her range of accomplishments, she once said:
"All the beauty of my life is to meet a better version of myself."
As she said in the annual summary, "stick to the direction of the heart, try more possibilities", behind the continuous challenge of herself, she has also become more capable and elegant, becoming a fashion goddess with a net worth of over 100 million.