Born |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
January 11, 1954
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Sport country | Canada |
Professional | 1979–1997 |
Highest ranking | 17 (1980–1982) |
Career winnings | £151,778 |
Highest break | 136 (1993 European Open) |
Century breaks | 12 |
Best ranking finish | Quarter-final x4 |
Jim Wych (born 11 January 1954) is a sports announcer and former Canadian professional snooker and pocket billiards player. He reached the quarter-final of the Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship in his debut year of 1980, a "first" for any overseas player and duplicated this feat again in 1992. A two-time Canadian snooker champion, he retired from professional snooker in 1997 and now works mainly as a television pool and snooker commentator, principally for Sky Sports, with whom he has had an association since 1990.