Nickname(s) "Black Widow" Movies The Other Sister Role Pool Player | Name Jeanette Lee Country United States | |
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Born July 9, 1971 (age 53) ( 1971-07-09 ) Brooklyn, New York, United States Spouse George Breedlove (m. 1996) Books The Black Widow's Guide to Killer Pool: Become the Player to Beat Profiles | ||
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Jeanette Lee (born Lee Jin-Hee, Hangul: 이진희, July 9, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American professional pool player. She was nicknamed "the Black Widow" by her friends because, in spite of her sweet demeanor, she would "eat people alive" when she got to a pool table. Jeanette is an American of Korean descent.
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- Career
- Titles
- Achievements
- Outside competition
- Personal life
- References
Career
Lee started playing pool in 1989. She went on to rank as the No. 1 female pool player in the world during the 1990s, and received the Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) Sportsperson of the Year Award in 1998. She was three times runner-up at the World Nine-ball Championships (women's), from 1993–96. In addition to many top finishes on the WPBA Tour, she won the gold medal for the United States at the 2001 World Games in Akita, Japan, and won the ladies' US$25,000 winner-take-all Tournament of Champions twice, in 1999 and 2003. Lee also wrote The Black Widow's Guide to Killer Pool.
In 2001, Lee challenged Efren Reyes to a race-to-13 exhibition match at nine-ball, in Manila, Philippines, but lost 4-13. After receiving a true lession in Three-Cushion Billiards by Torbjörn Blomdahl, she has apparently taken up "the King of cue-sports" to heart, and have practiced and improved
For 2007, she was ranked #4 in Pool & Billiard Magazine's "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players" poll.
Titles
Achievements
Outside competition
As someone who has suffered from scoliosis, Lee is a strong supporter of those affected by the disease, and now serves as the national spokesperson for the Scoliosis Association. Lee appeared on Fox Sports Net's Sport Science, where she pocketed 12 balls in one trick shot, on March 30, 2008. Orange County Choppers built the Black Widow Bike in Lee's honor on the TV show American Chopper.
Personal life
Jeanette Lee lives in Tampa, Florida with her husband (professional pool player George Breedlove) and their children: stepdaughters Morgan Michelle Breedlove and Olivia Sue Breedlove, foster-son John Kang, daughters Cheyenne Lee Breedlove, Chloe Angelee Breedlove, Savannah Lee Breedlove.