Jimmy White

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Jimmy White
MBE

White at the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic
Born	(1962-05-02) 2 May 1962 (age 62) Tooting, London, England
Sport country	England
Nickname	The Whirlwind[1]
Professional	1980–present
Highest ranking	2 (1987/88–1988/89)
Current ranking	89 (as of 26 August 2024)
Maximum breaks	1
Century breaks	325 (as of 31 August 2024)
Tournament wins
Ranking	10

James Warren White MBE (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won four seniors World titles. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, swift and attacking style of play, White is the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 Six-red World champion, a record four-time World Seniors Champion (2010, 2019, 2020, 2023), 2019 Seniors 6-Red World Champion and 1984 World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins.

White has won two of snooker's three majors: the UK Championship (in 1992) and the Masters (in 1984) and a total of ten ranking events. He is currently eleventh on the all-time list of ranking event winners. He reached six World Championship finals but never won the event; the closest he came was in 1994 when he lost in a final-frame decider against Stephen Hendry. He spent 21 seasons ranked in snooker's elite top 16. In team events, he won the Nations Cup and the World Cup with England. He is one of a select number of players to have made over 300 century breaks in professional competition. White was also the first left-handed player, and the second player overall, to record a maximum break at the World Championship.