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{{short description|Indian snooker player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
'''Brijesh Damani''' (born 22 November 1982 at [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]) is an Indian [[snooker player]]. He won the 2008 Indian National Snooker Championship.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/snooker/billiards/Indian-cueist-Chitra-nominated-for-Arjuna-award/articleshow/35436591.cms | title=Indian cueist Chitra nominated for Arjuna award | date=21 May 2014 | newspaper=The Times of India | author=PTI | accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref> He also won silver medal in [[2010 Asian Games]] in China.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tournaments/Advanis-Asiad-gold-was-high-point-for-cue-sports-in-2010/articleshow/7137888.cms | title=Advani's Asiad gold was high point for cue sports in 2010 | date=21 December 2010 | accessdate=3 November 2014}}</ref> Brijesh did his school from Shri Daulatram Nopany Vidyalaya, Kolkata

== Performance and rankings timeline ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
! Tournament
! [[2014–15 snooker season|2014/ 15]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]]<ref group="nb">It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season</ref>
|align="center"|<ref group="nb" name="AMA">He was an amateur</ref>
|-
|colspan="10"|'''Ranking tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Indian Open (snooker)|Indian Open]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 Indian Open|WR]]
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;"
! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend
|-
| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ
| lost in the qualifying draw
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R
| lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
| lost in the quarter-finals
|-
| align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
| lost in the semi-finals
| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
| lost in the final
| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
| won the tournament
|-
| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ
| did not qualify for the tournament
| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A
| did not participate in the tournament
| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|WD
| withdrew from the tournament
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NH / Not Held || means an event was not held.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NR / Non-Ranking Event || means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|R / Ranking Event || means an event is/was a ranking event.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Event || means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
|}
{{reflist|group="nb"}}

== Career finals ==
=== Team finals: 1 ===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="80"|Outcome
!width="20"|No.
!width="50"|Year
!width="150"|Championship
!width="120"|Team/Partner
!width="100"|{{nowrap|Opponent(s) in the final}}
!width="50"|Score
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| [[Cue sports at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's snooker team|2010]]
| [[Asian Games]]
| {{flagcountry|IND}} [[Aditya Mehta]] [[Yasin Merchant]]
| {{flagcountry|CHN}} [[Ding Junhui]] [[Liang Wenbo]] [[Tian Pengfei]]
| align="center"|1–3
|}

=== Amateur finals: 2 ===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="70"| Outcome
!width="20"| No.
!width="30"| Year
!width="350"| Championship
!width="200"| Opponent in the final
!width="30"| Score
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 2013
| Indian Amateur Championship
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Manan Chandra]]
| 2–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 2.
| 2022
| SAARC Championship
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ishpreet Singh Chadha]]
| 3–7
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{portal|Cue sports}}
* {{snooker.org player|517}}

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[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian snooker players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists in cue sports]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:Cue sports players at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Cue sports players from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]

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Hercefrax at 12:11, 24 April 2026