Former world champion snooker player Shaun Murphy is a professional sportsman and snooker speaker who tours not just the UK but the world, appearing at specialist snooker speaker events and tournaments. Known for being one of the sport’s most down to earth players, Shaun also dedicates much of his time to charity fundraising, celebrity appearances, and media features, such as his appearance on ‘A Question of Sport’. Taking to the sport aged as young as six Shaun turned professional in 1998 and was awarded the World Snooker Newcomer of the Year Award in 2000 for his impressive early success.
At the beginning of his career, Shaun was trained by former world champion snooker players, Willie Thorne and Steve Prest, and was given guidance by, and the former cue of, six-time world champion Ray Reardon as a gift at a young age. Shooting to fame in 2005, he won the prestigious World Championship as the underdog of the competition. Since his rise to the top rankings, Shaun Murphy has gone on to win the: UK Championship (2008), World Open (2013), and World Grand Prix (2015).
Dominating the sport for over two decades, Shaun continues to be a fierce competitor on the UK and world stage. In 2015 he achieved a career highlight, a Triple Crown when he won the Masters trophy to sit alongside his World and UK Championship titles. With more than five hundred century breaks achieved in his career thus far the story of Shaun’s burgeoning interest and development of his career in snooker is a fascinating and moving one.
Inspired by the great stars of the sport, who played at the Rushden Snooker Centre before him, Shaun’s work as an after dinner speaker is not only full of entertaining stories of the industry itself but also fascinating stories of his own personal experiences. Outside his professional playing career Shaun’s work as a sports speaker, allows him to offer advice and guidance to audiences around the world. Appearing at both corporate and private events, as well as contributing to charity matches and fundraising events Shaun Murphy’s career as an after dinner speaker is arguably as vast and impressive as his sporting life.
How to hire Shaun Murphy
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