Jasmin Ouschan

Jasmin Ouschan (German pronunciation: [ˈjasmɪn ˈɔʊʃan]; born 10 January 1986[citation needed]) is an Austrian professional pool player from Klagenfurt, Carinthia.

Ouschan competes regularly with men on the Euro Tour and in 2008 became the first woman to earn a medal in an open world pool championship.

[7] She has earned eight open European Championship titles in eight-ball (2006, 2008, 2009), nine-ball (2005, 2009), and straight pool (2005–2007) in the women's division.

Starting in 1999, she won gold medals in both events every year as a Youth until 2004 except in 2002 when she earned a silver in nine-ball.

[1] In 2002, she had professional earnings of US$1,750 in prize money for taking first place in the 2002 WPBA Amateur Nationals.

[5] She also moved up to the Women's division in the annual European Championships in 2005 and has earned at least one gold medal each year since.

[11][12] That year, she won the May 14—20, 2006 BCA Open Nine-ball Championship women's division,[13] defeating the UK's Allison Fisher and earning $20,000.

[16] Her best payday for the year was a second-place finish at the WPBA San Diego Classic for which she earned $8,300.

[17][18] She competed again at the Men's World Straight Pool Championship in 2007 but lost to Warren Kiamco in the last 16 to finish in 9th place.

[20][21] Her largest victory that year was the September 14 WPBA Carolina Classic 7–1 win over Jeanette Lee, which earned her $13,500.

[13][22][23] In 2008, she reached the Men's World Straight Pool Championship semifinal by beating Mika Immonen and defending champion Oliver Ortmann, but then lost against Francisco Bustamante.

However, her third-place finish resulted in the first medal won by any woman in an open world pool championship.

[32] In the March 2010, European Pool Championships she swept all four disciplines, including the newly contested ten-ball.

[40] In January 2011, she won the WPBA Masters by defeating Karen Corr at Mount Pleasant, Michigan for a prize of $7,500.00.