Zhao Xintong is a Chinese left-handed snooker player. Born around 1997, he won the men's World Championship in May 2025 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, defeating three-time winner Mark Williams 18 frames to 12 and pocketing £500,000 in prize money. He was one of ten Chinese players banned for match-fixing in 2023, in his case for 20 months. He did not fix any matches himself but accepted charges of being party to another player doing so, and of betting on matches.
An education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on