Dang Jinhu


Dang Jinhu, nicknamed "Golden Tiger" is a Chinese professional pool player.

Career

Dang started competing internationally in 2009, reaching the last 16 of the China 9-Ball Open. He reached the last 32 round of the 2010 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, losing 711 to Ronato Alcano. He entered the [Cue sports at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship|nine-ball singles|nine-ball singles] event at the 2010 Asian Games, losing in the quarter-finals 89 to Warren Kiamco. He reached the last 16 of the 2011 Bejing Open, and entering both the ten-ball and nine-ball World Championships in 2011. He would lost 79 to Ko Pin-yi in the last 32 of the ten-ball event and 611 in the last 64 to Darren Appleton in the nine-ball event.
Dang reached the last 16 of the 2012 China Open, losing 911 to eventual winner Dennis Orcollo. He reached the quarter-finals of the 2013 U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship. Teaming with Wang Can, Dang reached the quarter-finals at the 2014 World Cup of Pool.
As one of the first Chinese players to return to competition following the COVID-19 pandemic, he defeated Marc Bijsterbosch 13–12 in the final of the 2023 Spanish Open Pool Championship. Dang reached the final of the 2024 Asian ten-ball Championship, losing 611 to Chang Jung-lin. He reached the final of the 2025 China 9-Ball Open before losing to Wojciech Szewczyk 511.

Titles

  • 2023 Spanish Open Pool Championship