Simon Lichtenberg

Simon Lichtenberg is a German former professional snooker player.

Career

From Berlin, the son of British-German parents, Lichtenberg captained the league team of the Snookerfabrik in Berlin. He was the German [Amateur Championship (snooker)|German amateur champion] in 2016 as he defeated 2014 winner Roman Dietzel in the final, by a 4-2 margin. He then won the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships in 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria, registering wins over top seed Brian Ochoiski in the semi-final, and a 6-3 win in the final against Welshman Tyler Rees. In doing so, he became Germany’s first champion in a major international amateur tournament. Following this win, he was awarded a two-year card for the professional snooker tour from the 2018–19 season onwards to become the second German on the tour that season after Lukas Kleckers.
He defeated Ryan Day at the 2020 [Welsh Open (snooker)| 2020 Welsh Open] for a big upset win in February 2020. Despite that, he lost his tour card at the end of the 2020 season after failing to make the top 64 in the world rankings, but he regained it in the first Q School event by beating Kishan Hirani, Stephen Craigie and Dean Young, before defeating Irishman Leo Fernandez 4–1 in the final round. He reached the last-64 of the 2020 [English Open (snooker)| 2020 English Open] in Milton Keynes in October 2020, with a 4-3 win over experienced player Anthony Hamilton. He reached the last-64 of the 2020 UK Championship with a win over Scottish professional Scott Donaldson who was ranked 86 places higher. He reached the last-64 of the 2021 Snooker Shoot Out held in Milton
Keynes in February 2021, with a win over Rebecca Kenna.
He competed at the IBSF [World Snooker Championship|IBSF World Championships] in October 2024.