Jason Twist

Jason "Tornado" Twist (28 March 1968 – May 2023) was a four-time world champion English professional player of eight-ball pool. He won the WEPF World Championship (world rules) twice, in 2000 and 2002, and also the IPA World Professional Seniors (over-40) Championship (blackball rules) twice, in 2015 beating Roger Demortier (France), and also in 2016 beating Jeremy Hooper (Cornwall, England).

He also won three European titles and represented the England national pool team from 1989 to 2009, winning 12 world team titles, making 16 world titles in total. He reached the world finals four times more in 1995, 2003, 2008, and 2015, but lost to Daz Ward, Chris Melling, Gareth Potts, and Jack Whelan, respectively.

Twist lived in the North Devon coastal town of Ilfracombe.