Fedor Alekseyevich Gorst (‹See Tfd›Russian: Фёдор Алексеевич Горст; born May 31, 2000, in Moscow) is a Russian American professional pool player. He has become a US resident, and now represents the United States in international events.
In December 2018, Gorst reached 8th in the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) world rankings. Gorst won the U19 8-Ball European Pool Championship in 2017, before winning the 2018 Treviso Open on the Euro Tour. Gorst is also a Junior 9-ball world champion, winning the 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship in the boys (Under 19) event.
Gorst won the 2019 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, defeating Chang Jung-lin in the final 13–11.
In 2023, Gorst made it to the final of the U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship, but he was defeated 13–6 by Chinese Taipei's Ko Ping Chung.
In 2024, Gorst won his first major Matchroom title, defeating Joshua Filler in the final of the World Pool Masters 13–12. Gorst said: "It feels unbelievable! Both of us had crazy rolls in this match. I thought it was over for me but somehow it turned around for me," and, "hats off to Matchroom, this is an unbelievable tournament to win."[] Later the same year, Gorst made it to the final of the 2024 WPA World Nine-ball Championship and went on to win 15-14 against Eklent Kaçi, winning his second major Matchroom title and becoming at 24 years old the youngest player to win the event more than once, following his previous victory in 2019.[] Additionally, Fedor would go on to win the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship in August of that same year, beating Shane Van Boening 13-10 in the final. In doing so, he became the first player to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship, U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship and the World Pool Masters title in the same year.