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In 1924, at the age of 11, Mosconi was the juvenile straight pool champion and was regularly holding trick shot exhibitions. [5] By the early 1930s, Mosconi had taken a brief hiatus from the game, but returned a few years later in the hopes of earning some money.
Chen grew up in Heilongjiang Province, China, where her parents were owners of a pool hall, and she started playing snooker aged 8. Four years later, in 2006, she won both the 8-ball and 9-ball divisions of the Chinese National Youth Championships. [4]
Alejandro Salvador "Alex" Pagulayan (born June 25, 1978) is a Filipino-born Canadian professional pool player. His nickname is "the Lion", given to him by Paul Thornley, Canadian snooker player whom he credits as his mentor.
Stefano Pelinga (born May 1964) [3] is an Italian professional pool (pocket billiards) player from Rome. [4] [5] He is best known as a multi-year international artistic pool champion, as both an individual and team captain.
At the height of Crane's game in June 1985, he scored a perfect Accu-Stats score in the second set of the finals, in a race to 7 games against Buddy Hall at the Resorts International Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in the Resorts International Last Call For 9-Ball, a feat that to this day has never been achieved by any other competitor in a pool tournament during a final match. [7]
Johan Ruijsink (born 21 December 1965) is a Dutch professional pool manager and coach who captained both the European and American teams at the Mosconi Cup.He captained the European team to draw the 2006 Mosconi Cup, and later won six events between 2007 and 2014, going undefeated as European captain.
In 2001, Feijen reached the finals of a nine-ball tournament in Tokyo, Japan.The event had a field of more than 700 players and offered the largest prize money at that time.
Ko won the World Nine-ball Junior Championship twice in his junior career, in 2007 and 2008.. Ko became a multiple world champion in 2015, winning three world titles in a single calendar year.