Casper Matikainen (born 12 September 1997) is a Finnish professional
pool player. He has received a
silver medal
A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...
in the
2019 European Pool Championship, losing to
Mieszko Fortuński, and the teams competition
gold medal
A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture.
Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
in the 2022
European Pool Championship. A member of the
Espoo Billiard Club, he won the first tournament of the Finnish Pool Tour in
Mikkeli in September 2023.
In April 2024 Casper won the Finnish Pool championship in
nine-ball
Nine-ball (sometimes written 9-ball) is a discipline of the cue sport pool. The game's origins are traceable to the 1920s in the United States. It is played on a rectangular billiard table with at each of the four corners and in the middle of e ...
.
During spring 2024 Casper has also won two
Kaisa competitions. First the Kymin kerho Open and a week after that, the Scotch doubles Finnish championship with teammate Joonas Lounamaa.
References
1997 births
Living people
Finnish pool players
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