Fabio Petroni (born 30 March 1972 in

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) is an Italian professional pool player.

Career

Fabio Petroni was born in 1972 in

and began playing billiards when he was 13 years old. In 1993, he became the first Italian champion. He took second place in the

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and became runner-up at the

European Pool Championships European Pool Championship (also called Dynamic European Championships) is a pool competition organized by the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF). The tournament is held annually since 1980. It should not be confused with the series of small ...

1998 in the

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. At the end of the year, he also represented Europe at the 1998 Mosconi Cup, his only appointment to the European Mosconi Cup team. In 1999, he achieved his best result in the Spanish

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at a World 9-Ball Championship with a place in the

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. In 2001, he won his first title on the

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in Hull. In 2006, Petroni won the ''2006 Spain Open''

event in

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defeating

Niels Feijen Niels Feijen (born 3 February 1977, The Hague) is a Dutch professional pool player, from the Hague. His nickname is "the Terminator". In 2014 he won the WPA World 9-ball championship. Career In 2001, Feijen reached the finals of a nine-ball t ...

10–1 in the final. In 2005, he made it to the quarter-finals of the World 8-Ball Championship - his so far best result at this tournament. At the 2015

, he finished third in the

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, losing in the semi-final to runner up Francisco Díaz-Pizarro. Petroni has participated nine times in the

World Cup of Pool The World Cup of Pool is an annual international single-elimination tournament for doubles teams in nine-ball pool competition. The event has been dominated by the Philippines and China, with both nations winning the event on three occasions. His ...

, reaching the quarterfinals with his partner Angelo Millauro in

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. In the years

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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

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, and

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was his partner

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, however, the duo left (2007 in the first round, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013 in the last 16). Only in 2012 were the quarterfinals, which was lost however against the later finalists Poland. In

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, he made the Italian team, who left the

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and Alex Montpellier in the first round. Petroni is also a good Trickshot player. In 2003 and 2005, he was second in the World Snooker Trickshot Championship in

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and

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respectively. His nickname in the billiard scene is ''Fabulous''.

Titles

* 2001

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* 2006

Spain Open

References

External links

Fabio Petroni
at azbilliards.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Petroni, Fabio 1972 births Living people Italian pool players Sportspeople from Rome