Kristina Grim (born 10 August 1991 in

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)Birth certificate No. 2562 from the birth register of the registry office II Munich, issued on 14 August 1991 is a German professional

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player. She is part of the German national pool team. Grim participates especially in the disciplines of both

eight-ball Eight-ball (also spelled 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called solids and stripes, spots and stripes or rarely highs and lows) is a discipline of pool played on a billiard table with six pockets, cue sticks, and sixteen billiard balls (a ...

and

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. She is currently the second-highest-ranked female German pool player.

Career

Kristina Grim turned professional in 2005. As a youth player, she played for ''PBV Atlantis'' in Bruckmühl and ''1. Billardverein'' in

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. After progressing from the youth to adult classes, Grim joined ''PBC Dreieich Sprendlingen'' in

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. At the German Pool Championships in 2013 Grim won her first national championship in

8-ball Eight-ball (also spelled 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called solids and stripes, spots and stripes or rarely highs and lows) is a discipline of pool played on a billiard table with six pockets, cue sticks, and sixteen billiard balls (a ...

. In the final she defeated

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7–3. The following year, Grim won the ''Grand Prix'' event in 8-ball. In 2015 Grim took first place in the rankings for the ''German Tour''. Since winning the German championship in 2013, Kristina Grim is a regular member of the German national pool team and regularly competes in the European Pool Championships. In 2016 she won her first medal at the European championships, where she reached the semi-finals of the

9-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 ...

event, before losing to Diana Khodjaeva 7–4. Grim has competed in the

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, reaching a high ranking of 49 after the 2016 North Cyprus Open.

Personal life

Grim lives in

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and works as air traffic controller for

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References

External links

Profile at the European Pool Championships

Profile at the German-Tour
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grim, Kristina 1991 births German pool players Female pool players Living people Sportspeople from Munich 21st-century German women 21st-century German people