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

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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 2006, Petroni won the ''2006 Spain Open''

event in

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defeating

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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

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, reaching the quarterfinals with his partner Angelo Millauro in

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. In the years

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, and

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was his partner Bruno Muratore, 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

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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

England Open * 2006

Spain Open

References

External links

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