Margaret Fefilova Styer (formerly Marharyta Fefilava; born 31 May 1997) is a Belarusian professional pool player from

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, Belarus. Fefilova has won dozens of Belarusian national women's championships, with an additional three national championships in mixed competitions against both men and women. She is the first player from Belarus to win a medal at the

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. Fefilova is a regular player on the

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and the Baltic Pool League. She has been the number one ranked player on the Euro Tour after winning two Tour events in 2017, the

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and the

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Career

Early career

Fefilova saw her first success in 2011 when she played in her first national

eight-ball Eight-ball (also spelled 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called solids and stripes, spots and stripes, bigs and smalls, big ones and little ones, or rarely highs and lows) is a discipline of Pool (cue sports), pool played on a billiard tabl ...

competition where she reached the semi-finals. The following year, she won her first national championship title in the junior women's championships in

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and first participated in the European Girls Championships

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competition, reaching the quarter-finals. In October, she won the final of the Belarusian eight-ball championship against

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. The following season, she succeeded in winning two competitions at the national women's championships. In the eight-ball final, she defeated Anastasiya Tumilovich 4–1 and in nine-ball, she won 5–0 against Natalya Kozlovsky. In early 2013, victories followed in the Belarusian under-18 championship and the nine-ball cup competition. Later that season she first competed in the nine-ball Baltic Pool League held in

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and reached the final where she won 7–4 against Agnė Jarušauskaitė. Shortly after, she also won the ten-ball national championship. In the 2013 European Girls Championships, Fjafilawa twice reached the quarter-finals. In September, Fefilova defeated Simona Milišauskaitė to win her second Baltic Pool League championship in

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, Latvia. In March 2014, Fefilova became the Belarusian under-18 champion in the disciplines of both eight-ball and nine-ball. Fjafilawa played in the 2014

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, entering the main women's nine-ball competition for the first time, however, she lost to defending champion

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8–7. She also entered the junior events, reaching the semi-final of the eight-ball competition, and reached the final of the nine-ball competition, losing 3–6 to Dianna Khodjaeva. Fjafilawa competed for the junior national team at both the 2014 and 2015 European Girls Championships, where the team reached the semi-finals in 2014.

Career (2015–present)

In April 2015, Fefilova won the first Belarusian medal at the European Championships. After defeating Louise Furberg and

Kristina Tkach Kristina Olegovna Tkach (; born 19 January 1999) is a Russian professional pool player. She became the 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship winner, defeating Lee Woo-jin in the final 9–6. Tkach is a four time European champion havi ...

, she reached the semi-final of straight pool, losing to Ouschan 36–75 and earning a bronze medal. In 2016, Fefilova won her third Baltic Pool League championship, defeating Ukrainian player Daryna Sirantschuk 6–2 in her hometown of

. Also in nine-ball, Fjafilawa won her first medal on the

at the 2016 North Cyprus Open, reaching the final where she lost 3–7 to Kristina Tkach. The following season, she won her first event on the Tour, defeating Oliwia Czupryńska 7–2 in the final of the 2017 Dutch Open. Later that season, she won her second event at the 2017 Braga Open, defeating Katarzyna Wesołowska 7–4 in the final. After the Braga Open, she finished the season ranked as the number one player on Tour. The following two seasons saw Fefilova reach the final of both the

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and 2019 Austria Open events. She played Jasmin Ouschan in the final of both events, losing both, losing 2–7 and 1–7 respectively. In addition to the Austria Open, she reached the final of both the 2019 Klagenfurt Open and 2019 Treviso Open, losing to Tkach on both occasions.

Personal life

Fefilova was born on 31 May 1997. In 2015, Fefilova and

became the first billiard players in Belarus to receive state funding.

Titles & achievements

* 2024 WPBA Olhausen Colorado Classic * 2021

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 ...

* 2019 Belarusian Pool Championship Ten-ball * 2019 Belarusian Pool Championship Straight Pool * 2018 Belarusian Pool Championship Ten-ball * 2018 Belarusian Pool Championship Eight-ball * 2018 Belarusian Pool Championship Straight Pool * 2017

* 2017

* 2017 Belarusian Pool Championship Ten-ball * 2017 Belarusian Pool Championship Nine-ball * 2017 Belarusian Pool Championship Eight-ball * 2017 Belarusian Pool Championship Straight Pool * 2014 Belarusian Pool Championship Ten-ball * 2016 Belarusian Pool Championship Nine-ball * 2016 Belarusian Pool Championship Eight-ball * 2015 Belarusian Pool Championship Ten-ball * 2015 Belarusian Pool Championship Nine-ball * 2015 Belarusian Pool Championship Eight-ball * 2014 Belarusian Pool Championship Ten-ball * 2014 Belarusian Pool Championship Nine-ball * 2014 Belarusian Pool Championship Eight-ball * 2013 Belarusian Pool Championship Nine-ball * 2013 Belarusian Pool Championship Eight-ball * 2012 Belarusian Pool Championship Nine-ball * 2012 Belarusian Pool Championship Eight-ball

References

External links

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