Robbie James Joaquin Capito (born 19 June 2001) is a

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professional

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player. He is most known for defeating the reigning world number one pool player

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at the

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when he was 17 years old. He is a former two-time junior

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world championship Finalist. Two-time Junior Asian Champion and four-time Hong Kong Champion. He won his first Men's national event at the age of 12 while snapping off the juniors in the same event.

Career

In 2017, he was voted Hong Kong's Most Outstanding Junior Athletes of 2017, having won gold at the

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, and a silver in the boys' under–17 category at the Junior World 9-ball Championships . The following year Capito finished as runner-up in the U19s final. He then snapped off both the singles and doubles event at the 2019 Asian Pool Championships U19. In 2018, Capito reached the last 16 of the

, after defeating world number one

in the last 32, 11–10, when he was 17 years old. Capito defeated Kaçi after falling behind 7–1 earlier in the match. He lost in the next round to

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Personal life

Capito was born on 19 June 2001 in

. His parents are both natives of the

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. He says that he started playing pool aged two years old, after buying a mini pool table from

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, and would later play in his first

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aged five.

References

External links

Robbie Capito at Propool.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Capito, Robbie Living people 2001 births Hong Kong pool players Hong Kong people of Filipino descent