Anita Rizzuti (born 12 January 1971, also known as Anita Maflin) is a Norwegian snooker and pool player. She is married to professional snooker player Kurt Maflin.
| Born | 12 January 1971 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Norway |
Career
editRizzuti was a semi-finalist at the inaugural EBSA European Women's Championship in 1996, losing 0–5 to Karen Corr.[1] She reached the semi-finals again in 2001, losing 1–4 to Kelly Fisher[2] and was a quarter-finalist in 1999,[3] 2004[4] and 2006.[5]
Rizzuti, Reanne Evans and Wendy Jans all took part in the 2010 World Open. Jans lost 0–3 to Alfie Burden in the first round.[6]
In the European Tour 2013/2014 – Event 4, Maflin lost 2–4 to Andreas Hartung.[7] At European Tour 2013/2014 – Event 8, she lost 0–4 to Joe Steele,[8] and at European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 1 she lost 0–4 to Anthony Jeffers.[9] At European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 1 she lost 0–4 to Simon Dent.[10]
Rizzuti and Reanne Evans lost 1–3 to Ng On-yee and So Man Yan in the final of the 2014 WLBS World Ladies Pairs Championship.[11]
She is married to professional snooker player Kurt Maflin. They represented Norway at the 2015 World Cup.[12][13]
Career highlights
editSource:European Billiards & Snooker Association (results to 2002)[3]
- 1996 EBSA European Snooker Championship Ladies' semi-finalist
- 1997 Norwegian Cup 2nd place
- 1999 EBSA European Snooker Championship Ladies' quarter-finalist
- 2000 Nordic Ladies Champion
- 2000 Norway Ladies Champion
- 2001 EBSA European Snooker Championship Ladies' semi-finalist
- 2002 Nordic Cup Ladies Champion
- 2002 Norway Ladies Champion
- 2004 EBSA European Snooker Championship Ladies' quarter-finalist
- 2006 EBSA European Snooker Championship Ladies' quarter-finalist
- 2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship quarter-finalist[14]
- 2014 WLBS World Ladies Pairs Championship runner-up, with Reanne Evans[11]
References
edit- ^ "Kelly Fisher wins Euro Women's Title". Snooker Scene. No. July 1996. Everton's News Agency. p. 24.
- ^ "European Championships: Women". Snooker Scene. No. July 2001. Everton's News Agency. pp. 14–15.
- ^ a b "Euro Player Profile Anita Rizzuti (Norway)". European Billiards & Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "Allen, Jans and Trigg win European titles". Snooker Scene. No. July 2004. Everton's News Agency. pp. 7–11.
- ^ "Borg and Jans retain European titles". Snooker Scene. No. July 2006. Everton's News Agency. p. 11.
- ^ "World Open". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Paul Hunter Classic (ET4) Draw And Results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ "Gdynia Open (ET8) draw and results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 9 February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Riga Open 2014 (ET1) draw and results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "2015 Riga Open Results". snookerdatabase.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Perfect 10 for Evans". worldsnooker.com. WPBSA. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Married couple to represent Norway at snooker World Cup". Eurosport. 21 May 2015. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "2017 World Cup Teams". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 June 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Wendy Jans in class of her own". Snooker Scene. No. December 2006. Everton's News Agency. p. 27.