Marharyta Fefilava
Born | Minsk, Belarus | 31 May 1997
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Sport country | Belarus |
Professional | 2011– |
Pool games | eight-ball, nine-ball, ten-ball, straight pool |
Tournament wins | |
Minor | 2017 Dutch Open, 2017 Portugal Open |
Marharyta Aljakandrauna Fjafilawa (Template:Lang-be also written as Marharyta Fefilava;[1] born 31 May 1997) is a Belarusian professional pool player from Minsk, Belarus. Fjafilawa has won a total of 26 Belarusian national women's championships, with an additional three mixed national competitions. She is the first player from Belarus to win a medal at the European Pool Championships, a bronze medal at the nine-ball event in 2015. She also reached the final of the European Junior Championship in 2014, losing 6–3 to Diana Khodjaeva.
Fjafilawa is a regular player on the Euro Tour and the Baltic Pool League. In 2017, she became the number one ranked player on the Euro Tour for the first time, after winning two Tour events at the Dutch Open and the Portugal Open. In 2019, she reached three finals, a total of six finals on the Euro Tour. Fjafilawa alongside Yana Shut were the first Belarusian billiard players to receive state funding.
Career
Junior career (2011–2014)
Marharyta Fjafilawa was born on 31 May 1997.[2] She saw her first success in 2011 when she played in her first national eight-ball competition where she reached the semi-finals.[3] The following year, she won her first national championship title in the junior women's championships in nine-ball and first participated in the European Youth Championships ten-ball reaching the quarter-finals.[3] In October she won the final against Yana Shut to win the Belarusian eight-ball championship.[3] The following season she succeeded in winning both competitions of the national ladies championships. In the eight-ball final she defeated Anastassija Tumilowitsch 4–1 and in nine-ball she won 5–0 against Natallja Koslouskaja.[3]
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 Tartu and reached the final where she won 7–4 against Agnė Jarušauskaitė.[3] Shortly after, she also won the ten-ball national championship. In the 2013 youth championships Fjafilawa twice reached the quarter-finals. In September, Fjafilawa defeated Simona Milišauskaitė to win her second Baltic Pool League championship in Riga, Latvia.[3]
In March 2014 Fjafilawa became Belarusian under-18 champion in the disciplines of both eight-ball and nine-ball.[3] Fjafilawa played in the 2014 European Pool Championship, entering the main women's nine-ball competition for the first time, however, she lost to defending champion Jasmin Ouschan 8–7.[3] She also entered the juniors events, reaching the semi-final of the eight-ball event, and reached the final of the nine-ball event, losing 3–6 to Kamila Khodjaeva.[3] Fjafilawa competed for the junior national team, at both the 2014 and 2015 European youth championships, where the team reached the semi-finals in 2014.[4]
Adult career (2015–present)
In April 2015, Fjafilawa won the first Belarusian medal at the European Championships. After defeating Louise Furberg and Kristina Tkach, she reached the semi-final of straight pool losing to Ouschan 36–75 and gained a bronze medal.[5] In 2016 Fjafilawa won her third victory at the Baltic Pool League, winning 6–2 in her hometown Minsk, where she won the final against the Ukrainian player Daryna Sirantschuk.[3] Fjafilawa won her first medal on the Euro Tour at the 2016 North Cyprus Open reaching the final before losing 3–7 to Kristina Tkach.[6] The following season, she won her first event on the Tour, winning the final of the 2017 Dutch Open, defeating Oliwia Czupryńska 7–2.[7] Later that season, she won her second event, winning the 2017 Braga Open, defeating Katarzyna Wesołowska 7–4 in the final.[8] After the Braga open, she finished the season ranked as the number one player on Tour.[9]
The following two seasons saw Fjafilawa reach the final of both the 2018 and 2019 Austria Open events. She would play Jasmin Ouschan in the final of both events, but lost both, losing 7–2 and 7–1 respectively.[10] In addition to the Austria Open, she also reached the final of both the 2019 Klagenfurt Open and 2019 Treviso Open, losing to Tkach on both occasions.[11] Fjafilawa won a further series of national championships, taking her total to 29 titles in 2019.[12]
Titles
- Belarusian championships[1][12]
- Eight-ball Cup: 2012
- Eight-ball: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- Eight-ball (mixed) : 2016
- Nine-ball: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Nine-ball Cup: 2013, 2016
- Nine-ball Cup (mixed): 2016
- Ten-ball Cup: 2013
- Ten-ball: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Ten-ball (mixed) : 2016
- Straight pool: 2017, 2018, 2019
- Euro Tour
Personal life
In 2015, Marharyta Fjafilawa and Yana Shut became the first billiards players in Belarus to receive state funding.[15][16] Before playing pool, Fjafilawa was a professional dancer.[17]
External links
- Marharyta Fjafilawa at kozoom.com
- Marharyta Fjafilawa at tournamentservice.net
- Marharyta Fjafilawa at Euro Tour
- Marharyta Fjafilawa at European Pocket Billiard Federation
References
- ^ a b "Игроки: Маргарита Фефилова :: ProPool.ru". propool.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "US Pool Billiard Player Profile of Marharyta FEFILAVA – Kozoom". kozoom.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
May 31, 1997
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Фефилова Маргарита: Турниров". Tournamentservice.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Europe win the Inaugural Atlantic Challenge Cup". Europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. 5 July 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Swjatlana Fjafilawa (2015). "Маргарита Фефилова взяла бронзу на Чемпионате Европы по стрейту". Probilliard.by (in Russian). Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Thomas Overbeck. "Tkach wins Women North Cyprus Open Euro-Tour". Europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Thomas Overbeck (13 August 2017). "Fefilava grabs her first Euro-Tour title in Leende". Europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Thomas Overbeck (20 November 2017). "Fefilava wins Women's Euro-Tour in Portugal". Europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Eurotour Ranking – Womens Eurotour". womeneurotouronline.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Jasmin Ouschan wins her 14th Women Euro-Tour event in Austria". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Tkach Dominates The Predator Women's Treviso Open". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Fefilova Margarita – Tournament Service". tournamentservice.net. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Fefilava grabs her first Euro-Tour title in Leende". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Fefilava wins Women's Euro-Tour in Portugal". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Яна Шут и Маргарита Фефилова снова стали стипендиатами Президентского спортивного клуба". Billiard-info.by (in Russian). Belorusskaja Assazyjazyja Biljardnaha Sportu. 2017. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Яна Шут и Маргарита Фефилова стали стипендиатами Президентского спортивного клуба". Billiardinfo.by (in Russian). Belorusskaja Assazyjazyja Biljardnaha Sportu. 2014. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Quickfire Margarita Fefilava. European Pocket Billiard Federation.