Anita Rizzuti

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.

Anita Rizzuti
Born (1971-01-12) 12 January 1971
Sport country Norway

Career

Rizzuti 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

Source:European Billiards & Snooker Association (results to 2002)[3]

References
  1. "Kelly Fisher wins Euro Women's Title". Snooker Scene. No. July 1996. Everton's News Agency. p. 24.
  2. "European Championships: Women". Snooker Scene. No. July 2001. Everton's News Agency. pp. 14–15.
  3. "Euro Player Profile Anita Rizzuti (Norway)". European Billiards & Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  4. "Allen, Jans and Trigg win European titles". Snooker Scene. No. July 2004. Everton's News Agency. pp. 7–11.
  5. "Borg and Jans retain European titles". Snooker Scene. No. July 2006. Everton's News Agency. p. 11.
  6. "World Open". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  7. "Paul Hunter Classic (ET4) Draw And Results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 25 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  8. "Gdynia Open (ET8) draw and results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 9 February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  9. "Riga Open 2014 (ET1) draw and results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  10. "2015 Riga Open Results". snookerdatabase.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  11. "Perfect 10 for Evans". worldsnooker.com. WPBSA. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  12. "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.
  13. "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.
  14. "Wendy Jans in class of her own". Snooker Scene. No. December 2006. Everton's News Agency. p. 27.
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