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| rowid | first_name | last_name | gender | career_sec | personal_sec | info | seed_first_name | seed_last_name | occupation |
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| 28 | Nikil | Faulkner | m | Laurance has been playing pool since she was 14 years old. She moved to the United States in 1981 after competing at the New York City World Championships. Laurance has won numerous major women's pool titles, including the WPA World Nine-ball Championship, US Open Nine-ball Championship, WPBA National Nine-ball Championship, International Trickshot Championship and the Swedish and European 14.1 Championships. In 2005, Laurance bested three of her peers, WPBA Tour members Allison Fisher, Dawn Hopkins, and Gerda Hofstatter, at the Women's Trick Shot Challenge held at the New York Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, pocketing US$25,000 as the grand prize. Animated and expressive, she played to the audience and the cameras, "a true showperson in her element and a wonderful example to all trick shot artists." | In 1982, at the age of 17, she married the pool pro Jimmy Mataya, fourteen years her senior, forming pool's first power couple. They later divorced, with Ewa retaining the surname Mataya, as she was already professionally well known by this name. They have a daughter, Nikki, born in 1985. In 1994, she married actor Mitch Laurance, later also pool commentator for ESPN and twin brother of actor Matthew Laurance. | faulkner has been playing pool since he was 14 years old. he moved to the united states in 1981 after competing at the new york city world championships. faulkner has won numerous major women's pool titles, including the wpa world nine-ball championship, us open nine-ball championship, wpba national nine-ball championship, international trickshot championship and the swedish and european 14.1 championships. in 2005, faulkner bested three of his peers, wpba tour members allison fisher, dawn hopkins, and gerda hofstatter, at the women's trick shot challenge held at the new york hotel casino in las vegas, nevada, pocketing us$25,000 as the grand prize. animated and expressive, he played to the audience and the cameras, "a true showperson in his element and a wonderful example to all trick shot artists." in 1982, at the age of 17, he married the pool pro jimmy mataya, fourteen years his senior, forming pool's first power couple. they later divorced, with nikil retaining the surname mataya, as he was already professionally well known by this name. they have a daughter, nikki, born in 1985. in 1994, he married actor mitch faulkner, later also pool commentator for espn and twin brother of actor matthew faulkner. | Ewa | Laurance | sports |