Diana Stateczny


Diana Stateczny is a German amateur snooker and professional pool player. She won the women's 2019 EBSA European Snooker Championship.

Career

Early career

Stateczny started playing cue sports in 1995, initially pool, but focusing on snooker from around 2009.
She was runner-up at the 2005 14.1 European Pool Championships, and won the 2007 Eight-ball European Pool Championships

European Snooker Championship Finals

At the 2010 EBSA European Snooker Championship, Stateczny won all of the matches in her qualifying group without losing a, and topped the qualifying table. She was therefore the top seed in the knockout, where she beat Anne-Katrin Hirsch 4–3 and Natascha Niermann 4–0 to reach the final. She lost in the final 3–5 to defending champion Wendy Jans.
Stateczny won all of her matches in qualifying for the knockout of the 2019 EBSA European Snooker Championship. She then beat Ewelina Piślewska 3–2, Polina Astakhova 4–1 and Linda Erben 4–1 to reach the final against Anastasia Nechaeva. Stateczny won the first frame of the final, before losing the next two. However, she then won the next three frames to record a 4–2 victory and win the title.

European Team Championships

Stateczny was part of the winning EBSA European Women's Team Championships in 2011, and was a losing finalist in 2015 and 2019.

Personal life

She lives in Bochum, Germany, and works for Phenox, a medical technology company.

Titles and achievements

Snooker
Pool