Frank Willner

Frank Willner
birthday	October 6, 1969
Nickname	Willi
society	BC Friedenau (until 1998) BFC Fortuna Berlin (until 2006) Berliner Billard Bären (2006–2008) BFC Fortuna Berlin (2008–2012) BC Black Eight (since 2012)

Frank Willner (born October 6, 1969 ) is a German pool player . In 2005 he was German men's champion and 2010 senior European champion .

Career

At the German Championship in 1998 Frank Willner achieved his first major successes with fifth place in 8-ball and ninth place in 14/1 . After he did not get past 13th place in 2004 , he became German champion in the 8-ball cup in 2005 in the final against Patrick Kämpfner . 2006 Willner finished ninth in 14/1 endlessly. At his last German men's championship, Willner reached 13th place in the 9-ball in 2008 . German Seniors Championship 2009 he came in 8-ball and 14/1 endlessly in ninth place. In 2010 Willner reached the finals in the 14/1 endless and in the 9-ball at the European Senior Championships . After losing to the Portuguese Henrique Correia in 9-Ball , he defeated him in 14/1 and thus became European Champion. At the German championship of the same year he won bronze in the 14/1 endless. In 2011 he finished fifth in 8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball . At the Senior European Championships in 2012 Willner reached the final in 10-Ball , but lost it to Correia. In the same year he again achieved fifth place in three disciplines at the DM . After Willner had become European champion with the German senior team in August 2013, he won silver in 14/1 endless and bronze in 10-ball at the German championship in October . In 2014, however, he did not get past the quarter-finals in 9-ball.

Web links

• Player profile on kozoom.com
• Player profile on the Euro-Tour website
• Player profile on the website of the European Pocket Billiard Federation
• Player profile on the website of the German Billard Union