Jarosław Kowalski

Jarosław Kowalski
birthday	22nd January 1974
place of birth	Sandomierz
nationality	Poland
Highest break	119
Main tour successes
World championships	-
Ranking tournament victories	-
Minor tournament victories	-

Jarosław Kowalski (born January 22, 1974 in Sandomierz ) is a Polish snooker player .

Career

Jarosław Kowalski started playing billiards in 1997 and took part in first tournaments in 1998. In 2001 he was nominated for the first time for the European Championship , in which, however, he was eliminated in the preliminary round. After he was eliminated in the preliminary round in 2002 , he made it into the final round for the first time in 2004 and lost 4-1 to Welshman David John in the round of 32 . In November 2004, he was eliminated from the preliminary round when he participated for the first time in the World Amateur Championship .

At the Polish championship in 2004 Kowalski reached the final for the first time and defeated defending champion Rafał Jewtuch 7-2. A year later he succeeded in defending the title with a 5-4 win over Jewtuch. At the European Championships in 2005 and 2006 and at the Amateur World Cup in 2006, however, he was eliminated in the preliminary round, as well as in the European Championship in 2008 . In the 2009/10 season he took part in three tournaments of the Pontin's International Open Series , in which he was eliminated without a win.

In September 2011, Kowalski first took part in a PTC tournament; At the Warsaw Classic he reached the main round with a 4-1 win over his compatriot Mateusz Baranowski , in which he lost 4-2 to former world champion Steve Davis in the round of 128. In June 2012 he made it into the final round of the European Championship for the second time , but lost to Greg Casey in the round of 64 . At the EM 2013 he reached the sixteenth finals and lost to the Dutchman Roy Stolk with 0: 5. In 2014 he became Polish Senior Champion. At the Gdynia Open 2014 and 2015 , he was eliminated in the preliminary round.

successes

Final participation

output	year	competition	Final opponent	Result
Amateur tournaments
winner	2004	Polish championship	Rafał Jewtuch	7: 2
winner	2005	Polish championship	Rafał Jewtuch	5: 4

More Achievements

Polish Senior Champion :

2014

Web links

• Profile of Jaroslaw Kowalski at CueTracker
• Jarosław Kowalski at snooker.org
• Jarosław Kowalski in the snooker Database (English)

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1. ↑ Profile of Jarosław Kowalski ( memento of the original dated December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at polskisnooker.pl (as of December 29, 2015)  
2. ↑ 2001 European Championships - Men. Cuetracker.net, accessed on December 29, 2015 . 
3. ↑ 2002 European Championships - Men. Cuetracker.net, accessed on December 29, 2015 . 
4. ↑ 2004 World Amateur Championship - Men. Cuetracker.net, accessed December 29, 2015 . 
5. ↑ 2005 European Championships - Men. Cuetracker.net, accessed on December 29, 2015 . 
6. ↑ 2006 European Championships - Men. Cuetracker.net, accessed on December 29, 2015 . 
7. ↑ 2006 World Amateur Championship - Men. Cuetracker.net, accessed December 29, 2015 . 
8. ↑ 2008 European Championships - Men. Cuetracker.net, accessed on December 29, 2015 . 
9. ↑ 2009 PIOS - Event 1. cuetracker.net, accessed on December 29, 2015 . 
10. ↑ 2009 PIOS - Event 2. cuetracker.net, accessed on December 29, 2015 . 
11. ↑ 2009 PIOS - Event 3. cuetracker.net, accessed on December 29, 2015 .