Born | 27 February 1982 |
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Sport country | England |
Highest ranking | World Women's Snooker: 1 |
Maria Catalano (born 27 February 1982[1]) is an English snooker player from Dudley.[2] Since 1998, she has competed on the women's snooker tour, where she has won 11 ranking titles, including the 2007 British Women's Open and the 2012 UK Women's Championship. A five-time runner-up at the World Women's Snooker Championship, she was ranked world number one on the women's tour during the 2013–14 season.
In 2018, she won the World Women's Pairs Championship with Reanne Evans. In 2022, she became the first female player to compete in the final stages of the World Seniors Championship. She is a first cousin of seven-time world snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan.