| 词条 | Ewa Laurance |
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| name = | honorific_suffix = | image = Ewa Mataya Laurence.JPG | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|02|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Gävle, Sweden | death_date = | death_place = | sport country = {{SWE}} | nickname = | professional = | game = 9-Ball | best finish = | major wins = | minor wins = | other wins = | world champ = 9-Ball (1994) | current ranking = | highest ranking = | website = {{URL|http://www.strikingviking.com/}} | medals = }} Ewa Laurance (born Ewa Svensson, (born February 26, 1964) , and formerly known as Ewa Mataya and transitionally as Ewa Mataya Laurance) is a Swedish–American professional Pool player, most notably on the Women's Professional Billiard Association nine-ball tour, a sports writer, and more recently a sports commentator for ESPN. In 2004, she was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame.[1] She has been nicknamed "the Leading Lady of Billiards" and "the Striking Viking". Playing careerLaurance has been playing pool since she was 14 years old. She moved to the United States in 1981{{Dubious|date=April 2008}} 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." [2] TelevisionShe was the co-host of the GSN original game show Ballbreakers. She has hosted the Ultimate Pool Party on ESPN. She has also been a model, appearing in TV commercials for No Nonsense brand pantyhose, and appeared on National Bingo Night on June 1, 2007. She frequently acts as a color commentator on ESPN telecasts of nine-ball tournaments, usually along with her husband Mitch Laurance. She has recently been featured on commercials featuring Dick's Pawn Shop in Myrtle Beach, SC. WritingShe has authored three books, The Ewa Mataya Pool Guide, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pool & Billiards, and Quick Start Guide to Pocket Billiards{{Clarify|date=March 2008}} In 1994, she married actor Mitch Laurance, later also pool commentator for ESPN and twin brother of actor Matthew Laurance. She continues to introduce herself with the name Ewa Mataya Laurance and also signs autographs retaining the surname Mataya.[4] References1. ^Induction into BCA Hall of Fame 2004 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070331000000/http://www.bca-pool.com/cgi/site/framegate.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bca-pool.com%2Findustry%2Fhof%2Fhof.shtml&cat=i |date=March 31, 2007 }} 2. ^"Laurance Lassos a Win," by Sally Timko, pages 28-29, InsidePOOL Magazine, December 2005 3. ^ and {{Cite book}}-->. She has also written monthly columns for Pool & Billiard magazine.==Personal life==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.{{cite news| title= Everybody Loves Ewa| first= Mike| last= Geffner| page= 52| url= http://www.billiardsdigest.com/current_issue/apr_04/story_5.php| work= Billiards Digest| date= April 2004}} 4. ^February 2014, London, Ontario, Canada External links
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