Franziska Stark

Franziska Stark is a German pool player, born on 4 July 1961, and a winner of 24 individual German championships, seven in eight-ball, five in nine-ball and twelve in straight pool. Her career highlight is winning the 1992 WPA women's nine-ball world championship final against the American Vivian Villarreal, and in 1998 she reached the final again but lost to the Englishwoman Allison Fisher. She reached 23 European Championship finals between 1986 and 2000 and won 11 of them, in straight pool, nine-ball and eight-ball. She was a member of the losing European team at the first Mosconi Cup in 1994, when it was compulsory to have two women in each team.