Mika Immonen

Mika Immonen, nicknamed the Iceman, was a Finnish professional pool player and Hall of Fame member who lived from 17 December 1972 to 28 September 2025. He was born in London to Finnish parents who were there for his father's work and the family moved to Finland in the early 1980s, where he played snooker before turning to pool in the early 1990s. He moved to New York City in 2000 and won the 2001 WPA World Nine-ball Championship in Cardiff. He later won the UPA International Ten-ball Championship, took the US Open Nine-ball Championship twice and was named Player of the Year for 2009. He represented Team Europe fifteen times in the Mosconi Cup and was its most valuable player in 2008.