Stefano Pelinga

Stefano Pelinga is an Italian professional pool player from Rome, born in May 1964 and best known as a multi-year international artistic pool champion, both as an individual and as a team captain. He served as an officer of the Polizia di Stato for 27 years, retired from police work in 2011 and moved to Las Vegas to play pool full time. Nicknamed Mr. Trick Shots and Il Maestro, he won two ESPN Trick Shot Magic events, in 2005 and 2007, and can execute over 1,000 unique shots. He was appointed official instructor of cue sports by the Italian Federation of Billiard Sports and the Italian National Olympic Committee on January 31, 2000, entered the Trick Shot Magic Hall of Fame and was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.