Stefan Mazrocis
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Stefan Mazrocis is an international standard Dutch
Netherlands
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 amateur snooker
Snooker
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 player. He was born of Latvian/English
English people
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 parentage, spent his early snooker years of snooker in Leicester
Leicester
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, England
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 honing his snooker skills. He has recorded three maximum breaks in a single day. He beat Peter Ebdon
Peter Ebdon
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 in the 1st Round of the 1997 World Snooker Championship
World Snooker Championship
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Mazrocis reached the round of 32 at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman
Amman
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, Jordan
Jordan
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, where he was eliminated by Rafal Jewtuch 5–2.

Mazrocis is back on the main tour for the 08/09 season following his success at the 2008 EBSA European Play-Off.

Amateur

  • EBSA European Championship, 1998
  • IBSF World Amateur Championship, 2006
  • Polish Open, 2008

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