Antonio Lining

{{short description|Filipino pool player (born 1963)}} {{Infobox pool player | name = Antonio Lining | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt =  | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|5|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = Mindoro, Philippines | death_date =  | death_place = | sport_country = {{PHL}} | nickname = "Nikoy" | professional = | game =Nine-ball, Ten-ball | best_finish = * Semi finals 2010 WPA World Nine-ball Championship * Semi finals 2009 WPA World Ten-ball Championship * Runner up 2010 China Nine-ball Open | major_wins = | minor_wins = | other_wins = | world_champ = | website =  | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{PHI}}}} {{MedalSport | Men's nine-ball}} {{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}} {{MedalGold | 2001 Kuala Lumpur | Singles}} }}

'''Antonio Lining''' (born May 9, 1963, in Mindoro, Philippines) is a Filipino pool player, nicknamed "Nikoy". He is one of the few left-handed Asian players.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thewutzup.com/2011/04/13/after-francisco-%E2%80%9Cdjango%E2%80%9D-bustamante-antonio-lining-is-the-worlds-no1-pool-player/|title=After Django Bustamante, Antonio Lining is the World's No.1 Pool Player|last=kencomienda|access-date=December 20, 2016}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Lining reached the semifinals of the WPA World Ten-Ball Championship in 2009 and the WPA World Nine-Ball Championship in 2010.

Lining's most notable appearance was in the Motolite International Nine-ball Tournament in 2000, where he finished second to Francisco Bustamante, having beaten Efren Reyes in the quarter-finals.<ref>[http://www.azbilliards.com/motolite/brackets.html Motolite Tournament Results] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070425235056/http://www.azbilliards.com/motolite/brackets.html |date=April 25, 2007 }}</ref> Also in 2000, Lining won the All Japan Championship Nine-ball, beating Chao Fong-pang in the final.

At the 2002 Busan Asian Games, Lining and Bustamante won the gold medal at the nine-ball doubles event.<ref>{{cite news |title=After Busan, Django Wins In Baltimore |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iFY1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=eCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3130,13024714&dq=antonio-lining&hl=en |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=October 11, 2002 |access-date=April 18, 2011 }}</ref>

Between 1992 and 2017, Lining has played in one or more of the All Japan Championship (Nine Ball), U.S. Open Championship (Nine Ball) and the World Pool Championship (Nine Ball).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.propool.info/players/antonio-lining.htm |title=Antonio Lining: Profile |access-date=August 17, 2019}}</ref>

==Achievements== * 2024 Tokai Grand Prix * 2024 KKKing Imperial X Han Billiards Nine-ball * 2016 Taom Tips Tour Stop 1 * 2015 Kantō Ten-ball Open * 2014 Japan Open Ten-ball * 2006 Japan Open Nine-ball * 2005 Brunswick Tokyo Open * 2002 Asian Games Nine-ball doubles * 2001 Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Singles * 2000 All Japan Championship Nine-ball * 1999 Muntinlupa Nine-ball Open * 1998 Hokuriku Nine-ball Open * 1998 Amagasaki Nine-ball Open * 1997 Davao Nine-ball Open * 1995 Davao Nine-ball Open * 1994 Asian Nine-ball Championship * 1994 Indonesian Nine-ball Open * 1993 JJ's Billiards Nine-ball Open * 1992 Tung Pa Nine-ball Open * 1992 Himeji Nine-ball Open * 1989 Scratch Nine-ball Open

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060620112731/http://www.easypooltutor.com/bios12.html Easypooltutor biography]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lining, Antonio}} Category:Filipino pool players Category:People from Mindoro Category:Living people Category:1963 births Category:Asian Games gold medalists in cue sports Category:Cue sports players at the 2002 Asian Games Category:Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Category:Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games