Draft:Vladislav Gradinari

Vladislav Gradinari (born 2008) is a snooker player from Moldova. In 2023 he became the youngest person to ever win a televised snooker match.

Early life
Gradinari started playing pool when he was six years-old before moving on to snooker. His mother Natalia is a qualified snooker referee. He competed in the World Under-16 Snooker Championship at eight years-old, and reached the quarter-finals of the Moldova Amateur Championship at ten years-old. They moved to Leeds in England in 2021, and he won the English under-16 Championship in 2022, only dropping one frame in the tournament.

Career
In January 2023, Gradinari became the youngest person to ever win a televised snooker match when he defeated Ng On Yee at the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out. He then reached the last-32 with a win over Victor Sarkis.

In March 2024, he became the 2024 European Under 16 Champion with a 4-1 win over Riley Powell. In the first round of qualifying for the 2024 World Snooker Championship he lost to Allan Taylor 10-6. That month, he reached the final of the European U18 champions hip where he was defeated by Bulcsú Révész of Hungary.

In April 2024, he won the English under-16 title in Walsall.

He entered Q School in May 2024 and lost in the first event to veteran Barry Pinches. In the second event he secured a win over Englishman Patrick Whealen before facing Chris Totten.