Semih Saygıner
Template:Turkic name Semih Saygıner (born 12 November 1964, Adapazarı, Turkey) nicknamed Mr. Magic or the Turkish Prince, is a four-time world champion Turkish professional carom billiards player.
Early life
His father and mother died in a traffic accident when he was 14 years old. Saygıner started playing billiards when he was 16 years old, and won the İstanbul Championship at age 17.[citation needed]
Professional career
Moving into the international arena, he won 9th place in the 1991 German Open and the 1991 İstanbul Efes Pilsen Grand Prix.[citation needed] Then in the 1992 Berlin World Championship, he took 8th place after beating Belgian world three-cushion billiards champion Raymond Ceulemans by 3-0.
He took 3rd place in the 1993 World Billiards Championship[citation needed] in Berlin, and won the 1994 World Cup (Three-cushion Division). He has played in the Holland Billiards League since 1994.
Saygıner won the 1998 World Billiards Championship[citation needed] (Three-cushion Division) held in Kemer, Antalya, Turkey by beating Cerwin Walentijn from Netherlands.
In 2003, Saygıner won the UMB World Three-cushion Championship by disposing Filipos Kasidokostas of Greece.
On February 7, 2004 he was named "Best Billiard Player in the World for 2003"[who?] in Antwerp, Belgium. He is recorded[citation needed] in world billiards literature for his 42-shot technique[not specific enough to verify]. As of July 2006, he ranks 8th in the world players list of Union Mondiale de Billiard.
Saygıner shares the world record for the highest run in three-cushion billiards of 31 with Colombian Hugo Patiño.
Titles
- CEB European Three-cushion Championship (1999)
- UMB World Three-cushion Championship (2003)
Personal life
Semih is married to the Women's Billiard Champion of Turkey Aygen Berk Saygıner.
References
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- Hellenic Resources Network
- Turkish Government sports news January-April 2003
- Turkish Government sports news July-August 2003
- Turkish Government sports news January-February 2004
- Union Mondiale de Billiard
- Magnificent Shots by Semih Sayginer
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