Nelin in 2011 28 August 1976 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Men's three-cushion billiards | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
World Cup | ||
![]() | 1995/5 Hooglede | Individual |
![]() | 1996/2 Porto | Individual |
![]() | 1997/2 Salsomaggiore Terme | Individual |
![]() | 1997/3 Porto | Individual |
![]() | 1998/1 Barendrecht | Individual |
![]() | 1998/3 Lisbon | Individual |
![]() | 1998/10 Roermond | Individual |
![]() | 2000/1 Bogotá | Individual |
![]() | 2000/2 Oosterhout | Individual |
World Championship | ||
![]() | 2002 Randers | Three-cushion |
Dion Nelin (born 28 August 1976) [1] is a Danish carom billiards player. [2] [3] [4] [5] He won twice at the Three-Cushion World Cup from 1996 to 1997. [1] Nelin got into second place three times and third place five times at the Three-Cushion World Cup from 1995 to 2000. [1] He placed second place at the UMB World Three-cushion Championship in 2002. [1] Nelin was preferred as a best ranked player in Danish, according to the cited Kozoom article. [6] Dan Johansen had helped out Nelin. [7] He spend his summer with a working job, [8] in which Nelin was participant of the Danish Championship. [9]
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