Joop van Oosterom was a Dutch billionaire, chess and billiards sponsor, and twice correspondence chess world champion. His fortune, made with the Volmac Software Group, was estimated by Dutch financial magazine Quote at €1.1 billion at the time of his death.
Raymond Ceulemans is a Belgian billiards player who won 21 UMB three-cushion World Championship titles, more than any other player. Along with 48 European titles and 61 national titles. His nickname is "Mr 100". He was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 2001, one of the first non-Americans to receive the honour.
Semih Saygıner, nicknamed Mr. Magic or The Turkish Prince, is a Turkish world champion professional carom billiards player specialized in three-cushion event.
Dingeman Jacobus Johannes "Dick" Jaspers is a Dutch professional carom billiards player who specializes in the three-cushion event.
Three-cushion billiards, also called three-cushion carom, is a form of carom billiards. The object of the game is to carom the cue ball off both object balls while contacting the railcushions at least three times before contacting the second object ball. A point is scored for each successful carom. In most shots the cue ball hits the object balls one time each, although hitting them any number of times is allowed as long as both are hit. The cue ball may contact the cushions before or after hitting the first object ball. It does not have to contact three different cushions as long as it has been in contact with any cushion at least three times in total.
Marco Zanetti is an Italian professional three-cushion billiards player and a two-time world champion from Bolzano, Italy.
Daniel Sánchez Gálvez is a Spanish professional carom billiards player who plays for FC Porto a club he has represented for the last 21 years.
Alfred Lagache was a French professional three-cushion billiards player.
Eddy Merckx is a Belgian professional three-cushion billiards player.
Cue sports, including three-cushion billiards, nine-ball and snooker, were introduced as World Games sports for men and for women also at the World Games 2001 in Akita.
Eddy Leppens is a Belgian professional three cushion billiards player.
The Crystal Kelly Cup or Crystal Kelly Tournament was a prestigious, generously funded carom billiards invitational tournament in the discipline of three-cushion, which has been held at different venues from 1994 to 2011, a total of 18 times, mostly in Monte Carlo and Nice.
The men's singles three-cushion billiards competition at the 2013 World Games took place from 26 to 30 July 2013 at the Unidad Deportiva Alberto Galindo in Cali, Colombia.
Christian Rudolph is a German carom billiards player and multiple world champion in three-cushion billiards. He is the son of carom billiards champion Ernst Rudolph.
Avelino Rico is a Spanish carom billiards player. He won at the UMB World Three-cushion Championship in 1986, having a match against Torbjörn Blomdahl and Raymond Ceulemans. Rico also placed second at the CEB European Three-cushion Championship in 1986. He participated at the Spanish Championships, receiving ten wins.
Roland Forthomme is a Belgian carom billiards player. He won twice at the Three-Cushion World Cup from 2005 to 2006. Forthomme got into second place five times and third place twice at the Three-Cushion World Cup from 2007 to 2019. In 2012, he set a record in three-cushion billiards. In 2021, Forthomme went into surgery after contracting heart failure, later returning into his profession.
Jorge Theriaga is a Portuguese carom billiards player. He won twice at the Three-Cushion World Cup from 1994 to 1996. Theriaga got into second place four times and third place twice at the Three-Cushion World Cup from 1995 to 1999. He got into third place three times at the CEB European Three-cushion Championship from 1986 to 1999. Theriaga was preferred as a 19-time champion in Portuguese, according to the cited Kozoom article.
Dion Nelin is a Danish carom billiards player. He won twice at the Three-Cushion World Cup from 1996 to 1997. Nelin got into second place three times and third place five times at the Three-Cushion World Cup from 1995 to 2000. He placed second place at the UMB World Three-cushion Championship in 2002. Nelin was preferred as a best ranked player in Danish, according to the cited Kozoom article. Dan Johansen had helped out Nelin. He spend his summer with a working job, in which Nelin was participant of the Danish Championship.
Raimond Burgman is a Dutch carom billiards player. He won at the Three-Cushion World Cup in 1996. Burgman got into third place six times at the Three-Cushion World Cup from 1994 to 2005. He placed into second place at the UMB World Three-cushion Championship and CEB European Three-cushion Championship, in which Burgman also placed in third place at the CEB European Three-cushion Championship in 2000. He won a Christmas tournament in Zundert in 2012. Burgman was also in a match against Dave Christiani.
Burak Haşhaş is a Turkish international carom billiards player specialized in three-cushion events. He is European U-17 and world U-22 champion.
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