Dani Sánchez

For other people with similar names, see Daniel Sánchez.

Medal record
Competitor for  Spain
Men's Three-cushion billiards
World Games
Gold	2001 Akita	Individual
Gold	2005 Duisburg	Individual

Daniel Sánchez Gálvez (born 3 March 1974, and best known as Dani Sánchez)^[1] is a Catalan Spanish professional carom billiards player. He first reached the finals of the UMB World Three-cushion Championship in 1996, but finished 2nd to Christian Rudolph. He successfully took the title in 1998, defeating 14-time World Champion Torbjörn Blomdahl. He won it again in 2005 against Jean Paul de Bruijn.

Sánchez is a winner of the CEB European Three-cushion Championship twice (1997 and 2000) and is a 31-time Spanish national Champion. He also won the gold medal twice at the three-cushion event of the 2001 and 2005 World Games, defeating Dick Jaspers on both occasions.

His highest run in competition is 15, and his best game average is 5 (50 points in 10 innings).

He is often seen in matches wearing a red vest.

In 2007, he nearly won the world title for the third time but he was outclassed by Ryuuji Umeda of Japan.

References

1. ^ *Sánchez, Dani (5 June 2008). "Página Oficial de Dani Sánchez [Official Page of Dani Sánchez]". Spain: self-published. Archived from the original on 10 June 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080610050153/danisanchez.com/dani/. Retrieved 1 February 2010.  (Spanish)

External links

• Sánchez's official homepage as of June 2008 (Spanish)

Preceded by Torbjörn Blomdahl	UMB World Three-cushion Champion 1998	Succeeded by Frédéric Caudron
Preceded by Dick Jaspers	UMB World Three-cushion Champion 2005	Succeeded by Eddy Merckx
Preceded by none	World Games - Three-cushion Champion 2001, 2005	Succeeded by Dick Jaspers

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Name	Sanchez, Daniel
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Date of birth	3 March 1974
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