- Semih Saygıner
Semih Saygıner (b.
November 12 ,1964 [http://www.semihsayginer.org/biografienu.html Sayginer's biography on his own web site] , inAdapazarı ,Turkey ), nicknamed Mr. Magic and the Turkish Prince, is a Turkish professionalcarom billiards player.Saygıner is the fifth of 6 brothers and sisters. His parents died in a traffic accident when he was 14 years old. Saygıner then started playing billiards. He had a good performance in high school but left for depression over the loss of his mother and father. He then focused on billiards. A year later, he won his first Turkish title. [ [http://www.kozoom.com/index2.php?menu=5&player=277&PHPSESSID=2c23feac2942178f81c2f364e93c34af Sayginer's Profile (French)] ]
He won the 1999
CEB European Three-cushion Championship by defeating Dion Nelin ofDenmark . He nearly won it again the next year but lost to Daniel Sánchez. He was the first from his country to win that tournament. A second one namedMurat Naci Çoklu won it five years later.In 2003, Saygıner won the UMB World Three-cushion Championship by disposing Filipos Kasidokostas of Greece. He's the only Turk ever to win it. That same year, he won the last World Three-cushion Championship organized by the BWA by besting
Dick Jaspers . [ [http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storyb.cfm?storynum=1057 3 Cushion World Cup in Las Vegas 2003] ]Saygıner shares the world record for the highest Cuegloss|Run|run in three-cushion billiards, of 31, with
Colombian American Hugo Patiño .His highest average in a match is 3.571 (50 points in 14 innings).
Semih is married to the Women's Billiard Champion of Turkey
Aygen Berk Saygıner .References
External links
* [http://www.semihsayginer.org/homepageenu.html Saygıner's Official Site]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRTn3MSTULE Magnificent Shots by Semih Sayginer]
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