Daniel Sánchez (billiards)
- Daniel Sánchez (billiards)
Daniel (Dani) Sánchez (born March 3, 1974) is a 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 occaisions.
His highest Cuegloss|Run|run in competition is 15, and his best game average is 5 (50 Cuegloss|Point|points in 10 Cuegloss|Inning|innings).
He's 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.
External links
* [http://danisanchez.com/ Sánchez's official web site]
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