Eddy Merckx (billiards player)
- Eddy Merckx (billiards player)
Eddy Merckx (born Reet, Belgium, 4 September 1968) is a Belgian professional three-cushion billiards player.
In the year 2006, he beat Nikos Polychronopoulos 3–1 to win the world title in three cushions billiards. In 2007, he added the European title, by beating the reigning champion Frédéric Caudron.
Merckx was born in 1968, the year cyclist Eddy Merckx won his first "Giro d'Italia", and he was named after the cyclist. In daily life, he often adopts the family name of his wife,Clarifyme|date=August 2008 to avoid confusion with his much more famous namesake.
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