Eddy Merckx (born 4 September 1968 in
Reet, Belgium) is a
Belgian professional
three-cushion billiards player.
Career
Season 2006/07
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 in
Salon de Provence
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in
France
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, by beating the reigning champion
.
Season 2011/12
On 8 October 2011, while playing in the German
Bundesliga
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in
Duisburg
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, Merckx defeated Won Kang 50–6 in six innings, a world record. The inning breakdown was 4-9-26-7-0-4. The previous record for a 50-point game was nine innings, shared by Torbjorn Blomdahl, Frederic Caudron and Marco Zanetti.
Season 2012/13
From 27 August to 1 September 2012 he played on the invitation tournament ''Cuvino Superprestige'', which was held in the city of
Lommel, Belgium. The Belgians where looking for the fifth time for their ''king of 3-cushion'' and in 2012 it was Merckx by beating world number one
in the final. Just a week later on 9 September 2012, he won his second UMB world title in
Porto
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by defeating again Frédéric Caudron in the semis and Choi Sung-Won in the finals. Another week later he was playing in
Suwon
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on the 3-Cushion World Cup and got on the third place together with
Dick Jaspers
Dingeman Jacobus Johannes "Dick" Jaspers (pronounced yas-pers) (born 23 July 1965) is a Dutch professional carom billiards player who specializes in the three-cushion event.
Early life
Jaspers started playing billiards when he was three years ...
from the
Netherlands
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. He was climbing up to third place of the world ranking due to his latest wins.
Achievements
*
3-Cushion World Champion (Single): Winner ''2006, 2012'' • Runner-up ''2009''
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3-Cushion European Champion: Winner ''2007'' • Runner-up ''2010, 2011''
* 3-Cushion World Cup: Winner ''2005, 2009, 2011'' • Runner-up ''2008''
* Chrystal Kelly Tournament: Third ''2009''
* 3-Cushion Invitation Tournament in
Zundert/
Netherlands
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: Winner ''2003'' • Runner-up ''2004, 2005''
* Superprestige in Belgium: Winner ''2012'' • Third ''2011''
* Belgium Championship: Winner ''2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012''
Achievements
on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 2 Oktober 2012.
References
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Belgian carom billiards players
World champions in three-cushion billiards
Sportspeople from Antwerp Province
Living people
1968 births
World Games silver medalists
World Games bronze medalists
Competitors at the 2013 World Games
Competitors at the 2022 World Games
20th-century Belgian people
21st-century Belgian people