Hacı Arap Yaman (born 4 April 1965) is a Turkish carom and

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player. He has champion titles at European and world level in artistic billiards.

Personal life

Hacı Arap Yaman was born in

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district of

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, Turkey on 4 April 1965. He completed his education in his hometown. During his school years, he was interested in different branches of sports.

Sport career

Yaman settled in

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, when he started playing billiards professionally. In the first year of his career, he took the third place in the Turkish championships. The next year, he became champion of Ankara. Later, his success continued, and he was admitted to the national team. He is a member of the district municipality's billiards club in

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. Yaman won the gold medal at the 2008 Artistic Billiards World Championship held in

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, Belgium defeating Xavier Fonellosa from Spain. The next year in

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, Turkey, he took the silver medal after losing the final match to Belgian Eric Daelman by 2–3. In 2012, he took the bronze medal at the same competition in

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, Turkey. Yaman captured the gold medal at the 2022 CEB Grand Prix Artistic in

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, Netherlands. He won the gold medal with his teammate

Barış Çin Barış Çin (born 27 July 1975) is a Turkish carom and artistic billiards player. He is a and world chhampion in artistic billiards. Personal life Barış Çin was born on 27 July 1975. Sport career Çin became global artistic champion a ...

at the 2023 European Championship Artistic National Teams in

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, Turkey defeating the Spanish team by 3–1. At the 2023 European Championship Artistic in

, Turkey, he received the gold medal among 38 competitiors winning over German Heinrich Marvin in five sets by 172–147. Yaman and his teammate Barış Çin defeated Erik Van den Zegel and

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from Belgium by 3–1 in the final of the 2024 European Championship Artistic National Teams in Antalya, Turkey, and won the gold medal. At the 2024 European Championship Artistic in

, Turkey, he lost the semifinals match to

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from France by 120–174, and took the bronze medal. He repeated his world champion title of the

, Turkey after 16 years in 2024 defeating his country+man

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