Serdar Gümüş (born 1956) is a Turkish carom and

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

Personal life

Serdar Gümüş was born in 1956. Gümüş started billiard playing already at his age of one and half. He remembers that "he and his associates played in billiard halls skipping class", adding that "billiard playing is taught today in the physical education in the schools".

Sport career

Gümüş became European champion in Malat ya, Turkey in 2007 defeating Frenchman

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. In 2013, he took the silver medal in the European Championship Artistic in

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, Germant. He took the bronze medal at the 2008 Artistic Billiards World Championship held in

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, Belgium. In 2012, he became champion at the same competition in

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, Turkey defeating Dutch Erik Vijverberg in the final. He became Turkish champion defeating

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, before he captured the gold medal at the 2015 European Championship Artistic in

, Germany. The same year, he won another gold medal at the CEB Grand Prix Artistic in

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, France. In 2017, he defended his champion title in the final defeating Belgian Walter Bax in three sets at the European Championship in Brandenburg, Germany. the 2023 European Championship Artistic in

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, Turkey, he placed fifth among 38 competitors. Gümüş repeated his world third place title of the

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, Turkey.

References

External links

Serdar Gimiş @ Kozoom.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gumus, Serdar 1956 births Living people Turkish carom billiards players Artistic billiards players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen