Billiards at the 2001 World Games - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The cue sports competition at the World Games 2001
World Games 2001
The sixth World Games were held in 2001 in Akita, Japan.-Sports:Official sports-Medal count:...

took place from 22 to 26 August in Akita

Akita, Akita

is the capital city of Akita Prefecture in the Tohoku region of Japan.As of June 11, 2005, with the merger of the former Kawabe District , the city has an estimated population of 323,310 and density of...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

Medal table

1	1	0	1	2
1	1	0	1	2
3	1	0	0	1
3	1	0	0	1
5	0	1	1	2
6	0	1	0	1
6	0	1	0	1
6	0	1	0	1
9	0	0	1	1
Total	4	4	4	12

Medals summary

	Daniel Sánchez	Dick Jaspers Dick Jaspers Dick Jaspers is a Dutch professional carom billiards player who specializes in the three-cushion event.-Early life:...	Sang Chu Lee
Nine-ball – men's singles	Yang Ching-shun Yang Ching-shun Yang Ching-shun is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "the Son of Pool."Yang won the nine-ball event of the 1998 Asian Games against then World Pool champion Kunihiko Takahashi. He defended it in 2002 against Warren Kiamco...	Ralf Souquet Ralf Souquet Ralf Souquet is a German professional pool player. His nicknames are "The Kaiser" and "The Surgeon." Since 1981, he has won more than 250 tournament titles, including 41 German Championship titles and 34 European Championship titles.He began playing billiards at the age of six in his parents'...	Thomas Engert Thomas Engert Thomas Engert is a German professional pool player. Engert won the 2004 International Challenge of Champions beating fellow German Thorsten Hohmann in the finals...
Nine-ball – women's singles	Janette Lee	Karen Corr Karen Corr Karen Corr is a professional pool player. Her nickname is the "Irish Invader"....	Chen Chun-Chen Jennifer Chen Jennifer Chen is a professional pool player.-Career:19911st - China/Japan Women's Pool Championship19921st - Taiwan Cup1st - US Open 14.119931st - Japan Open19961st - Women's Team3rd - Swiss Cup1997...
Snooker Snooker Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :... – men's singles	Bjorn Haneveer Bjorn Haneveer Bjorn Haneveer is a Belgian professional snooker player. Haneveer also commentates on snooker matches for Dutch Eurosport.-Career:...	Marlon Manalo Marlon Manalo Marlon Manalo is a Filipino professional pool player from Mandaluyong City, Philippines.-Career:...	Shokat Ali Shokat Ali Shokat Ali is an English snooker player of Pakistani descent, who represents Pakistan in international tournaments. Ali turned professional in 1991, but his best performance in professional competition came ten years later in the 2001 Thailand Masters where he reached the quarter-fnals, beating...

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