Semih Sayginer
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Semih Saygıner nicknamed Mr. Magic and the Turkish Prince, is a Turkish
professional carom billiards player.
Saygıner is the fifth of 6 brothers and sisters. His parents died in a traffic accident when he was 14 years old. Saygıner then started playing billiards
. He had a good performance in high school but left for depression over the loss of his mother and father. He then focused on billiards. A year later, he won his first Turkish title.
He won the 1999 CEB European Three-cushion Championship
by defeating Dion Nelin of Denmark
. He nearly won it again the next year but lost to Daniel Sánchez. He was the first from his country to win that tournament. A second player named Murat Naci Çoklu won it five years later.
In 2003, Saygıner won the UMB World Three-cushion Championship by disposing Filipos Kasidokostas of Greece. He's the only Turk ever to win it. That same year, he won the last World Three-cushion Championship organized by the BWA by besting Dick Jaspers
.
Saygıner shares the world record for the highest in three-cushion billiards, of 31, with Colombian American
Hugo Patiño.
His highest average in a match is 3.571 (50 points in 14 innings).
Semih was married to the Women's Billiard Champion of Turkey Aygen Berk Saygıner.
In 2009, Saygıner signed a contract with the prominent cue-stick producer Longoni
. Under the contract, a series of cue-sticks that bear Saygıner's name has been available from the company.
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
professional carom billiards player.
Saygıner is the fifth of 6 brothers and sisters. His parents died in a traffic accident when he was 14 years old. Saygıner then started playing billiards
Billiards
Cue sports , also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .Historically, the umbrella term was billiards...
. He had a good performance in high school but left for depression over the loss of his mother and father. He then focused on billiards. A year later, he won his first Turkish title.
He won the 1999 CEB European Three-cushion Championship
CEB European Three-cushion Championship
The CEB European Three-cushion Championship is three-cushion billiards tournament organized by the Confédération Européenne de Billard. Held since 1933, it is one of longest-running tournaments in the sport...
by defeating Dion Nelin of Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. He nearly won it again the next year but lost to Daniel Sánchez. He was the first from his country to win that tournament. A second player named Murat Naci Çoklu won it five years later.
In 2003, Saygıner won the UMB World Three-cushion Championship by disposing Filipos Kasidokostas of Greece. He's the only Turk ever to win it. That same year, he won the last World Three-cushion Championship organized by the BWA by besting Dick Jaspers
Dick Jaspers
Dick Jaspers is a Dutch professional carom billiards player who specializes in the three-cushion event.-Early life:...
.
Saygıner shares the world record for the highest in three-cushion billiards, of 31, with Colombian American
Colombian American
Colombian Americans are citizens of the United States who trace their nationality or heritage from the South American nation of Colombia. They are the largest South American ethnic group in the United States.-Causes of migration:...
Hugo Patiño.
His highest average in a match is 3.571 (50 points in 14 innings).
Semih was married to the Women's Billiard Champion of Turkey Aygen Berk Saygıner.
In 2009, Saygıner signed a contract with the prominent cue-stick producer Longoni
Longoni
Longoni SRL is one of the most prominent European manufacturers of high-end cue sticks. The company, founded by Alessandro Longoni in 1945, is based in Mariano Comense, Italy...
. Under the contract, a series of cue-sticks that bear Saygıner's name has been available from the company.