Marco Zanetti
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Marco Zanetti is an Italian
professional three-cushion billiards
player and a two-time world champion from Bolzano, Italy
. He was ranked 7th in the world as of 2007 by the Confédération Européenne de Billard.
Zanetti started playing billiards at 7. He needed a chair to play. His father, Erwin Zanetti, was the president of the Carabole Circle of Bolzano.
He reached the finals of the UMB
World Three-cushion Championship
in 2001, but was bested by Raymond Ceulemans
. He made it into the finals again a year later and won the title, defeating Dion Nelin of Denmark. He has been the only Italian to win a world championship in the sport as of 2007.
Zanetti also has 14 Italian national titles. His highest run in a match is 19 and his best game average is 5.555 (50 points in 9 innings).
On the 19th of October 2008, he again won the world three-cushion championship in the German city of St. Wendel. He defeated Jeremy Bury of France in the semi-finals and then went on to beat Torbjorn Blomdahl
of Sweden in the finals, averaging 1.871 in the five-set match.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
professional three-cushion billiards
Three-cushion billiards
Three-cushion billiards is a form of carom billiards, and one of the most popular and challenging cue sports in the world.The object of the game is to the off both and contact the at least 3...
player and a two-time world champion from Bolzano, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. He was ranked 7th in the world as of 2007 by the Confédération Européenne de Billard.
Zanetti started playing billiards at 7. He needed a chair to play. His father, Erwin Zanetti, was the president of the Carabole Circle of Bolzano.
He reached the finals of the UMB
Union Mondiale de Billard
The Union Mondiale de Billard is the world governing body for carom billiard games. The organization was founded in Madrid, Spain on 1 June 1959, and is dedicated to promoting the modern carom billiards games...
World Three-cushion Championship
UMB World Three-cushion Championship
The UMB World Three-cushion Championship is a professional carom billiards tournament in the discipline of three-cushion billiards, organized mostly annually by the Union Mondiale de Billard...
in 2001, but was bested by Raymond Ceulemans
Raymond Ceulemans
Raymond ridder Ceulemans is a three-cushion billiards player and possibly the most dominant single figure in any one sport, having won 35 World Championship titles , 48 European titles and 61 national titles...
. He made it into the finals again a year later and won the title, defeating Dion Nelin of Denmark. He has been the only Italian to win a world championship in the sport as of 2007.
Zanetti also has 14 Italian national titles. His highest run in a match is 19 and his best game average is 5.555 (50 points in 9 innings).
On the 19th of October 2008, he again won the world three-cushion championship in the German city of St. Wendel. He defeated Jeremy Bury of France in the semi-finals and then went on to beat Torbjorn Blomdahl
Torbjörn Blomdahl
Torbjörn Blomdahl is a Swedish professional carom billiards player from Helsingborg, Sweden.-Background:...
of Sweden in the finals, averaging 1.871 in the five-set match.