Dani Sánchez (billiards player)

He first reached the finals of the UMB World Three-cushion Championship in 1996, but finished 2nd to Christian Rudolph. He successfully took the title in 1998, defeating 17-time World Champion Torbjörn Blomdahl. He won it again in 2005 against Jean Paul de Bruijn, in 2010 against Eddy Leppens and in 2016 against Kim Haeng-jik.

Sánchez is a winner of the CEB European Three-cushion Championship twice (1997 and 2000) and is a 31-time Spanish national Champion. He is 15-time Three-cushion Billiard champion of Spain.

He also won three gold medals at The World Games in three-cushion in 2001, 2005 and 2017, defeating Dick Jaspers on the first two occasions and Marco Zanetti at the latest edition. By 2015 he won his fifth Overall-World Cup title.

His highest {{Cuegloss|run}} (HR) in competition is 23 (2016 Spanish Championship) which is also the new Spanish record, and his best game average is 5 (50 {{Cuegloss|Point|points}} in 10 {{Cuegloss|Inning|innings}}). By 2016 he is the 18-time National Champion with two records, beside the high-run he also put up the {{Cuegloss|general average}} (GA) record up to 2.247.

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|title= Spanish record run Dani Sánchez: 23 !!

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|date=13 February 2016

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|quote= Dani brought the Spanish high run record to 23 (!) in his match against Andrés Carrion. His highest run so far was 22.

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|title= Dani Sánchez: 18th title with two records

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|quote= The crown of the Spanish champion was shining more than ever after the eighteenth victory in his home land.

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|title= Dani Sánchez dies a thousand deaths and takes the Cup

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|date= 18 December 2015

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|quote= The Spanish star player Dani Sánchez has already crowned himself with the overall victory in the World Cup cycle 2015.

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{{Commons category|Daniel Sanchez (Carom billiards player)}}

• Sánchez's [http://www.dsbillar.com/ official homepage]
• Track record: [http://www.kozoom.com/es/billar-carambola/players/sanchez-daniel.html breakdown (in Spanish)]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMacW1iqdlg Dani Sanchez runs 23] YouTube-Video
• [http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/players/sanchez-daniel/photos.html Tournament photos]
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Category:Spanish carom billiards players

Category:World champions in three-cushion billiards

Category:World Cup champions in three-cushion billiards

Category:1974 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Santa Coloma de Gramenet

Category:World Games gold medalists for Spain

Category:World Games medalists in cue sports

Category:Competitors at the 2009 World Games

Category:Medalists at the 2001 World Games

Category:Medalists at the 2005 World Games

Category:Medalists at the 2017 World Games

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