Daniel Sánchez (billiards player)
 Sánchez in 2012 |
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's three-cushion billiards | ||
Representing  Spain
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| World Games | ||
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2001 Akita | Individual |
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2005 Duisburg | Individual |
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2017 Wrocław | Individual |
| UMB World Three-cushion Championship | ||
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1998 | Individual |
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2005 | Individual |
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2010 | Individual |
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2016 | Individual |
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1996 | Individual |
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2007 | Individual |
| CEB European Three-cushion Championship | ||
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1997 | Individual |
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2000 | Individual |
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2006 | Individual |
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2007 | Individual |
| Three-Cushion World Cup | ||
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1995 | Individual |
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1996 | Individual |
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2004 | Individual |
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2006 | Individual |
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2015 | Individual |
Daniel Sánchez Gálvez (born 3 March 1974 in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, and best known as Dani Sánchez) is a Catalan Spanish professional carom billiards player who plays for FC Porto a club he has represented for the last 21 years.
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 14-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 the gold medal twice at the three-cushion event of the 2001 and 2005 World Games, defeating Dick Jaspers on both occasions. By 2015 he won his fifth Overall-World Cup title.
His highest run (HR) in competition is 23 (2016 Spanish Championship) which is also the new Spanish record, and his best game average is 5 (50 points in 10 innings). By 2016 he is the 18-time National Champion with two records, beside the high-run he also put up the general average (GA) record up to 2.247.
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