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Daniel Sánchez (billiards player)

Dani Sánchez
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Sánchez in 2012
Medal record
Men's three-cushion billiards
Representing  Spain
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Akita Individual
Gold medal – first place 2005 Duisburg Individual
Gold medal – first place 2017 Wrocław Individual
UMB World Three-cushion Championship
Gold medal – first place 1998 Individual
Gold medal – first place 2005 Individual
Gold medal – first place 2010 Individual
Gold medal – first place 2016 Individual
Silver medal – second place 1996 Individual
Silver medal – second place 2007 Individual
CEB European Three-cushion Championship
Gold medal – first place 1997 Individual
Gold medal – first place 2000 Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Individual
Three-Cushion World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1995 Individual
Gold medal – first place 1996 Individual
Gold medal – first place 2004 Individual
Gold medal – first place 2006 Individual
Gold medal – first place 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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