Marco Zanetti

  • AGIPI France
  • BC Munich Germany

Marco Zanetti ( born April 10, 1962 in Bolzano ) is an Italian carom billiards player.

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Private

His father Erwin, in 1960 the first Italian national champion in Karambolspiel was then President of the Karambolvereins in Bolzano. After several relocations, the association was dissolved in 1980 this. At the age of seven years, Marco Zanetti started playing billiards and had to to come to the table, place it on a chair. Today he is regarded as a brilliant pool player and is estimated in the pool scene for his honorable attitude and sporty looks. In 2007, a players' union was founded by the world's best three-band players who Masters of Billiards Association, was elected to the Marco Zanetti president. With its südlandisches temperament he also did not spare criticism of associations and organizers. Thus, it partially came to certain Unstimmingkeiten with various officials.

Zanetti lives with his girlfriend Martina and son Samuel (* 2008) in his birth city of Bolzano in Südtirol.Er is the most successful Italian Karambolagespieler.

As South Tyrol but he is fluent in German and French, English and Spanish.

Career

Beginnings (Juniors )

At fifteen he won in Gargnano (Naples) its first Italian championship in the three-band with the juniors. He was the youngest national champion in the Italian billiards history. It was followed by several state titles in the technical disciplines of Karambolspiels ( Free game, Cadre and cover). Since 1976, he spent most of his summer holidays at multiple Austrian national champion Heinrich Weingartner in Vienna, where he was received like a son. Through a lot of training with the best Austrian Karambolagespielern he constantly improved his technique. In his first Junior European Championships he won in May 1978 in Luxembourg the first of his six podium finishes. In June 1981 he was European Junior Champion in the outdoor game in Geel, Belgium.

Success ( seniors)

At 18, he was Italian champion in the outdoor game at 100.00 GD ( General Average ) for the first time. As the first Italians he finished at this tournament a game to 400 points in a recording. He then devotes himself to the other technical disciplines. As a 20 -year-old Marco Zanetti wins in his first international appearance at a European Championship in Spain Elda sensational title in Balk-Line 47 / second In the final he beat the German defending champion Klaus pants. A year later he settled in Odense, Denmark the title in the Cadre 47/1 to follow. In 1985 he was a third place in the cover - EM in Dülmen. He had to admit defeat to the Belgian billiard legends Raymond Ceulemans and Ludo Dielis. With 109 points but he played the highest series of the tournament. 1986 was held for the first time a Triathlon European Championship with the disciplines Cadre 71/2, binding and three-band. Also, this item could Zanetti secure in the Dutch Klarenbeek.

1986 was also the great turning point in his career. To date, only started as an amateur, he decided, thanks to the establishment of the " Billiards Worldcup Association " (BWA ) to start as a professional in the three-band World Cup., Where he had to deal with the world's best three-band players from Europe, Asia and America measure. According to two final defeats in Paris in 1987 and Valkenburg he celebrated in 1990 in Palma de Mallorca with a final victory against Raymond Ceulemans his first World Cup victory. for over twenty years heard Marco Zanetti to the best three-cushion players in the world and always moves in the top seeded players of the three-band world Ranking. coronation of his career, in 2002 and 2008, the world champion title in the three-band. Moreover reached Zanetti seven second and third placings at World Championships since 1997. too biathlon ( three-band and 5 Pins billiards) Zanetti was successful and brought in this discipline in 1988 and 1996, the world champion title.

2012/13 season

At the beginning of the season Zanetti was again in June of Italian three-band master at the Campionati Italiani. In this tournament, he scored a new Italian record with 2,137 GD ( general average). At the World Championships in September in Porto Zanetti came together with Frédéric Caudron of Belgium to third place. A week later he was able to improve the three-band World Cup in Suwon, South Korea again, and placed second behind veteran Torbjörn Blomdahl of Sweden. Through these successes, Zanetti could play again at number 10 in the world rankings.

In March 2013 he won against Frédéric Caudron first Lausanne Billiard Masters in Switzerland. The final, he won with a " fox " in 40:33. In the semifinal he played against Torbjörn Blomdahl of Sweden, the highest series of the tournament with 15 points. Just a week later, the two stood again in a final against, this time at the pool AGIPI Masters. And again Zanetti was able to prevail against the Belgians and won with 50:40. On April 14, Zanetti won the final against Christian Rudolph with 40:10 in the three-band European Championship. He put it on a new European record in the General Average ( GD) with 2,500. In the semifinals, he hit for the third time in a row, the world number one Frédéric Caudron with 40:37, although the Belgian became the fourth player ever played the world best series of the maximum 28 points. This game is one of the most beautiful and exciting of the three-band history.

Through his victories, he played in the world rankings from the initial position 11 end of the season to 3rd place before, its been second-best world ranking according to number two in 1999.

2013/14 season

The new season began Zanetti with the success of the three- band event at the World Games 2013 in Cali. In the final, he defeated the reigning world champion Eddy Merckx clearly with 40:20 and thus added to his collection to add a second major international title. Before the start of the current season, he moved to BC Munich, for which he competes in the second tri-band Bundesliga on board 1. On March 2, 2014 Marco Zanetti scored against Gabriele Fasciana the Italian team final in Modica in Sicily a new record in the best single average ( BED). He finished a game to 40 points in six shots. The average of 6.666 is of course new Italian record.

Others

Due to his criticism of the UMB at the World Cup 2009 in Korea Zanetti was occupied by a lifetime 50-point penalty. Two years later, at the end of the three-band World Cup, also in Suwon, South Korea, the UMB this punishment took it back again and the end of the year he received his 50 points for the world rankings back.

Achievements

  • Three-band World Cup: Winner: 2002, 2008 • Second: 2001, 2011 • Third: 1997, 2000, 2003, 2009, 2012
  • Three-band European Championship: Winner: 2013 • Third: 1992, 2007, 2010
  • Biathlon World Cup (5- cone, three-band ): Winner: 1988, 1996
  • World Games Three band: Winner: 2013 • Third: 2009
  • Three-band World Cup: Winner: 1990 /5, 1999/3 • Second: 1987 /1, 1987/4, 1991/ 5, 1993/3 1995/ 3, 2009 /4, 2012/2 • Third: 1994/ 2, 1996/6, 1998/1 1998 /2, 1998/9 1998 /10 2001/2, 2001/3, 2003, 2005 /3, 2006/3, 2008/3
  • Cadre 47/1-Europameisterschaft: Winner: 1984
  • Cadre 47/2-Europameisterschaft: Winner: 1983
  • European Championship ( triathlon): Winner: 1986
  • European Championship juniors ( Free game ): Winner: 1981
  • AGIPI Billiard Masters: Winner: 2013 • Third: 2010
  • Crystal Kelly tournament: Winner: 2010 • Second: 2011
  • Coupe d'Europe ( team): 12 × Winners: 1998-2001, 2005-2012
  • Lausanne Billiard Masters: Winner: 2013
  • Italian Cup: 36 times in various disciplines (including 22 in the three-band )

Awards

  • Player of the Year: 2003
Italy Valkenburg aan de Geul Eddy Merckx (billiards player) UMB World Three-cushion Championship Cue sports at the World Games Crystal Kelly Cup Argentina Dick Jaspers
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