Alibek Omarow

Alibek Omarow
nation	Kazakhstan
birthday	December 30, 1993
place of birth	Karagandy
Medal table
Kazakh Championship (FP) 3 × 1 × 1 × Kazakh Championship (DP) 0 × 0 × 1 × Kazakh Championship (KP) 1 × 1 × 1 × Asian IMA Games 0 × 1 × 0 × Free Pyramid World Cup 0 × 0 × 1 × Combined Pyramid World Cup 1 × 0 × 0 ×

Älibek Ibragimuly Omarov ( Kazakh Әлібек Ибрагимұлы Омаров , Russian Алибек Ибрагимович Омаров Alibek Omarov Ibragimowitsch , English transcription: Alibek Omarov *  thirtieth December 1993 in Karaganda ) is a Kazakh billiard players from Karaganda, in the billiard variant Russian billiards compete.

In 2015 he became world champion in the combined pyramid discipline .

Life

Älibek Omarov was 1993 in Karaganda born, where he grew up. He is studying economics at the Karaganda State University .

Career

2003–2012: Beginnings and first successes in youth

Omarov started playing billiards at the age of ten . He became aware of the sport of billiards when, on the way to the sauna, he passed a pool table where some people were playing and was fascinated by the game.

From 2007 he took part regularly in the Asian Open , but did not get past the round of 32. At the end of 2009, he participated in his first World Cup . In Iskitim he reached the sixteenth finals, in which he was defeated by the Azerbaijani Seyxun Ağayev .

In February 2010 Omarow retired from the Combined Pyramid World Cup without a win in the preliminary round. In April he played for the first time in the youth world championship and was defeated in the round of 16 to the later youth world champion Igor Pojesschalow . A few days later he became the first Kazakh champion in the free pyramid discipline in the adult final against Aujes Jeljubajew . In June he reached the quarter-finals of the Asian Open , in which he had to admit defeat to eventual tournament winner Andrei Freise . At the Kremlin Cup, however, an early exit followed. In October he won his first World Cup medal in Willingen . At the World Championships in the Free Pyramid he defeated, among others, the later finalists Pawel Kuzmin and Artur Piwtschenko , before he was narrowly defeated in the semifinals by the eventual world champion Kanybek Sagynbajew 5-6 .

At the Combined Pyramid World Cup 2011 Omarow was eliminated in the round of 32 against Qanybek Saghyndyqow . He also failed in this round at the European Youth Championships and the Asian Open . At the 2011 World Youth Championship, however, he made it to the final, where he was only just beaten 5-6 by Sergei Kryzhanovsky from Moldova . At the Free Pyramid World Cup for adults, he defeated defending champions Kanybek Sagynbajew, among others, before losing to Ukrainian Yaroslav Tarnovetsky in the quarter-finals . After he was eliminated in the round of 64 against Kanybek Sagynbajew in the 2011 Kremlin Cup , he reached the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup .

After he was eliminated early in 2012 in several tournaments, including the World Cup opener , Omarow made it to the round of 16 at the Combined Pyramid World Cup . At the Kazakh championship in the Free Pyramid, he moved into the final for the second time and this time lost 5-7 to Jernar Tschimbajew . In July he reached the quarter-finals at the Asian Open before he was eliminated from the World Championships at the end of the year in the sixteenth-finals ( Free Pyramid ) or in the preliminary round ( Dynamic Pyramid ).

2013–2015: world championship title

In 2013 Omarow started with a fourth place at the Start-Dynamic-Cup in Novosibirsk . In the following six tournaments in the first half of the year he came only once beyond the round of 16; at the Robiteks Cup in Yekaterinburg he lost in the quarterfinals. In July he made it to the round of 16 for the first time at the Dynamic Pyramid World Cup, where he was defeated by his compatriot Almas offside . In September he became Kazakh team champion for the first time together with Maxim Pan and Däur Urynbajew . A few days later, Omarov reached the quarter-finals of the Free Pyramid World Cup , in which he lost to Jewhen Novossad . In the two remaining tournaments of the year, the Kremlin Cup and the St. Petersburg Open , he was eliminated again early.

At the Kazakh championships in 2014, Omarov won the bronze medal in the combined pyramid and free pyramid disciplines. He also took third place at a tournament in Qostanai in early 2014 . In the second half of 2014 he was less successful. He lost to the eventual world champion Kanybek Sagynbajew in the sixteenth finals of the Dynamic Pyramid World Cup and was eliminated in the preliminary round at the Kremlin Cup and the Free Pyramid World Cup . In December he made it to the round of 16 at the Kazakh Independence Cup.

In February 2015, Omarov won the Kazakh Championship in the Combined Pyramid in the final against Arbi Muziyev 5-4 . Two weeks later he became world champion in the same discipline for the first time . After defeating Sergei Kryzhanovsky and Nikita Liwada , among others , he prevailed in the final against the Belarusian Jauhen Kurta with 5: 1 and became the fourth Kazakh world champion in this discipline. Shortly after the World Cup, he secured the bronze medal in the national championship in the dynamic pyramid, but failed early in the free pyramid. In the summer of 2015 he reached the last sixteen at the Prince Open and the quarterfinals at the Free Pyramid European Championships and the Asian Open . In September he was Kazakh team champion for the second time together with Maxim Pan and Däur Urynbajew. A little later he defeated the defending champion Kanybek Sagynbajew at the World Cup in the Dynamic Pyramid , before he lost to Jauhen Saltouski in the quarter-finals . At the Kremlin Cup and the Savvidi Cup , however, the end followed in the round of the last 64. In December he reached the sixteenth finals at the Free Pyramid World Cup .

Since 2016: Kremlin Cup finalist

At the beginning of 2016, Omarov suffered an opening defeat against Nikita Liwada at the superfinal of the world championships , an invitation tournament in Jugorsk in which the ten best players from the world championships of the previous year took part. At the Combined Pyramid World Cup in 2016 , Omarov reached the quarter-finals as defending champion, in which he had to admit defeat to Uzbek Aleksandr Sidorov 5-6 , who then won the world title. In May 2016, six years after his first title, Omarov became Kazakhstani champion in the Free Pyramid for the second time, this time with a 7: 6 final victory over Däur Urynbajew . Together with Urynbayev and Maxim Pan , Omarov managed to defend their title at the Kazakh team championship in September 2016. At the Dynamic Pyramid World Cup 2016 , Omarov was eliminated in the round of 32 against Kanybek Sagynbajew . In November he moved into the final at the Kremlin Cup , in which he lost 4-0 to Ukrainian Dmytro Biloserow . Two weeks later he won the Kozayev Cup in Novosibirsk with a 7-2 final victory over Dmitri Arkanow . In December 2016 he reached the quarter-finals of the Free Pyramid World Cup , in which he was defeated by the eventual finalist Artur Pivchenko .

In April 2017, Omarow reached the round of 16 at the Combined Pyramid World Cup . In September 2017, Russian billiards was part of the sports program at the Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan for the first time . As one of two Kazakh representatives, he took part in the combined pyramid competition and reached the final, in which he had to admit defeat to the Kyrgyz Ysat Ratbekow with 1: 5. Later in the year he reached the last sixteen at the Savvidi Cup , the sixteenth finals at the Prince Open and the quarterfinals at the Swojaka Cup.

At national level, Omarow did not get past the quarter-finals in his two championship appearances in 2018. Internationally he played only a few tournaments in the same year. So he reached the round of 32 at the World Championships in the Dynamic Pyramid and in the Free Pyramid . In the latter he was defeated in the sixteenth-finals to later world champion Sergei Kryzhanovsky . In December 2018, he also made it into the last 32 of the Trestfom Cup.

At the beginning of 2019, Omarov reached the final of the Kazakh Championship in the Combined Pyramid, in which he lost 4: 6 to Jernar Tschimbayew . The year was again not very successful at the international level. So he had to accept an opening defeat at the Combined Pyramid World Cup against Kanybek Sagynbajew and at the World Cup he was eliminated in the round of 32 against Artyom Balow . At the national championships, however, he again made it into the final in May, this time in the Free Pyramid. With a 6-5 win against Yevgeny Smirnov , Omarow became the Kazakh champion in this discipline for the third time. At the Free Pyramid World Cup 2019 he lost in the round of 32 against Kairat Absatarow .

In March 2020, Omarov was eliminated from the Kazakh Championship in the Dynamic Pyramid in the round of 32.

successes

Final participation

Result	year	competition	Final opponent	Final score
winner	2010	Kazakh Championship (Fr. Pyr.)	Aujes Jeljubaev	(nb)
finalist	2011	Free Pyramid Youth World Championship	Sergei Kryzhanovsky	5: 6
finalist	2012	Kazakh Championship (Fr. Pyr.)	Jernar Tschimbayew	5: 7
winner	2015	Kazakh Championship (Combined Pyr.)	Arbi Muziev	5: 4
winner	2015	Combined pyramid world championship	Jauhen Kurta	5: 1
winner	2016	Kazakh Championship (Fr. Pyr.)	Dacs Urynbayev	7: 6
finalist	2016	Kremlin Cup	Dmytro Biloserov	0: 4
winner	2016	Kosayev Cup	Dmitri Arkanov	7: 2
finalist	2017	Asian IMA Games - Comb. Pyr.	Ysat Ratbekow	1: 5
finalist	2019	Kazakh Championship (Combined Pyr.)	Jernar Tschimbayew	4: 6
winner	2019	Kazakh Championship (Fr. Pyr.)	Yevgeny Smirnov	6: 5

More Achievements

• Kazakh team champions: 2013, 2015, 2016

Participation in world championships

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Free pyramid	L32	H	V	L32	V	R.	L32	V	n / A.	L32	L32
Dynamic pyramid	not carried out			R.	A.	L32	V	L32	n / A.	L32	n / A.
Combined pyramid	-	R.	L32	A.	-	-	S.	V	A.	n / A.	L64

Legend
S.	winner
F.	finalist
H	Semi-finalist
V	Quarter finalist
A.	Round of 16
LX	Loss in the round of the last X
R2	Round 2 defeat
R.	Preliminary round out / defeat in round 1
-	not participated
n / A.	not carried out

Others

In the run-up to the Free Pyramid World Cup 2019 , Omarov criticized the large difference in the amount of prize money between men and women - the world champion received 450,000 rubles , whereas only 200,000 rubles were distributed to the world champion - and called for the prize money to be equalized.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Омаров Алибек Ибрагимович. In: tournamentservice.net. Retrieved June 17, 2020 .  
2. ↑ Омаров Алибек Ибрагимович. In: billiard.net.ua. Federazija Sportywnoho Biljardu Ukrajiny , accessed June 17, 2020 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Алибек Омаров: "Впервые с бильярдом познакомился в сауне". In: prosports.kz. May 12, 2015, accessed June 17, 2020 (Russian).  
4. ↑ ^{a b} Чемпионат Республики Казахстан по Свободной пирамиде 2010. In: billiard.net.ua. Federazija Sportywnoho Biljardu Ukrajiny , accessed June 17, 2020 .  
5. ↑ Алибек Омаров - чемпион мира! In: fbs-rk.kz. Federazija Biljardnogo Sporta Respubliki Kazakhstan , February 28, 2015, accessed June 17, 2020 (Russian).  
6. ↑ Алибек Омаров - чемпион мира по Комбинированной пирамиде! In: billiardsport.ru. February 28, 2015, accessed June 17, 2020 (Russian).  
7. ↑ Чемпион по бильярду из Казахстана высказался о размере призовых для женщин. In: sputniknews.kz. Sputnik , July 16, 2019, accessed June 17, 2020 (Russian).