Choi Sung-won

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Choi is the family name here, Sung-won is the first name.

Choi Sung-won
Personal details
birthday	April 30, 1977
nationality	South Korea
Active time	since 2003
Prize money	25,350 € (AGIPI Masters 2011)
Achievements Unless otherwise stated, the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline.
Best ED: 3.077 (2014)
Best GD: 1.951 (2014)
Maximum series (HS): 26
2014, Guri
World Championships:
Winner (2014 (individual) , 2017 (team) , 2018 (team) )
Continental Championships:
?
World rankings
Highest WRL place:	1
Current WRL location:	16 (as of Feb. 2019)

Korean spelling
Hangeul	최성원
Revised Romanization	Choe Seong-won
McCune- Reischauer	Ch'oe Sangwon
See also : Korean name

Choi Sung-won (also Sung-won Choi; born April 30, 1977 ) is a professional South Korean carom player and world champion.

Private

Choi Sung-Won is known as a silent player in the billiards circus, which is partly due to the fact that he hardly speaks English. He is also considered modest and matter-of-fact, which is also reflected in his style of play.

Career

With the leading South Korean player Kim Kyung-roul and Cho Jae-ho , he forms the carom elite in his country. Since 2007, the Korean has been among the 32 best on the international stage. Starting with 29th place in the three-cushion World Cup in his native Seoul , he played his way up to 14th place in the following World Cup. In the same year he came first on the 12th, then on the 5th place in this tournament series. His greatest successes so far are winning the three-cushion world championship 2014 and the AGIPI Billiard Masters 2011 as well as the 2011 World Cup in Antalya. There he beat the local hero Tayfun Taşdemir 3-2 sets. The runner-up in the 2012 World Cup in Porto, where he lost to Eddy Merckx in the final with 24:40 points, complements his successful portfolio.

On August 31, 2014, Choi improved the Korean series record to 26 points. He exceeded the previous record of 24 by 2 points, set by Heo Jung-han . Another 2 points were missing to set the world record of 28.

successes

• Three-cushion world championship : 2014 2012 2010
• Team World Cup : 2017 (together with Kim Jae-guen), 2018 (together with Kang Dong-koong )
• Three Cushion World Cup : 2012/1
• AGIPI Billard Masters : 2011 2012
• Survival 3C Masters : 2018/2

Swell:

Web links

Commons : Choi Sung-won  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Picture gallery. On: Kozoom.com.
• Choi Sung-won defeats Turkey. On: Kozoom.com. Report from the three-cushion world cup 2012 in Antalya.
• Sung-won Choi, the miracle of Korea. On: Kozoom.com. Report from the final of the AGIPI Masters 2011 against Eddy Merckx.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ N / A: Sung-Won Choi is the new star on the firmament. 3-Cushion - AGIPI Masters Group 5 - Schiltigheim (FRA). Kozoom , November 25, 2010, accessed October 9, 2012 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Markus Schönhoff: Sung-Won Choi with a new record series of 26 points in Korea. Kozoom, September 1, 2014, accessed September 11, 2019 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Markus Schönhoff: Sung Won Choi new no. 1; Merckx and Caudron behind! Three cushion - UMB world rankings. Kozoom, January 14, 2015, accessed January 15, 2015 .  
4. ↑ These are the stars of the billiards world championship. (No longer available online.) Rheinische Post (online), archived from the original on October 9, 2012 ; Retrieved October 9, 2012 .  
5. ↑ ^{a b} game results. Kozoom, accessed October 8, 2012 .  
6. ↑ Achievements. Kozoom, accessed October 8, 2012 .