Fonsy Grethen
Fonsy Grethen |
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| Personal details | |
| birthday | 20th September 1960 |
| place of birth | Luxembourg City |
| nationality |
 Luxembourg
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| Active time | since 1978 |
| Achievements Unless otherwise stated, the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline. |
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| World Championships: | |
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4 × (men) (1987, 1992, 1993, 2001) 4 × (juniors) (1978, 1979, 1980 (2 ×)) |
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| Continental Championships: | |
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| Other tournaments: | |
| 1 × LM | |
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Fonsy Grethen (born September 20, 1960 in Luxembourg ) is a Luxembourgish carom player . He is a total of eight times world champion and thirteen times European champion in various disciplines of carom billiards.
Career
He won his first major title in 1981 at the Cadre 47/1 European Championship . In the same year he also made it to the final of the Cadre 71/2 European Championship , in which he was defeated by Christ van der Smissen from the Netherlands. Because of these achievements, he was also elected Luxembourg Sportsman of the Year in 1981 .
His next big title was in 1985 when he won the Cadre 71/2 European Championship . A year later he won the European Free Game Championship and was athlete of the year in Luxembourg for the second and, to date, last time. In 1987 he won his first World Championship with the Cadre 47/1 World Championship (and is probably the ever reigning world champion in this discipline, as this World Championship has not been held since 1987). In the same year he also defended his European Championship title in Cadre 71/2, as there was no European Championship in 1986.
In 1990 he was able to win four European championship titles, again at the Cadre-71/2-EM , the Cadre-47/1-EM and the Free-Game-EM and for the first time in the Cadre-47/2-EM . In 1991 he immediately managed to defend the title of the Cadre-47/2-EM . In 1993 he became a double world champion by winning the single-binding world championship and the Cadre 71/2 world championship . In the following year, after many leading positions in previous years, he became European champion in a cover for the first time .
In 1999, three more European championship titles followed in Cadre 71/2 , cover and the free game . He won his last major title to date in 2001 when he won the Pentathlon World Championship .
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Individual evidence
| Prewar years |
1933 Jacques Davin •
1934 Gaston de Doncker •
1935 Gustave van Belle •
1936/1 Jan Sweering •
1936/2 August Tiedtke •
1938 Jean Albert •
1939 Walter Lütgehetmann |
| Post-war years |
1954 Pedro Leopoldo Carrera •
1965 Raymond Ceulemans •
1969 Ludo Dielis •
1972 Raymond Ceulemans •
1974 Raymond Ceulemans •
1975 Raymond Ceulemans •
1977/1 Dieter Müller •
1977/2 Dieter Müller •
1981 Ludo Dielis •
2001 Fonsy Grethen |
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| Prewar years |
1934/1 Ernst Reicher •
1934/2 Jean Albert •
1935 Jacques Davin •
1937 Robert Tolédano
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| Post-war years |
1968 Raymond Ceulemans •
1974 Ludo Dielis •
1976 Raymond Ceulemans •
1977 Raymond Ceulemans •
1978 Raymond Ceulemans •
1979 Raymond Ceulemans •
1981 Ludo Dielis •
1983 Ludo Dielis •
1984 Raymond Ceulemans •
1992 Fonsy Grethen •
1995 Jos Bongers •
1997 Martin Horn •
2007 Jean Paul de Bruijn •
2009 Wolfgang Zenkner •
2014 Frédéric Caudron |
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European binding champion of the CEB
| Men's |
1. Ernst Reicher (1) • 2. René Vingerhoedt (6) • 3. Joaquin Domingo (1) • 4. Walter Lütgehetmann (1) • 5. August Tiedtke (1) • 6. Emile Wafflard (1) • 7. Raymond Ceulemans (13) • 8th Ludo Dielis (7) • 9th Christ van der Smissen (4) • 10th Franz Stenzel (1) • 11th Frédéric Caudron (8) • 12th Fabian Blondeel (2) • 13th Fonsy Grethen (2) • 14th Wolfgang Zenkner (2) • 15th Stephan Horvath (1) • 16th Martin Horn (2) • 17th Jean Paul de Bruijn (6) |
| Ladies |
For the women only European championships in the disciplines free game and three cushion are held. |
| Juniors |
Only European championships in the disciplines free game , cadre and three cushion are held for the juniors . |
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Pre-war tournaments (Cadre-45/1) |
1927 Charles Faroux •
1928 Edmond Soussa •
1929 Edmond Soussa •
1930 Gustave van Belle •
1931 Edmond Soussa •
1932 Albert Corty •
1933 Edgar Appleby •
1934 Walter Joachim •
1935 René Gabriëls •
1936 René Gabriëls •
1937 Constant Côte •
1938 René Gabriëls |
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| War tournaments |
No world championships were held during World War II. |
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Post-war tournaments (from 1967: Cadre-47/1) |
1967 Jean Marty •
1975 Hans Vultink •
1976 Raymond Ceulemans •
1977 Ludo Dielis •
1980 Francis Connesson •
1982 Francis Connesson •
1987 Fonsy Grethen |
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| Pre-war tournaments |
1930 Edmond Soussa •
1931 Edmond Soussa •
1932 Gustave van Belle •
1933 Gaston de Doncker •
1934 Gustave van Belle •
1935 Gustave van Belle •
1936 Gustave van Belle •
1937 Gustave van Belle •
1938 Constant Côte •
1939 Gustave van Belle •
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| War tournaments |
No world championships were held during World War II. |
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| Post-war tournaments |
1959 Emile Wafflard •
1962 Laurent Boulanger •
1965 Johann Scherz •
1966 Jean Marty •
1967 Osvaldo Berardi •
1968 Jean Marty •
1975 Francis Connesson •
1977 Dieter Müller •
1978 Dieter Müller •
1991 Frédéric Caudron •
1993 Fonsy Grethen •
2000 Frédéric Caudron
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Grethen, Fonsy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Luxembourgish carom player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th September 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luxembourg City |