Galo Legarda

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Galo Legarda Gaete
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1964 World Three-cushion Championship, Galo Legarda (Equador), inventory number 916-7228.jpg
Legarda at the 1964 three- cushion world championship in Ostend, Belgium
Personal details
birthday March 2, 1933
place of birth EcuadorEcuador Ecuador
date of death 1991
nationality EcuadorEcuador Ecuador
Nickname (s) El Tigre
Achievements
Unless otherwise stated,
the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline.
Continental Championships:
4 ×
Other tournaments:
s. successes

Galo Legarda Gaete (born March 2, 1933 in Guayaquil , Ecuador , † 1991 ) was an Ecuadorian carom player in the three- cushion discipline .

Career

From a young age he was attracted to the magical movement of the ivory balls on the table of the green cloth and tried to learn the secrets of this sport. At the age of twelve he made the first devices on the tables of the "Guayaquil Yacht Club" and quickly entered the world of the three-band, who learned the secrets of experienced champions of the time, such as "Chivo" Echeverría and Miguel Madinyá. It was not long before he surpassed his teachers with devotion and persistence.

Legarda made his international debut in 1960 as a representative of Ecuador at the South American Championships in Buenos Aires . To his surprise, he discovered that it was essential to wear "heavy" clothing (suit, long-sleeved shirt, bow tie and vest) that made it difficult to move freely. The tuxedo and bow tie were a problem that he had to overcome. He said:

«Originalmente me sentí muy incómodo. Poco a poco me fui acostumbrando, aunque siempre extrañaba las cómodas camisas de manga corta que usaba en Guayaquil. Menos times que esta disposición, emanada de la Unión Mundial de Billar, fue luego rectificada »

“Originally I felt very uncomfortable. I'm gradually getting used to it, although I've always missed the comfortable short-sleeved shirts I wore in Guayaquil. Fortunately, this provision, which comes from the Union Mondiale de Billard , was later corrected. "

- Galo Legarda : Enciclopedia del Ecuador

"El Tigre", as he was called, was the most important three-cushion player in Ecuadorian sports history. He was South American champion in 1975, Latin American champion in 1977, 1980 and 1985, fourth behind Johann Scherz at the 1981 World Cup in Cairo and fifth at the 1966 World Cup in Lima . In 1964 (Ostend, Belgium), 1965 (Hilversum, Netherlands), 1977 (Tokyo) and 1980 (Buenos Aires) he made it to the quarter-finals of the World Championships. He was 27 times national champion, 20 times representative of Latin America at the world championships and South American and Pan-American record holder.

Honors

In 1977 and 1980 he was voted best athlete of the year by the "Revista Estadio".

successes

Swell:

Web links

Commons : Galo Legarda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Galo Legarda. Personajes Históricos. Enciclopedia del Ecuador, archived from the original on October 25, 2019 ; Retrieved October 25, 2019 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ a b Legarda Gaete, Galo. MCN Biografias, archived from the original on October 25, 2019 ; Retrieved October 25, 2019 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ El Mejor Billarista Ecuatoriano. Galo Legarda (Ecuador). Billar Pasion, archived from the original on October 25, 2019 ; Retrieved October 25, 2019 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ player profile. Kozoom , accessed October 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Legarda, Galo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Legarda Gaete, Galo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ecuadorian carom player
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Guayaquil , Ecuador
DATE OF DEATH 1991