Gerhard Kostistansky

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Gerhard Kostistansky
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Kostistansky at the 2005 Three Cushion World Cup in Lugo, Spain
Personal details
birthday November 24, 1967
place of birth AustriaAustria
nationality AustriaAustria Austria
Achievements
Unless otherwise stated,
the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline.
Maximum series (HS): 14
Societies)

BSK Union Vienna AustriaAustria

Gerhard Kostistansky (born November 24, 1967 ) is an Austrian three-cushion player and multiple national champion.

Career

He played his first Austrian national championship in December 1989 at the age of 21 in Vienna, but was only penultimate. Over the years he gradually moved up in the ranking. In 1994 he achieved his first podium with second place, and then a year later his first championship title. Seven more titles and four more podium finishes followed by 2011. With eight gold medals (as of September 2019) , after Johann Scherz (28!) And before Ernst Reicher (6), he is one of the most successful three-cushion players in Austria.

Kostistansky's greatest international success is the bronze medal at the three-cushion world championship in Hattingen in 1996 . In the semifinals he lost 2: 3 sets against the eventual winner Christian Rudolph . In the game for third place, he beat the Dutchman John Tijssens 2-1. In 1997 , together with Andreas Efler , after Germany, he became vice world champion in the national team in Viersen .

successes

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Web links

Commons : Gerhard Kostistansky  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 2 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 1006 .
  2. ^ Andreas Kronlachner: Gerhard Kostistansky with a world class weekend in the three-cushion Bundesliga. Billard Sportverband Österreich (BSVÖ), November 27, 2016, archived from the original on December 6, 2016 ; accessed on September 4, 2019 .
  3. ^ A b Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 2 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 1033-1045 .
  4. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 2 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 1003 .
  5. ^ Dieter Haase, Heinrich Weingartner : Encyclopedia of Billiards . 1st edition. tape 2 . Verlag Heinrich Weingartner, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01489-3 , p. 835 .
  6. ↑ Achievements. Kozoom , accessed September 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kostistansky, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian carom player
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Austria