Humberto Suguimitzu

Humberto Suguimitzu Honda


Personal details
birthday	April 22, 1934
place of birth	Lima, PeruPeru
date of death	October 5, 1997
Place of death	Lima, PeruPeru
nationality	Peru Peru
Achievements Unless otherwise stated, the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline.
World Championships:
1 × vice
Continental Championships:
4 ×
Other tournaments:
14 ×

Humberto Suguimitzu Honda (born April 22, 1934 in Lima , Perú , † October 5, 1997 ibid) was a Peruvian carom player in the three- cushion discipline .

biography

From a young age he was interested in the practice of billiards. His greatest success was the runner-up world title at the three-cushion world championship in 1967 . In the final he was defeated by the series winner Raymond Ceulemans from Belgium. In his long sporting career, he was South American champion four times , 1966 in La Paz ( Bolivia ), 1968 in Lima ( Peru ), 1969 in Buenos Aires ( Argentina ) and 1976 in Guayaquil ( Ecuador ).

Suguimitzu was awarded the order of "Gran Cruz" (Grand Cross) des Laureles Deportivos , the highest award of the Peruvian government for athletes who have earned the merit of this award. He was distinguished by his great technique and talent. Like Adolfo Suárez Perret, he was one of the most popular athletes in Peruvian sport. With the master Adolfo Suarez he formed an incomparable duo. Together they won 9 South American three-cushion team championships for Peru. He was a total of 14 times Peruvian national champion.

successes

Three-cushion world championship : 1966 1973
Three-Cushion Pan American Championships : 1966, 1968, 1969, 1976
Peruvian three-cushion championships: 14 ×

Swell:

Honors

Laureles Deportivos - "Gran Cruz" (Grand Cross)

Individual evidence

↑ Campeones 3 Bandas. Billar online, 2007, archived from the original on May 25, 2009 ; accessed on October 26, 2019 (Spanish).
↑ Nombres para siempre. Honor al mérito: El ejemplo visible e imperecedero de los campeones. El Comeroco, July 26, 2007, archived from the original on August 29, 2011 ; accessed on October 26, 2019 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b Luis Iguchi: Paños, tacos, tizas y bolas. Peru Shimpo, archived from the original on October 26, 2019 ; accessed on October 26, 2019 (Spanish).
↑ player profile. Kozoom , accessed October 26, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Suguimitzu, Humberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Peruvian carom player and Pan American champion
DATE OF BIRTH	April 22, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lima , Perú
DATE OF DEATH	October 5, 1997
Place of death	Lima , Perú

[Billar_online-1] Campeones 3 Bandas. Billar online, 2007, archived from the original on May 25, 2009 ; accessed on October 26, 2019 (Spanish).

[El_Comeroco-2] Nombres para siempre. Honor al mérito: El ejemplo visible e imperecedero de los campeones. El Comeroco, July 26, 2007, archived from the original on August 29, 2011 ; accessed on October 26, 2019 (Spanish).

[Peru_Shimpo-3] Luis Iguchi: Paños, tacos, tizas y bolas. Peru Shimpo, archived from the original on October 26, 2019 ; accessed on October 26, 2019 (Spanish).

[Spielerprofil-4] player profile. Kozoom , accessed October 26, 2019 .