Nikos Polychronopoulos

Nikos Polychronopoulos
Personal details
birthday	March 24, 1978
place of birth	Athens
nationality	Greece
Nickname (s)	Poly "Fast and Furious"
Active time	1995
Achievements Unless otherwise stated, the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline.
Maximum series (HS): 23
2012 (three-cushion EM, Istanbul )
World Championships:
1 × (1999 - Junior World Championship, Murcia )
World rankings
Highest WRL place:	7th
Current WRL location:	23 (as of Feb. 2013)
Societies)
Olympiada Club

Nikos Polychronopoulos (born March 24, 1978 in Athens ) is a professional Greek carambola player .

Personal

The only child Polychronopoulos was born in Colonos , a suburb of Athens, approx. 2 km from the center. The son of a port captain came into contact with billiards for the first time in a café in Antwerp while on vacation. In his youth Nikos played football ( goalkeeper ), but swimming , basketball and running are also among his hobbies . That creates a balance for him to play billiards. He sees himself as an all-round athlete.

Unlike z. B. Holland, Belgium, France, Germany or Spain, Greece is not a “billiard nation”. There are no leagues or competitions, which is why Polychronopoulos earns his living as a manager in his own billiard room with two employees. Today he lives with his wife Vasso Tatsi, whom he married on October 17, 2009, in Ilioupoulis, near the mountains, 10 km southeast of central Athens. During his tournament trips she represents him as a club manager. He is said to have a photographic memory .

Polychronopoulos is largely self-taught , the father was his first and only coach . Its beginnings lie in the free game and in Cadre 47/2 . Since the 1990s he has only played three cushion and, together with his compatriot Filipos Kasidokostas, is the spearhead of Greek billiards. With him he finished second behind Turkey ( Semih Saygıner / Tayfun Taşdemir ) at the three-cushion world championship for national teams in Viersen .

On March 17, 2013 he finished second in the Barrage Open in Athens. In the final he was defeated by Kasidokostas 27:40.

successes

• Three Cushion World Junior Championship : Winner 1999 • Second 1998 • Third 1995, 1997
• Three-cushion world championship for national teams : runner-up in 2003
• Three Cushion World Championship : Second in 2006 • Third in 2004
• Three Cushion World Cup (individual victory): Second in 2008/1, 2009/3
• Three Cushion European Junior Championship : Winner 1999 • Second 1998 • Third 1995, 1997
• Coupe d'Europe : Second in 2002
• Invitational tournaments: Second in 2011 (Barcelona, ​​Spain) • Third in 2004 (Zundert, Netherlands)
• Barrage Open: Second in 2013

Web links

Commons : Nikos Polychronopoulos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The "Fast and Furious" Nikos Polychronopoulos. Video interview on Kozoom.com after his peak series (HS) (English).
• Poly runs 22 and finishes the game on Sanchez. ( Worldcup 2016/3 ) on YouTube .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Final table three- cushion EM 2012. On: Kozoom.com. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
2. ↑ Player info ( English ) Viersen.Billiard-Worldchampionship.org. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
3. ↑ Current world rankings. (PDF; 171 kB). Retrieved February 26, 2013.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Personal interview. On: Kozoom.com. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
5. ^ Filippos Kasidokostas shows his brilliance. On: Kozoom.com. (English). Retrieved March 21, 2013.
6. ↑ player profile. On: GabrielBillards.com. Retrieved October 3, 2012. Archived June 22, 2013
7. ↑ Achievements. On: Kozoom.com. Retrieved October 3, 2012.