Olivier Marteel

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Marteel at the German Masters 2013

Olivier Marteel (born May 10, 1969 in Nieuwpoort , Belgium ) is a Belgian professional referee of the snooker variant of billiards .

Life

Olivier Marteel is a trained radiology nurse and is an active snooker player himself with a highest break of 78 (in training 133). He obtained his referee license in 1994 and in 2006 led his first professional game with the Masters qualification. In 2015 he became the first Belgian referee to lead the final of the 2015 World Snooker Championship , having previously directed several other finals of ranked tournaments.

His hobbies were soccer, reading medicine books and science fiction films. When asked what he had in his pocket as a referee, he replied: "Four ball markers, a £ 2 coin, a pen and a picture of my deceased grandfather".

See also

Web links

Commons : Olivier Marteel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Marteel To Referee World Final , accessed January 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c d Portrait of Olivier Marteel on World-Snooker , accessed on January 21, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Marteel, Olivier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian snooker referee
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Nieuwpoort , Belgium