Rubén Legazpi

Rubén Legazpi
Legazpi at the EM 2013 in Brandenburg / Havel
Personal details
birthday	27th July 1982 (age 38)
place of birth	Madrid, Spain
nationality	Spain
Achievements Unless otherwise stated, the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline.
World Championships:
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Ruben Legazpi (born July 27, 1982 in Madrid , Spain ) is a Spanish carambola player , Spanish and European junior champion.

Career

At the age of only 19 Legazpi made the leap into the international three-cushion scene when he won the bronze medal at the Junior World Championship in Gandía, Spain in 2001 , together with his compatriot José-Maria Mas and behind the Greek winner Filipos Kasidokostas and another compatriot, Carlos Crespo. A year later, in 2002, another bronze medal, this time at the European Junior Championships in Leuven , Belgium, behind Frederic Mottet from Belgium, Kasidokostas and the grandson of Raymond Ceulemans , Peter Ceulemans. Then in 2003 the gold medal at the European Junior Championships. At the three-cushion World Cup 2009/5 he came on the podium for the first time in Hurghada, Egypt and received the bronze medal together with Tayfun Taşdemir . At the third tournament in 2013 in Corinth , Greece , he reached the final, but had to admit defeat to the Swede Torbjörn Blomdahl .

At the Spanish Championship 2018, after five bronze medals, finally the gold medal, the defending champion of 2017, Javier Palazón , came third. The "eternal" winner, Daniel Sánchez , was eliminated this time in the round of 16. In 2019 Legazpi was able to defend his title in Valencia and prevail against Palazón in the final. An achievement that only Daniel Sanchez achieved before him. In the course of the tournament he met his father, Alfonso Legazpi. The game has been described as very emotional. Legazpi has won a total of 30 Spanish medals by then, 6 gold, 9 silver and 15 bronze. This puts him in fourth place among the most successful Spanish three-cushion players.

successes

• Junior three-cushion world championship : 2001
• Three Cushion European Junior Championship : 2003 2002
• Three Cushion World Cup : 2013/3 2009/5
• European three-cushion championship for national teams : 2008, 2020 2019 2009
• Spanish three-cushion championship : 2018, 2019, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2017

Swell:

Web links

• Semi-finals three cushion: Zanetti - Coklu and Jaspers - Legazpi ( Memento from September 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) European carom championship in Brandenburg an der Havel

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rubén Legazpi, Campeón de España de billar a tres bandas. Rubén Legazpi se proclamó campeón de España en Madrid, por delante de David Martínez, subcampeón, y Javier Palazón y Jaime Sánchez Franco, medallas de bronce. La Liga Sports, May 21, 2018, archived from the original on September 26, 2019 ; Retrieved September 26, 2019 (Spanish).  
2. ↑ El mostoleño Ruben Legazpi se Proclama campeón de España de Billar a 3 bandas. Al dia Mostoles, June 18, 2019, archived from the original on September 26, 2019 ; Retrieved September 26, 2019 (Spanish).  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Spanish three- cushion championships. (PDF) Real Federación Española de Billar (RFEB), September 2019, archived from the original on September 26, 2019 ; Retrieved September 26, 2019 (Spanish).  
4. ↑ Achievements. Kozoom , accessed September 26, 2019 .