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Semih Saygıner (born November 12, 1964,〔http://www.semihsayginer.org/biografienu.html Sayginer's biography on his own web site〕 in Adapazarı, Turkey) nicknamed Mr. Magic and the Turkish Prince, is a Turkish professional carom billiards player. Saygıner is the fifth of 6 brothers and sisters. His parents died in a traffic accident when he was 14 years old. Saygıner then started playing billiards. He had a good performance in high school but left for depression over the loss of his mother and father. He then focused on billiards. A year later, he won his first Turkish title.〔(Sayginer's Profile (French) )〕 He won the 1999 CEB European Three-cushion Championship by defeating Dion Nelin of Denmark. He nearly won it again the next year but lost to Daniel Sánchez. He was the first from his country to win that tournament. A second player named Murat Naci Çoklu won it five years later. In 2003, Saygıner won the UMB World Three-cushion Championship by disposing of Filipos Kasidokostas of Greece. He's the only Turk ever to win it. That same year, he won the last World Three-cushion Championship organized by the BWA by besting Dick Jaspers.〔(3 Cushion World Cup in Las Vegas 2003 )〕 His highest average in a match is 3.571 (50 points in 14 innings). Semih was married to the Women's Billiard Champion of Turkey Aygen Berk Saygıner. In 2009, Saygıner signed a contract with the prominent cue-stick producer Longoni.〔(Semih Sayginer is a new member of the Longoni carom team ).〕〔(Video of the news about the signing ceremony from the TV channel NTV ).〕 Under the contract, a series of cue-sticks that bear Saygıner's name has been available from the company.〔http://www.longonicues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=10〕 Semih Sayginer started to support gaming industry in 2015 by giving technical suggestions for Pool Elite; online billiards game. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Semih Saygıner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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