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Marco Zanetti

Marco Zanetti
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Zanetti at the 2013 3-cushion World Championship in Antwerp
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's Three-cushion billiards
Balkline European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1983 Balkline 47/2 European Championship Individual
Gold medal – first place 1984 Balkline 47/1 European Championship Individual
Men's Three-cushion billiards
Biathlon World Championship
(3-Cushion and 5-Pins)
Gold medal – first place 1988 Biathlon World Championship Individual
Gold medal – first place 1996 Biathlon World Championship Individual
UMB World Three-cushion Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1997 World Three-cushion Championship Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2000 World Three-cushion Championship Individual
Silver medal – second place 2001 World Three-cushion Championship Individual
Gold medal – first place 2002 World Three-cushion Championship Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2003 World Three-cushion Championship Individual
Gold medal – first place 2008 World Three-cushion Championship Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2009 World Three-cushion Championship Individual
Silver medal – second place 2011 World Three-cushion Championship Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2012 World Three-cushion Championship Individual
CEB European Three-cushion Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2007 European Three-cushion Championship Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2010 European Three-cushion Championship Individual
Gold medal – first place 2012 European Three-cushion Championship Individual
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Kaohsiung Individual
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cali Individual
Crystal Kelly Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Crystal Kelly Cup Individual
Silver medal – second place 2011 Crystal Kelly Cup Individual
Lausanne Billiard Masters
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lausanne Billiard Masters Individual
AGIPI Billiard Masters
Gold medal – first place 2013 AGIPI Billiard Masters Individual

Marco Zanetti (born 10 April 1962) is an Italian professional three-cushion billiards player and a two-time world champion from Bolzano, Italy.

Zanetti started playing billiards at 7. He needed a chair to play. His father, Erwin Zanetti, was the president of the Carambole Circle of Bolzano.

He is regarded as a brilliant billiards player, but also a controversial person who does not hold back with criticism of the world or continental federation and organizers. This brought him in the past, often the wrath of the organizers, as well as its behavior in different tournaments. Because of his criticism of the UMB at the World Cup 2009 tournament in Korea Zanetti was occupied by a lifetime 50-point penalty. Two years later, at the end of the three-band World Cup, also in Suwon, South Korea, the UMB took this penalty back and the end of the year he received his 50 points back for the world ranking.

Zanetti lives with his wife Martina and son Samuel (* 2008) in his birth town in South Tyrol. As a south tyrolian he also speaks fluently German. His nickname in the billiards scene is The italian gentleman.

In his early career he won the balkline European Championship twice, 1983 in 47/2-Balkline and 1984 in 47/1-Balkline. Later he switched to three-cushion where he won the Biathlon (three-cushin and 5-pins) World Championship in 1988 and 1996.

He reached the finals of the UMB World Three-cushion Championship in 2001, but was bested by Raymond Ceulemans. He made it into the finals again a year later and won the title, defeating Dion Nelin of Denmark. He has been the only Italian to win a world championship in the sport as of 2007. He was ranked 7th in the world as of 2007 by the Confédération Européenne de Billard.

Zanetti also has 25 Italian national titles. He is 7-time winner, from 2004/05 to 2011/12, of the Coupe d’Europe, a tournament series for clubs which is held since the season of 1958/59, it is comparable to the Champions League in Football. He plays for the club of BC AGIPI Courbevoie in France. His teammates in the Season 2011/12 are Frédéric Caudron (Belgium), Jérémy Bury (France) and Jean-Christophe Roux (France).


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