OXO remembered the 5 most famous billiard players in the world

OXO remembered the 5 most famous billiard players in the world

7 August 2020, 21:50
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Billiards is a hobby of millions of people around the world. This game is extremely exciting and useful: it develops intelligence, thinking, hones the eye and the nervous system. Therefore, in it, as in any kind of competition, there are the best players who are known all over the world. OXO remembered the top five.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan became a five-time snooker champion and a seven-time master. He was nicknamed "the rocket" because the manner in which an athlete played with billiard balls and a cue resembled the sound of a supersonic spaceship.

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Stephen Hendry also played snooker. Moreover, he became one of the most famous players in this area. In rating tournaments, he managed to win 36 victories. Thus, Hendry immortalized his name in the history of billiards.

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Some of the records of the Australian player Walter Lindrum cannot be broken until now. Although they were installed back in the 1950s.

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A woman also got on this list. Black Widow Janette Lee has built the most outstanding career in the history of the game. She has been repeatedly recognized as one of the most famous athletes in the world.

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And the top five is completed by Tom Rossman, who founded the artistic pool in billiards. Unlike the traditional pool, it is not played, but competed. He proved his skill with a thousand tricks on the billiard table, which he invented on his own.

OXO wrote about the record holders earlier. Several months ago, a resident of Zhytomyr was able to make 760 climbs with a coup. The record belongs to cadet of the Zhytomyr Military Institute Dmitry Kosaty.
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