Barış Çin (born 27 July 1975) is a Turkish carom and

artistic billiards Artistic billiards is a cue sport played on a billiard table. A discipline of carom billiards, players aim to recreate a portion of 76 pre-set shots of varying difficulty against an opponent. Each of the 76 shots has a maximum point value assign ...

player. He is a and world chhampion in artistic billiards.

Personal life

Barış Çin was born on 27 July 1975.

Sport career

Çin became global artistic champion at the 2014 Grand Prix in

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, Netherlands defeating Frenchman Jean Reverchon by 3–0., and took so his first major success on the international podium. He took the bronze medal at the 2015 European Championship Artistic in

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, Germany. He became Turkish champion in 2023. He won the gold medal with his teammate Hacı Arap Yaman at the 2023 European Championship Artistic National Teams in

Antalya Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...

, Turkey defeating the Spanish team by 3–1. The same year, he took the bronze medal at the

Artistic Billiards World Championship The Artistic Billiards World Championship is a carom billiards tournament in the discipline of artistic billiards, organized by the Confédération International de Billard Artistique. Raymond Steylaerts of Belgium won the tournament six times ...

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, Turkey. Çin and his teammate Yaman defeated Erik Van den Zegel and Erik Vervliet from Belgium by 3–1 in the final of the 2024 European Championship Artistic National Teams in Antalya, Turkey, and won the gold medal. He captured the gold medal at the 2024 European Championship Artistic in

, Turkey defeating Michael Hammen from France in the final match by 186–180. He won the silver medal at the World Championship in Ankara after losing the final match to his countryman Hacı Arap Yaman.

References

External links

Barış Çin @ Kozoom.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cin, Baris 1975 births Living people Turkish carom billiards players Artistic billiards players 21st-century Turkish sportsmen