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Eddy Leppens (born 3 December 1969 in

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, Belgium) is a Belgian professional

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billiards player.

Private life

Leppens was born in the flanders city of Lommel where he also spend his childhood. He is married to Andrea Ospino and together they have three children named Lindsey, Maria Fernanda and Romy. In 2005 he opened his own billiard shop ''Verhoeven Eddy Leppens''.History of Eddy Leppens
Official Homepage. Retrieved 8 June 2012.

Career

Early years

His father was an active billiards player. At eighteen, Eddy Leppens was playing of the Honour Division in

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, four years later in all six disciplines of

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: straight rail,

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(47/2, 47/1 and 71/2), one-cushion, and

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. In 1993, Leppens won the Belgian Cup in three cushion, his preferred discipline.

2000–2010

In 2002, in three cushion billiards, he had his best single average of 5.000 with 50 points in 10 innings. A year later, he established his high run of 25. The following year, he set a new world record with a team average of 2.139 together with his teammates

Frédéric Caudron
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, Raymond Burgman and Johan Loncelle. In 2010 his team won the club world championship in three cushion.

2012/13 season

At the

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in early September in

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Leppens was able to win his first group match against German Markus Dömer 40-14, but lost his second match against Lütfi Çenet from

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34-40. He finished second in his group but did not advance as only the first-place finisher moved on. One month later, at the ''ANAG Billiard Cup'', a Triathlon Invitation Tournament in Czech

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, Leppens would beat Raul Cuenca from

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in the final, 2-1. The tournament was held in the disciplines

, one-cushion and

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. While he was losing balkline 24-100 to Cuenca, he won his games in one-cushion 50-27 and three-cushion 15-8. During the group games he beat the 2012 Triathlon-World Champion,

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from

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, who had finished third in the 2011 tournament. Together with

Frédéric Caudron
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, Leppens plays for the Belgian club ''BC De Goeie Queue'' in the major league.Timetable Belgian Championship 2013
Retrieved 9 January 2013.

Achievements

* Belgian Champion Juniors: 1988 (Three-Cushion), 1990 (Free Game), 1991 (Free Game) * Belgian Champion: 1991 (Free Game and Balkline 71/2), 1993 (Balkline 47/1 and One-Cushion), 1994 (One-Cushion), 1995 (Free Game and One-Cushion), 2000 (Free Game) * Semi Team World Champion: 1992 (Triathlon) * Team World Champion: 1993 (Triathlon) * Superprestige: 2004 (Three-Cushion) * Three Cushion World Championship: ''2. Place:'' 2010; ''3. Place:'' 2005, 2009 * One Cushion World Championship: ''3. Place:'' 2007 * Tree Cushion World Cup: ''3. Place:'' 2011 * One Cushion European Championship: ''3. Place:'' 2000, 2006 * ANAG Billiard Cup: 2012 (Triathlon)

References

External links

Official Homepage

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