Edmond Soussa’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Edmond Soussa (born 11 October 1898 in Cairo; died 29 May 1989 in Paris) was an Egyptian carom billiards player in various disciplines and 11-time world champion.

Career

Edmond Soussa was the first major amateur billiards star of the late 1920s and mid-30s after the end of the professional world championships in the United States of America. Born in Egypt, he immigrated in the mid-1920s to France. There he met Roger Conti, one of the best billiards coaches at that time. He quickly proved his great talent as an all-rounder. At the 1927 Balkline 47.1 World Championship in Paris he finished third place. The following year he won three-time world championship titles in the disciplines three-cushion billiards, straight rail and balkline 47.1. He dominated the carom scene during the upcoming years and has won a total of eleven world and two European titles.

In the mid 1930s, he withdrew from active billiards play and worked as a freelance artist in Paris. With the beginning of the Three-Cushion World Cup in 1986, he returned to the big carom stage. Werner Bayer, founder of the World Cup convinced him to design a trophy for this tournament series. He attended various three-cushion World Cups in his old age.

Achievements

Soussa was an eleven-time world and two-time European champion.

UMB World Three-cushion Championship

• Winner: 1928, 1929
• Runner-up: 1930, 1931, 1933
• Third place: 1936

UMB World Straight-Rail Championship

• Winner: 1928, 1929, 1930
• Runner-up: 1931, 1932

UMB World Balkline 47.1 Championship

• Winner: 1928, 1929, 1931
• Runner-up: 1930, 1932, 1933

UMB World Balkline 47.2 Championship

• Winner: 1933
• Runner-up: 1930
• Third place: 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932

UMB World Balkline 71.2 Championship

• Winner: 1930, 1931

CEB European Balkline 47.2 Championship

• Winner: 1932, 1933
• Third place: 1928, 1929

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