| Hacı Arap Yaman | |
| Birth Date: | 1965 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bismil, Diyarbakır, Turkey |
| Sport Country: | Turkey |
Hacı Arap Yaman (born 4 April 1965) is a Turkish carom and artistic billiards player. He has champion titles at European and world level in artistic billiards.
Hacı Arap Yaman was born in Bismil district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey on 4 April 1965. He completed his education in his hometown. During his school years, he was interested in different branches of sports.
Yaman settled in Ankara, when he started playing billiards professionally. In the first year of his career, he took the third place in the Turkish championships. The next year, he became champion of Ankara. Later, his success continued, and he was admitted to the national team. He is a member of the district municipality's billiards club in Yenişehir, Diyarbakır.
Yaman won the gold medal at the 2008 Artistic Billiards World Championship held in Schelle, Belgium defeating Xavier Fonellosa from Spain. The next year in Kastamonu, Turkey, he took the silver medal after losing the final match to Belgian Eric Daelman by 2–3. In 2012, he took the bronze medal at the same competition in Samsun, Turkey. Yaman captured the gold medal at the 2022 CEB Grand Prix Artistic in Rosmalen, Netherlands. He won the gold medal with his teammate Barış Çin at the 2023 European Championship Artistic National Teams in Antalya, Turkey defeating the Spanish team by 3–1. At the 2023 European Championship Artistic in Antalya, Turkey, he received the gold medal among 38 competitiors winning over German Heinrich Marvin in five sets by 172–147. Yaman and his teammate Barış Çin 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.At the 2024 European Championship Artistic in Ankara, Turkey, he lost the semifinals match to Michael Hammen from France by 120–174, and took the bronze medal. He repeated his world champion title of the artistic billiards in Ankara, Turkey after 16 years in 2024 defeating his country+man[Barış Çin in the final.<ref name="cm1"/><ref name="wcbs1"/><ref name="tbf2"/> == References == {{reflist|refs= <ref name="cm1">{{cite news |url=https://www.cermikgazetesi.com/dunya-sampiyonu-diyarbakirda |newspaper=CeGa Medya |title=Diyarbakır Plajı’nda şezlonglarda yer kalmadı ! |date= |language=tr |accessdate=29 November 2024 }}</ref> <ref name="wcbs1">{{cite web |url=https://wcbs.sport/haci-arap-yaman-is-the-world-champion/ |publisher=[[World Confederation of Billiards Sports]] |title=Haci Arap Yaman is the World Champion |date=22 June 2024 |accessdate=29 November 2024 }}[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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