Jean Bessems Explained

Jean Bessems
Birth Date:4 January 1945
Birth Place:Margraten, Netherlands
World Champ:Artistic Billiards World Championship (1985, 1988)

Jean Bessems (born 4 January 1945) is a former professional Dutch carom and artistic billiards player. Bessems won the Artistic Billiards World Championship in 1985 and 1988, and finished as runner-up in 1984.

Career

Jean Bessems was born in Cadier en Keer, a district of Margraten, today Eijsden-Margraten in January 1945. His father was a farmer, pigeon breeder and later cafe owner. At the age of 14 he started playing billiards, and also played football. Aged 19, Bessem had to decide between billiards and football, choosing to no longer play football. Bessems played first Carom billiards, but later switched to artistic billiards, more commonly associated with trickshots.[1]

Bessems made his international breakthrough in 1965 at the European Youth Billiards Championships.[2] In the Cadre 47/2 European Championship 1971 in Nice, he won his first silver medal in the men's competition. He played against players such as Raymond Ceulemans,,, and .[3] He won the Artistic Billiards World Championship event both in 1985, held in Sluis in Zeeland and again in 1988 in Stockerau in Austria. Bessems was also a four time European Artistic Billiards champion, winning the event in 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989. In 1991 he finished his sporting career and 2005 went into early retirement.[4]

Personal life

Bessems worked as a mechanical engineer. For twenty years, like his father, he was a passionate pigeon breeder.[5]

Achievements

International [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

National

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oude meesters - Jean Bessems . Bommeltje.nl . 2 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191011060315/https://www.bommeltje.nl/website/biljarten/oude-meesters/#bessems . 11 October 2019 . nl .
  2. Web site: A brief history . ciba-online.net . 2 November 2019 .
  3. Web site: Oude meesters - Jean Bessems . Bommeltje.nl . 2 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191011060315/https://www.bommeltje.nl/website/biljarten/oude-meesters/#bessems . 11 October 2019 . nl .
  4. Web site: Oude meesters - Jean Bessems . Bommeltje.nl . 2 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191011060315/https://www.bommeltje.nl/website/biljarten/oude-meesters/#bessems . 11 October 2019 . nl .
  5. Web site: Jean Bessems: geboren biljarte . Leiden Courant . 2 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191102082723/https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1968-01-08/edition/0/page/8?query=jean%20bessems&period=1968&sort=relevance . 2 November 2019 . 8 January 1968 . nl .
  6. Web site: Spielerprofil . Kozoom . 2 November 2019 .
  7. Web site: Billard - Weltmeisterschaften (Kunststoßen) . Sport-komplett.de . 2 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040804115744/http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/b/billard/hst/15.html . 4 August 2004 . Karlheinz Heckert . 2002 .
  8. Web site: Billard - Europameisterschaften (Kunststoßen) . Sport-komplett.de . 2 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040804123949/http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/b/billard/hst/26.html . 4 August 2004 . Karlheinz Heckert . 2002 .
  9. Web site: Billard - Weltmeisterschaften (Cadre 45/1 bzw. ab Saison 1967/68 Cadre 47/1) . Sport-komplett.de . 1 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040804105632/http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/b/billard/hst/9.html . 4 August 2004 . Karlheinz Heckert .
  10. Web site: Billard - Europameisterschaften (Cadre 45/1 bzw. ab 1952/53 47/1) . Sport-komplett.de . 1 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040804121851/http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/b/billard/hst/20.html . 4 August 2004 . Karlheinz Heckert .
  11. Web site: Billard - Europameisterschaften (Cadre 45/2, ab 1948/49 47/2) . Sport-komplett.de . 1 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040804122207/http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/b/billard/hst/21.html . 4 August 2004 . Karlheinz Heckert .
  12. Web site: Billard - Europameisterschaften (Cadre 71/2) . Sport-komplett.de . 1 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040804122328/http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/b/billard/hst/22.html . 4 August 2004 . Karlheinz Heckert .

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