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Ryuuji Umeda
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's Three-cushion billiards
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Bangkok Individual
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Individual
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Incheon Individual

Ryūji Umeda (梅田 竜二, sometimes transliterated Ryuji or Ryugi, and often rendered as Umeda Ryuuji in Western media; born October 22, 1968, in Tokyo) is a Japanese professional three-cushion billiards player.

In 1998, Umeda finished 2nd to fellow Japanese Akio Shimada in the three-cushion event of the Asian Games. He later won it against Duong Anh Vu of Vietnam in 2006. A year afterward, he dominated the UMB World Three-cushion Championship by defeating Daniel Sánchez, the two-time world champion from Spain. With the victory, he became the second Asian to win it in 34 years since Nobuaki Kobayashi.

References

  1. 日本代表選手団 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. 2006. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
  2. "Sports 123: Billiard: Men: Asian Games: 3 Cushion". Sports 123. Archived from the original on 2007-05-13. Retrieved 2008-07-31.

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