Edmond Soussa

Education

At the 1927 Balkline 47.1 World Championship in Paris he finished third place.

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.

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.

He attended various three-cushion World Cups in his old age.

Achievements

• Soussa was an eleven-time world and two-time European champion. University of Massachusetts Boston World Three-cushion Championship Winner: 1928, 1929 Runner-up: 1930, 1931, 1933 Third place: 1936 University of Massachusetts Boston World Straight-Rail Championship Winner: 1928, 1929, 1930 Runner-up: 1931, 1932 University of Massachusetts Boston World Balkline 47.1 Championship Winner: 1928, 1929, 1931 Runner-up: 1930, 1932, 1933 University of Massachusetts Boston World Balkline 47.2 Championship Winner: 1933 Runner-up: 1930 Third place: 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932 University of Massachusetts Boston World Balkline 71.2 Championship Winner: 1930, 1931 Continuing Education of the Bar European Balkline 47.2 Championship Winner: 1932, 1933 Third place: 1928, 1929.