# Ricky Yang

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{{short description|Indonesian pool player}}
'''Ricky Yang''' is an Indonesian professional [pool](/source/Pocket_billiards) player of Chinese ancestry. His nickname is "The Piranha".
On June 5, 2009, Yang defeated [Jeff De Luna](/source/Jeff_De_Luna) by 11–4 in the 2009 Philippine Open Pool Championship final at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong, Philippines,<ref name="2009 Philippine Open Pool Champion">{{cite web | url= https://philopennews.blogspot.com/2009/05/yang-takes-philippine-open-crown.html

| accessdate = 2009-06-05 | publisher = Philippine Open News
 | title= Yang Takes Philippine Open Crown}}</ref> the first international [WPA](/source/World_Pool-Billiard_Association) World Ranking Tour for him and for Indonesia. In 2013 he won the gold medal for 9 Ball Pool at the [SEA Games](/source/SEA_Games) in [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar).<ref name="2013 SEA Games">{{cite web
 | url= http://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/seagames/assets/images/es_image/8419.pdf
 | accessdate= 2013-12-17
 | title= 27th SEA Games Men's 9 Ball Pool Single Results
 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131217223928/http://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/seagames/assets/images/es_image/8419.pdf
 | archive-date= 2013-12-17
 | url-status= dead
 }}</ref>

==Titles==
* 2013 [Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Singles](/source/Billiards_and_snooker_at_the_2013_Southeast_Asian_Games)
* 2011 [Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Singles](/source/Billiards_and_snooker_at_the_2011_Southeast_Asian_Games)
* 2009 Philippine Open 10-Ball
* 2007 [Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Singles](/source/Billiards_and_snooker_at_the_2007_Southeast_Asian_Games)

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