What is Patrick Delsemme?
{{Infobox person | name = Patrick Delsemme | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1974|9|13|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Rocourt, Liège|Rocourt]], Belgium | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|12|8|1974|9|13|df=y}} | death_place = [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]] | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Belgian | occupation = snooker player | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Patrick Delsemme''' (13 September 1974 – 8 December 2022) was a Belgian snooker player from [[Liège]].<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://cuetracker.net/players/patrick-delsemme |title=Patrick Delsemme|work=cuetracker.net|date=8 December 2022|access-date=8 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref> He has been named one of the greatest Belgian snooker talents ever.<ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.hbvl.be/cnt/dmf20221208_94519796 |title=Snookerwereld in diepe rouw: ex-Belgisch kampioen Patrick Delsemme (48) plots overleden|work=[[Het Belang van Limburg]]|date=29 October 2022|access-date=29 October 2022|language=nl}}</ref> ==Biography== When he was 17 years old he finished second at the under-21 world championships in [[Bangalore]], losing the final from [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]. A year later he finished again second in [[Brunei]], losing this time from [[Robin Hull]]. Delsemme became Belgian junior champion in 1991 and 1992 and became senior champion in 1995 andd 1997. He was for seven years a professional player.<ref name=ref2 /> In 2001 he had his best season where he was ranked 107th worldwide, he was suspended for two years after testing positive for the use of [[cannabis]] twice.<ref name=ref2 /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hbvl.be/cnt/oid175577 |title=Snooker: zware schorsing voor Patrick Delsemme|work=[[Het Belang van Limburg]]|date=17 December 2001|access-date=8 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref> He also lost his ranking points and also had to pay back the prize money he won at those tournaments (£11,000).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/jan/29/1 |title=Pot black?