Torbjörn Blomdahl
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Torbjörn Blomdahl (b. 26 October 1962) is a Swedish professional carom billiards (and to a lesser extent pool) player from Helsingborg, Sweden.
[edit] Carom Career
Blomdahl has won a total of 15 world three-cushion titles; 5 from UMB and 10 from BWA. With these, he only places behind Raymond Ceulemans who won 24. He also has made 6 successful defenses. So far, he's the only Swede ever to become world champion.
Blomdahl also won 9 CEB European Three-cushion titles and defended it 4 times. He has 18 Swedish titles. His highest run is 24 and once made 50 points in 9 innings (5.555 average).
In 2005, Blomdahl won the Sang Lee International Open at the expense of Turkey's Semih Saygıner. The win earned him $15,000 which is largest ever won from the three-cushion tournament.[1]
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Great shots by Torbjörn Blomdahl
| Preceded by Raymond Ceulemans |
BWA World Three-cushion Champion 1988 |
Succeeded by Ludo Dielis |
| BWA World Three-cushion Champion 1991-1992 |
Succeeded by Sang Lee |
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| Preceded by Sang Lee |
BWA World Three-cushion Champion 1994-1996 |
Succeeded by Dick Jaspers |
| Preceded by Dick Jaspers |
BWA World Three-cushion Champion 1998 |
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| Preceded by Dick Jaspers |
BWA World Three-cushion Champion 2000-2002 |
Succeeded by Semih Saygıner |
| Preceded by Avelino Rico |
UMB World Three-cushion Champion 1987-1988 |
Succeeded by Ludo Dielis |
| Preceded by Raymond Ceulemans |
UMB World Three-cushion Champion 1991-1992 |
Succeeded by Rini van Bracht |
| Preceded by Christian Rudolph |
UMB World Three-cushion Champion 1997 |
Succeeded by Daniel Sánchez |
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