Oliver Ortmann

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Ortmann at the European Pool Championship 2008 in Willingen

Oliver Ortmann (born 11 June 1967) is a German top professional pool player whose nickname is "The Machine". He is renowned not only as a World Champion in Nine-Ball but also in the resurgent discipline of 14.1 or straight pool. He was inducted into the Straight Pool Hall of Fame, during a ceremony in New York City, in August of 2013.

A native-born Hamburger, Ortmann is one of the most successful European players. He first came to prominence by defeating Steve Mizerak to win the 1989 US Open 14.1 Championship. In 1995, he became the WPA Men's Nine-ball World Champion.

Ortmann won the International Challenge of Champions in 1997. He won it for the second time, against the defending champion Francisco Bustamante, three years later

In 2004, Ortmann formed Ortmann Billiards, a company which sells pool products. Two years later he joined the International Pool Tour, and also continued competing in events sanctioned by other organizations.

Ortmann also won the 2007 WPA World Straight Pool Championship defeating Huidji See, 200-171 in the final match. During the tournament Ortmann made the third-highest run of the tournament, 131. He would win that same tournament in 2010 in defeating Mika Immonen.

Titles and Achievements

(1st places major events)

2010 World Straight Pool Champion
2007 World Straight Pool Champion
2007 European Eight-ball Pool Champion
2006 European Eight-ball Pool Champion
2003 European Nine-ball Pool Champion
2002 European Nine-ball Pool Champion
2002 Mosconi Cup winning team captain
2000 International Challenge of Champions Winner
1999 European Nine-ball Pool Champion
1998 Ultimate 9-Ball Challenge Champion
1997 International Challenge of Champions Winner
1996 European Nine-ball Pool Champion
1996 European Eight-ball Pool Champion
1995 World 9-Ball Champion
1995 Mosconi Cup winning team captain
1994 European Nine-ball Pool Champion
1993 US Open Straight Pool Champion
1993 European Nine-ball Pool Champion
1989 US Open Straight Pool Champion

European Player of the Year 1990, 1993, 1996

13 time European Tour Champion
44 German Championship medals
28 European Championship medals

External links

Official Page
Profile of Ortmann at Pool Billiard News
Oliver Ortmann video interview by CueTable

Preceded by Takeshi Okumura	WPA Men's World Nine-ball Champion 1995	Succeeded by Ralf Souquet
Preceded by Thorsten Hohmann	WPA World Straight Pool Champion 2007	Succeeded by Niels Feijen
Preceded by Niels Feijen	WPA World Straight Pool Champion 2010	Incumbent

Oliver Ortmann at Mosconi Cup

v t e European Mosconi Cup team – 1994

Ralf Souquet Steve Davis Lee Tucker Oliver Ortmann Tom Storm Jimmy White Franziska Stark Allison Fisher

v t e European Mosconi Cup team – 1995

Daryl Peach Steve Davis Alex Higgins Lee Kendall Oliver Ortmann Tom Storm Jimmy White

v t e European Mosconi Cup team – 1996

Steve Davis Vincent Facquet Ralf Souquet Oliver Ortmann Mika Immonen Ronnie O'Sullivan Andy Richardson

v t e European Mosconi Cup team – 1997

Steve Davis Ralf Souquet Oliver Ortmann Mika Immonen Ronnie O'Sullivan Tommy Donlon

v t e European Mosconi Cup team – 1998

Ralf Souquet Steve Knight Mika Immonen Oliver Ortmann Steve Davis Fabio Petroni

v t e European Mosconi Cup team – 1999

Steve Knight Mika Immonen Ralf Souquet Alex Lely Oliver Ortmann Steve Davis

v t e European Mosconi Cup team – 2002

Oliver Ortmann Mika Immonen Ralf Souquet Nick van den Berg Marcus Chamat Steve Davis

v t e European Mosconi Cup team – 2003

Mika Immonen Ralf Souquet Nick van den Berg Marcus Chamat Steve Davis Thorsten Hohmann Oliver Ortmann (non-playing captain)

v t e European Mosconi Cup team – 2004

Mika Immonen Niels Feijen Marcus Chamat Steve Davis Thomas Engert Oliver Ortmann (captain)

Persondata
Name	Ortmann, Oliver
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Short description	pool player
Date of birth	11 June 1967
Place of birth
Date of death
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