Torbjörn Blomdahl
| Medal record | ||
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Competitor for  Sweden
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| Men's Three-cushion billiards | ||
| World Games | ||
| Silver | 2009 Kaohsiung | Individual |
Torbjörn Blomdahl (born 26 October 1962 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish professional carom billiards (and to a lesser extent pool) player from Helsingborg, Sweden.
Background
Torbjörn Blomdahl was born in Gothenburg but at age 11 he moved to Helsingborg. He is the son of three-cushion player Lennart Blomdahl, who was a driving force behind the local billiards club Borgen på Söder. It was here Blomdahl learned to play three-cushion with his father as the teacher. His international breakthrough was at the European championships in Copenhagen in 1984. Starting in 1989 he was ranked the best three-cushion player in the world.
Blomdahl has been a resident of Backnang, Germany since 1994.
Cue sports career
Blomdahl has won a total of 15 world three-cushion titles, 5 from UMB and 10 from BWA, placing him second to only Raymond Ceulemans who won 24. He is also the only Swede to ever be world champion. He's made 6 successful defenses, won 8 CEB European three-cushion titles which he defended successfully 4 times, and won 18 Swedish titles. His highest run is 24 and once made 50 points in 9 innings (5.555 average).
Other tournaments Blomdahl won include the 2004 Carom Café International Tournament against Ramon Rodriguez[1] and the first Sang Lee International Open by defeating Turkey's Semih Saygıner.[2] In 2008 Blomdahl won the money-rich Agipi Masters tournament at the expense of Dick Jaspers.
Blomdahl has also excelled at pocket billiards, once defeating Korean pro Young-Hwa Jeong and Filipino pro pool player Efren Reyes in both three-cushion, nine ball, and eight ball. He's also run 100 in straight pool.[3]
References
- ↑ "Torbjorn Blomdahl wins the 2004 Carom Café International Tournament". AZ Billiards.com. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
- ↑ 2005 Sang Lee International Open (PDF)
- ↑ "Blomdahl is King of Pool & Billiards in Korea". AZ Billiards.com. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
External links
- Great shots by Torbjörn Blomdahl
- Torbjörn Blomdahl's High Run of 15 Points at 2007 Sang Lee International Open
| Sporting positions | ||
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| 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 | |
| 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 |
Succeeded by Dick Jaspers |
| BWA World Three-cushion Champion 2000 – 2002 |
Succeeded by Semih Saygıner | |
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