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Torbjörn Blomdahl

Medal record
Men's three-cushion billiards
Representing  Sweden
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Randers Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place 1987 Cairo Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place 1988 Tokyo Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place 1991 Tokyo Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place 1997 Grubbenvorst Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bordeaux Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place 1986 Las Vegas Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place 1989 Tokyo Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place 1990 Tokyo Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place 1998 Rezé Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place 1999 Bogotá Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place 2008 Sankt Wendel Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place 2014 Seoul Three-cushion
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Valladolid Three-cushion
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1985 Amersfoort Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place 1986 Mondorf-les-Bains Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place 1988 Vejle Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place 1990 Norrköping Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place 1991 Dordrecht Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place 1998 Aubagne Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place 2001 Odense Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place 1983 Dunkirk Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place 1987 Waalwijk Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place 2008 Florange Three-cushion
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Viersen Three-cushion
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Izmir Three-cushion
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Ölüdeniz Three-cushion
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Odense Three-cushion
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Porto Three-cushion
World Games
Silver medal – second place 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. He is a six time World Champion in three-cushion billiards, having won the titles in 1987, 1988, 1991, 1997, 2015 and in 2019.

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 16 world three-cushion titles, 6 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

  1. ^ "Torbjorn Blomdahl wins the 2004 Carom Café International Tournament". AZ Billiards.com. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
  2. ^ 2005 Sang Lee International Open (PDF) Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Blomdahl is King of Pool & Billiards in Korea". AZ Billiards.com. Retrieved 2007-08-11.


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