Torbjörn Blomdahl (born 26 October 1962 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish professional carom billiards (and to a lesser extent pool) player from Helsingborg, Sweden who plays for FC Porto. He is a seven time World Champion in three-cushion billiards, having won the titles in 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2015 and in 2019.
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 7 world UMB three-cushion world titles, placing him second to only Raymond Ceulemans who won 21. 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.
torbjörn, blomdahl, born, october, 1962, gothenburg, swedish, professional, carom, billiards, lesser, extent, pool, player, from, helsingborg, sweden, plays, porto, seven, time, world, champion, three, cushion, billiards, having, titles, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992. Torbjorn Blomdahl born 26 October 1962 in Gothenburg is a Swedish professional carom billiards and to a lesser extent pool player from Helsingborg Sweden who plays for FC Porto He is a seven time World Champion in three cushion billiards having won the titles in 1987 1988 1991 1992 1997 2015 and in 2019 Torbjorn Blomdahl Medal recordMen s three cushion billiardsRepresenting SwedenUMB World Championship1987 Cairo Three cushion1988 Tokyo Three cushion1991 Tokyo Three cushion1992 Palma Three cushion1997 Grubbenvorst Three cushion2015 Bordeaux Three cushion2019 Randers Three cushion1986 Las Vegas Three cushion1989 Yokohama Three cushion1990 Tokyo Three cushion1993 Gent Three cushion1998 Reze Three cushion1999 Bogota Three cushion2008 Sankt Wendel Three cushion2014 Seoul Three cushion2003 Valladolid Three cushionWorld Cup1994 World Cup Three cushion1995 World Cup Three cushion1996 World Cup Three cushion1998 World Cup Three cushion2001 World Cup Three cushion2007 World Cup Three cushion2011 World Cup Three cushion2013 World Cup Three cushionCEB European Championship1985 Amersfoort Three cushion1986 Mondorf les Bains Three cushion1988 Vejle Three cushion1990 Norrkoping Three cushion1991 Dordrecht Three cushion1998 Aubagne Three cushion2001 Odense Three cushion1983 Dunkirk Three cushion1987 Waalwijk Three cushion2008 Florange Three cushion1989 Viersen Three cushion2002 Izmir Three cushion2004 Oludeniz Three cushion2009 Odense Three cushion2011 Porto Three cushionWorld Games2009 Kaohsiung Individual Contents 1 Background 2 Cue sports career 3 References 4 External linksBackground EditTorbjorn 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 pa Soder 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 EditBlomdahl has won a total of 7 world UMB three cushion world titles placing him second to only Raymond Ceulemans who won 21 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 Cafe International Tournament against Ramon Rodriguez 1 and the first Sang Lee International Open by defeating Turkey s Semih Sayginer 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 Edit Torbjorn Blomdahl wins the 2004 Carom Cafe International Tournament AZ Billiards com Retrieved 2007 08 11 2005 Sang Lee International Open PDF Archived 2007 02 21 at the Wayback Machine Blomdahl is King of Pool amp Billiards in Korea AZ Billiards com Retrieved 2022 02 02 External links EditGreat shots by Torbjorn Blomdahl Torbjorn Blomdahl s High Run of 15 Points at 2007 Sang Lee International Open This biographical article relating to Swedish sport is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article related to billiards is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article related to pool is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Torbjorn Blomdahl amp oldid 1121877443, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
