Torbjörn Blomdahl
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's three-cushion billiards | ||
Representing  Sweden | ||
| UMB World Championship | ||
 | 1987 Cairo | Three-cushion |
| 1988 Tokyo | Three-cushion |
| 1991 Tokyo | Three-cushion |
| 1992 Palma | Three-cushion |
| 1997 Grubbenvorst | Three-cushion |
| 2015 Bordeaux | Three-cushion |
| 2019 Randers | Three-cushion |
 | 1986 Las Vegas | Three-cushion |
| 1989 Yokohama | Three-cushion |
| 1990 Tokyo | Three-cushion |
| 1993 Gent | Three-cushion |
| 1998 Rezé | Three-cushion |
| 1999 Bogotá | Three-cushion |
| 2008 Sankt Wendel | Three-cushion |
| 2014 Seoul | Three-cushion |
 | 2003 Valladolid | Three-cushion |
| World Cup | ||
| 1994 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| 1995 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| 1996 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| 1998 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| 2001 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| 2007 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| 2011 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| 2013 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| CEB European Championship | ||
| 1985 Amersfoort | Three-cushion |
| 1986 Mondorf-les-Bains | Three-cushion |
| 1988 Vejle | Three-cushion |
| 1990 Norrköping | Three-cushion |
| 1991 Dordrecht | Three-cushion |
| 1998 Aubagne | Three-cushion |
| 2001 Odense | Three-cushion |
| 2005 Porto | Three-cushion |
| 2015 Brandenbutg | Three-cushion |
| 2024 Ankara | Three-cushion |
| 1983 Dunkirk | Three-cushion |
| 1987 Waalwijk | Three-cushion |
| 2008 Florange | Three-cushion |
| 1989 Viersen | Three-cushion |
| 2002 Izmir | Three-cushion |
| 2004 Ölüdeniz | Three-cushion |
| 2009 Odense | Three-cushion |
| 2011 Porto | Three-cushion |
| World Games | ||
| 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 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.
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 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 26 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, in 2005, 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) Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Blomdahl is King of Pool & Billiards in Korea". AZ Billiards.com. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
External links
- Great shots by Torbjörn Blomdahl
- Torbjörn Blomdahl's High Run of 15 Points at 2007 Sang Lee International Open
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- 1928-29: Soussa (EGY)
- 1930: Robijns (NED)
- 1931: Miró (ESP)
- 1932-33: Robijns (NED)
- 1934: Puigvert (ESP)
- 1935: Lagache (FRA)
- 1936: Lee (USA)
- 1937: Lagache (FRA)
- 1938: Vergez (ARG)
- 1939-47: not held
- 1948: Vingerhoedt (BEL)
- 1949-51: not held
- 1952: Carrera (ARG)
- 1953: Navarra (ARG)
- 1954-57: not held
- 1958: Navarra (ARG)
- 1959: not held
- 1960: Vingerhoedt (BEL)
- 1961: Suarez (PER)
- 1962: not held
- 1963-73: Ceulemans (BEL)
- 1974: Kobayashi (JPN)
- 1975-80: Ceulemans (BEL)
- 1981: Dielis (BEL)
- 1982: Van Bracht (NED)
- 1983: Ceulemans (BEL)
- 1984: Kobayashi (JPN)
- 1985: Ceulemans (BEL)
- 1986: Rico (ESP)
- 1987-88: Blomdahl (SWE)
- 1989: Dielis (BEL)
- 1990: Ceulemans (BEL)
- 1991: Blomdahl (SWE)
- 1992-93: not held
- 1994: Van Bracht (NED)
- 1995: Philipoom (BEL)
- 1996: Rudolph (GER)
- 1997: Blomdahl (SWE)
- 1998: Sánchez (ESP)
- 1999: Caudron (BEL)
- 2000: Jaspers (NED)
- 2001: Ceulemans (BEL)
- 2002: Zanetti (ITA)
- 2003: Saygıner (TUR)
- 2004: Jaspers (NED)
- 2005: Sánchez (ESP)
- 2006: Merckx (BEL)
- 2007: Umeda (JPN)
- 2008: Zanetti (ITA)
- 2009: Kasidokostas (GRE)
- 2010: Sánchez (ESP)
- 2011: Jaspers (NED)
- 2012: Merckx (BEL)
- 2013: Caudron (BEL)
- 2014: Choi (KOR)
- 2015: Blomdahl (SWE)
- 2016: Sánchez (ESP)
- 2017: Caudron (BEL)
- 2018: Jaspers (NED)
- 2019: Torbjörn Blomdahl (SWE)
- 2020: Not held
- 2021: Dick Jaspers (NED)
- 2022: Tayfun Taşdemir (TUR)
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• 1986, 1987  Raymond Ceulemans • 1988 Torbjörn Blomdahl • 1989 Ludo Dielis • 1990 Raymond Ceulemans • 1991, 1992 Torbjörn Blomdahl • 1993  Sang Chun Lee • 1994, 1995 Torbjörn Blomdahl • 1995  Dani Sánchez • 1996 Torbjörn Blomdahl, Dani Sánchez • 1997  Dick Jaspers,  Christian Rudolph • 1998 Torbjörn Blomdahl • 1999 Dick Jaspers • 2001 Torbjörn Blomdahl • 2004 Dani Sánchez • 2005 Frédéric Caudron • 2006 Dani Sánchez • 2007 Torbjörn Blomdahl • 2008 Dick Jaspers • 2009 Frédéric Caudron • 2010 Dick Jaspers • 2011, 2013 Torbjörn Blomdahl • 2014 Frédéric Caudron • 2015 Dani Sánchez • 2016 Dick Jaspers • 2017  Kim Haeng-jik • 2018 Frédéric Caudron • 2019 Dick Jaspers • 2022 Dick Jaspers |
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