Torbjörn Blomdahl
| File:Torbjörn Blomdahl 01.JPG | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's three-cushion billiards | ||
| Representing File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | ||
| UMB World Championship | ||
| 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 | 1992 Palma | Three-cushion |
| Gold medal – first place | 1997 Grubbenvorst | Three-cushion |
| Gold medal – first place | 2015 Bordeaux | Three-cushion |
| Gold medal – first place | 2019 Randers | Three-cushion |
| Silver medal – second place | 1986 Las Vegas | Three-cushion |
| Silver medal – second place | 1989 Yokohama | Three-cushion |
| Silver medal – second place | 1990 Tokyo | Three-cushion |
| Silver medal – second place | 1993 Gent | 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 |
| World Cup | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1994 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| Gold medal – first place | 1995 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| Gold medal – first place | 1996 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| Gold medal – first place | 1998 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| Gold medal – first place | 2001 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| Gold medal – first place | 2007 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| Gold medal – first place | 2011 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| Gold medal – first place | 2013 World Cup | Three-cushion |
| CEB 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 |
| Gold medal – first place | 2005 Porto | Three-cushion |
| Gold medal – first place | 2015 Brandenbutg | Three-cushion |
| Gold medal – first place | 2024 Ankara | 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 |
.svg){kind=link}
.svg){kind=link}
.svg){kind=link}
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
.svg){kind=link}
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Swedish carom billiards players
- Swedish pool players
- World champions in three-cushion billiards
- World Cup champions in three-cushion billiards
- World Games silver medalists for Sweden
- World Games medalists in cue sports
- Competitors at the 2005 World Games
- Sportspeople from Helsingborg
- 20th-century Swedish people
- 21st-century Swedish people
- Medalists at the 2009 World Games