Torbjörn Blomdahl

Torbjörn Blomdahl

Medal record
Men's three-cushion billiards
Representing  Sweden
UMB World Championship
Gold medal – first place1987 CairoThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place1988 TokyoThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place1991 TokyoThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place1992 PalmaThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place1997 GrubbenvorstThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place2015 BordeauxThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place2019 RandersThree-cushion
Silver medal – second place1986 Las VegasThree-cushion
Silver medal – second place1989 YokohamaThree-cushion
Silver medal – second place1990 TokyoThree-cushion
Silver medal – second place1993 GentThree-cushion
Silver medal – second place1998 RezéThree-cushion
Silver medal – second place1999 BogotáThree-cushion
Silver medal – second place2008 Sankt WendelThree-cushion
Silver medal – second place2014 SeoulThree-cushion
Bronze medal – third place2003 ValladolidThree-cushion
World Cup
Gold medal – first place1994 World CupThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place1995 World CupThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place1996 World CupThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place1998 World CupThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place2001 World CupThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place2007 World CupThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place2011 World CupThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place2013 World CupThree-cushion
CEB European Championship
Gold medal – first place1985 AmersfoortThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place1986 Mondorf-les-BainsThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place1988 VejleThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place1990 NorrköpingThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place1991 DordrechtThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place1998 AubagneThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place2001 OdenseThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place2005 PortoThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place2015 BrandenbutgThree-cushion
Gold medal – first place2024 AnkaraThree-cushion
Silver medal – second place1983 DunkirkThree-cushion
Silver medal – second place1987 WaalwijkThree-cushion
Silver medal – second place2008 FlorangeThree-cushion
Bronze medal – third place1989 ViersenThree-cushion
Bronze medal – third place2002 IzmirThree-cushion
Bronze medal – third place2004 ÖlüdenizThree-cushion
Bronze medal – third place2009 OdenseThree-cushion
Bronze medal – third place2011 PortoThree-cushion
World Games
Silver medal – second place2009 KaohsiungIndividual

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

  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 2022-02-02.


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