Torbjörn Blomdahl
Swedish billiards player
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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.
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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]
