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Torbjörn Blomdahl

Torbjörn Blomdahl
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Men's Three-cushion billiards
UMB World Three-cushion Championship
Gold medal – first place Cairo 1987 Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place Tokyo 1988 Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place Tokyo 1991 Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place Grubbenvorst 1997 Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place Bordeaux 2015 Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place Las Vegas 1986 Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place Tokyo 1989 Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place Tokyo 1990 Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place Rezé 1998 Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place Bogotá 1999 Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place Sankt Wendel 2008 Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place Seoul 2014 Three-cushion
Bronze medal – third place Valladolid 2003 Three-cushion
CEB European Three-cushion Championship
Gold medal – first place Amersfoort 1985 Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place Mondorf-les-Bains 1986 Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place Vejle 1988 Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place Vienna 1965 Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place Lisbon 1966 Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place Norrköping 1990 Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place Dordrecht 1991 Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place Aubagne 1998 Three-cushion
Gold medal – first place Odense 2001 Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place Dunkirk 1983 Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place Waalwijk 1987 Three-cushion
Silver medal – second place Florange 2008 Three-cushion
Bronze medal – third place Viersen 1989 Three-cushion
Bronze medal – third place Izmir 2002 Three-cushion
Bronze medal – third place Ölüdeniz 2004 Three-cushion
Bronze medal – third place Odense 2009 Three-cushion
Bronze medal – third place Porto 2011 Three-cushion
World Games
Silver medal – second place 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. He is a five time World Champion in Three Cushion, the most difficult and mathematical game of all cue sports. He won the titles in 1986, 1987, 1991, 1997 and in 2015.

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.

Blomdahl has won a total of 15 world three-cushion titles, 5 from UMB and 10 from BWA, placing him second to only Raymond Ceulemans who won 24. 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 Kill- Death Ratio ).


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