Torbjörn Blomdahl

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.

Torbjörn Blomdahl

Medal record
Men's three-cushion billiards
Representing  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
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

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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