Torbjörn Blomdahl
Torbjörn Blomdahl is a Swedish professional carom billiards player from Helsingborg, Sweden. He is a six time World Champion in three-cushion billiards, having won the titles in 1987, 1988, 1991, 1997, 2015 and in 2019.Background
Torbjörn Blomdahl was born in Gothenburg but 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 16 world three-cushion titles, 6 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 is 24 and once made 50 in 9 .
Other tournaments Blomdahl won include the 2004 Carom Café International Tournament against Ramon Rodriguez and the first Sang Lee International Open by defeating Turkey's Semih Saygıner. 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.
