Torbjörn Blomdahl

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 is 26 and once made 50 in 9 (5.555 average). Other tournaments Blomdahl won include the 2004 Carom Café International Tournament against Ramon Rodriguez and the first Sang Lee International Open, in 2005, 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. ==References==