Christian Rudolph (billiards player)

Christian Rudolph 2013 after winning his 9th German Championship in 3-cushion.

Christian Rudolph (born 14 January 1965 in Cologne) is a German carom billiards player and multiple world champion in three-cushion billiards.[1] He is the son of carom billiards champion Ernst Rudolph.[2]

Personal life

His father Ernst, a 17-time German champion and two-time European Vice Champion, was an important German billiard players of the 1950s and 1960s. At the age of nine years Christian was practicing in the two father-operated billiard-halls in Cologne.[2]

Rudolph practices three hours a day at the table and one hour at the gym. He ignored the classic entry into the game of carom billiards, starting with straight rail and balkline and played three-cushion from the beginning on. Rudolph still lives (as of 2017) in his birthplace Cologne. His hobbies are dancing, motorcycling, cars and music. He studied plant and process engineering, but he pays his bills with billiards. Rudolph is managed by the agency of the former high jumper Dietmar Mögenburg.[2]

Achievements

  • UMB World Three-cushion Championship: 1st, gold medalist(s) 1996 • 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 1998
  • World Championships for national teams: 1st, gold medalist(s) 1993, 1994, 1997, 2002 • 2nd, silver medalist(s) 2001 2006 2013 • 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
  • CEB European Three-cushion Championship: Second 2013
  • Three-Cushion World Cup: Overall winner 1st, gold medalist(s) 1997 (UMB / CEB) • Single 1st, gold medalist(s) 1997/1, 1997/5
  • Coupe d'Europe: 1st, gold medalist(s) 1994, 1996, 1997
  • German Champion (3-cushion, single): 1st, gold medalist(s) 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2011 2013, 2014, 2015 • 2nd, silver medalist(s) 1992, 2008, 2016 • 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 1989, 1990
  • German Cup champions (3-cushion, team): 1st, gold medalist(s) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996
  • German Grand Prix :
    • Overall winner 1st, gold medalist(s) 1990, 1992
    • Single Winner 1st, gold medalist(s) 1990/3, 1990/5, 1991/2, 1991/6, 1992/2, 1992/6, 1993/4, 1994/1, 1994/5, 2008/1, 2008/4, 2012/3, 2010/5
  • German Three-cushion Masters : 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 2013

[3]

References

  1. ↑ Frits Bakker (2011-12-08). "Christian Rudolph: I am a lucky man". Kozoom. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  2. 1 2 3 "Christian Rudolph - Biography" (in German). Munzinger Archiv. Archived from the original on 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  3. ↑ "Palmares". Kozoom. Retrieved 2016-11-29.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.