Christian Rudolph (billiards player)

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]

For the East German athlete, see Christian Rudolph.
Christian Rudolph 2013 after winning his 9th German Championship in 3-cushion.

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 typical entry into the game of carom billiards, starting with straight rail, and played three-cushion from the beginning on. Rudolph still lives (as of 2017) in his birthplace Cologne.[2]

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

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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Christian Rudolph (billiards player).
  1. Frits Bakker (2011-12-08). "Christian Rudolph: I am a lucky man". Kozoom. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  2. "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.


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