Robby Foldvari (born 2 June 1960) is an Australian player of

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and

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. He is a multi-year World Billiards Champion (1986, 1997, 1998), and a national-level champion in both snooker (2006, 2008) and nine-ball pool (2012), as well as a World Games competitor (2013). Outside of competition, he is a coach and television commentator. Foldvari won the Australian Open 8 Ball Pool Championship (2015) (Oceania Pocket Billiard Federation) completing the Royal Flush of National titles in every cuesports discipline. In June 2016 he won the Australian Open 10 ball Pool Championship

Career

He started his professional career in 1984, and became the World Billiards Champion in 1986. He won the

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in 1997, and

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in 1998. In 1991 he became the first non-British player to win the UK Billiards Championship, and won it again in 1992. Foldvari captained the Australian World Cup Snooker Team to the quarter finals in Bangkok in 1996. Foldvari won his only professional snooker title at the 1989 WPBSA Invitational Event One where he beat

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8–1 in the final. Foldvari won the Australian Nine-ball Pool Championship in 2012 and the Australian Open Nine-ball Pool Championship in 2012. He competed in the Nine-ball pool event at the 2013 World Games in Colombia. Foldvari coaches many players, and performs television commentary. He now provides Corporate Trick Shot shows combined with public speaking

Non-ranking wins: (1)

* WPBSA Invitational Event 1 - 1989

Personal life

Robby Foldvari has a Bachelor of Economics from

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, and later added a Diploma of Education. He has also taught Accounting in highschool education, most notably at the former Coomoora Secondary College (now Keysborough College). He has a wife and 2 children.

References

Living people Australian players of English billiards Australian snooker players 1960 births Monash University alumni Sportspeople from Melbourne {{snooker-bio-stub