Tayfun Taşdemir (born November 5, 1975) is a world champion Turkish professional

carom billiards Carom billiards, sometimes called carambole billiards, is the overarching title of a family of cue sports generally played on cloth-covered, billiard tables. In its simplest form, the object of the game is to score or "counts" by ' one's o ...

player specialized in

three-cushion Three-cushion billiards, also called three-cushion carom, is a form of carom billiards. The object of the game is to the off both while contacting the at least three times before contacting the second object ball. A point is scored for each su ...

event.

Early years

Tayfun Taşdemir was born in

Muş Muş (; hy, Մուշ; ku, Mûş) is a city and the provincial capital of Muş Province in Turkey. Its population is mostly Kurds. Etymology Various explanations of the origin of Muş's name exist. Its name is sometimes associated with the Arm ...

, eastern Turkey on November 5, 1975. He graduated in Economics from

Marmara University Marmara University ( Turkish: ''Marmara Üniversitesi'') is a public university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university is named after the Sea of Marmara and was founded as a university in 1982. However, it was created in 1883 under the name of ''H ...

Career

He played three years for the Dutch team Twentevisie. After enjoying World team champion titles several times, Taşdemir finally won his first individual world-class level title at the 3rd leg of the 2015

Three-Cushion World Cup The Three-Cushion World Cup is an international tournament series in three-cushion billiards, which is held every year since 1986 between three and ten times a year. History The World Cup was founded in 1985 by German Werner Bayer, a carom bi ...

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, Vietnam defeating

Torbjörn Blomdahl Torbjörn Blomdahl (born 26 October 1962 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish professional carom billiards (and to a lesser extent pool) player from Helsingborg, Sweden who plays for FC Porto. He is a seven time World Champion in three-cushion billiards, ...

from Sweden in the final. He also won the 1st leg of the 2019

in Antalya, Turkey defeating Cho Jae-ho. At the 2022 UMB World Three-cushion Championship held in

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, South Korea, he became World champion in the individual event. He is the second Turkish World champion after Semih Saygıner, who won the title in 2003.

Achievements

; 2002 * UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams,

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, Germany ; 2003 * UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams,

, Germany ; 2004 * UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams,

, Germany ; 2005 *

Leg 4,

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

, Turkey ; 2006 *

Leg 5,

, Turkey ; 2009 *

Leg 1,

Sluiskil Sluiskil is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Terneuzen, and lies about 27 km southeast of Vlissingen. The village was first mentioned in 1839 as Sluiskil, and means "exit canal of the sluice". Th ...

, Netherlands *

Leg 5,

Hurghada Hurghada (; ar, الغردقة ', ) is a city in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt. It is one of the country's main tourist centres located on the Red Sea coast. Overview Hurghada was founded in the early 20th century. For many decades it wa ...

, Egypt *

CEB European Three-cushion Championship The CEB European Three-cushion Championship is three-cushion billiards tournament organized by the Confédération Européenne de Billard. Held since 1932, it is one of longest-running tournaments in the sport. The 2007 event offered a total purse ...

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, Denmark ; 2010 *

Leg 2, Suwon, South Korea *

Sankt Wendel Sankt Wendel is a town in northeastern Saarland. It is situated on the river Blies 36 km northeast of Saarbrücken, the capital of Saarland, and is named after Saint Wendelin of Trier. According to a survey by the German Association for Ho ...

, Germany ; 2011 * UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams,

, Germany ; 2012 *

Leg 1,

Antalya Antalya () is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, fifth-most populous city in Turkey as well as the capital of Antalya Province. Located on Anatolia's southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish cit ...

, Turkey ; 2013 *

Leg 3,

Corinth Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part o ...

, Greece *

Leg 5,

, Egypt * UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams,

, Germany ; 2014 * UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams,

, Germany ; 2015 *

Leg 3,

, Vietnam *

Leg 4,

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, South Korea * UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams,

, Germany ; 2022 *

UMB World Three-cushion Championship The UMB World Three-cushion Championship is a professional carom billiards tournament in the discipline of three-cushion billiards, organized mostly annually by the Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB). Until 1953 it was organized by the UIFAB (Union ...

, South Korea

References

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1975 births People from Muş Marmara University alumni Turkish carom billiards players Three-cushion billiards players Turkish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Living people 20th-century Turkish people 21st-century Turkish people World champions in three-cushion billiards {{billiards-bio-stub