Tore Torgersen (born 10 September 1968) was one of the world's leading

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bowlers. He is born in

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but lives in

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. Tore started to bowl in 1980. Tore has bowled in the prestigious

Weber Cup The Weber Cup, named after bowling legend Dick Weber, is a men's ten-pin bowling competition between Team Europe and Team USA. The teams competing over three days in a series of singles, doubles and team (baker) matches. The Weber Cup is equiva ...

on three occasions and won two of those events. Tore is a member of the bowling team BK Skrufscha / Sweden and Trondheim BK /

. Torgersen has stated that the highlight of his career was becoming world champion in UAE. He also won the

Bowling World Cup The QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, previously known as the International Masters and AMF Bowling World Cup, is an annual Ten-pin bowling championship sponsored by QubicaAMF Worldwide, and the largest in bowling in terms of number of participating n ...

in Hermosillo, Mexico in 1994. In 2002 Torgersen thrilled a capacity crowd to become the first double champion of the

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World Tenpin Masters The World Tenpin Masters (founded in 1998) is an annual Ten-pin bowling tournament. It consists of a single lane surrounded by banked seating on both sides to give the event the kind of high-pressure atmosphere that makes the Masters the world’s ...

. In 2006, he became a three time World Tenpin Masters champion. He was a member of the PBA (

Professional Bowlers Association The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) is the major sanctioning body for the sport of professional ten-pin bowling in the United States. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the PBA membership consists of over 3,000 members worldwide. Member ...

) earlier but he now runs a proshop and rarely plays outside of Scandinavia unless there's a major championship. As a 50-year old, Torgersen won the 2019 Suncoast PBA Senior U.S. Open, a major event on the PBA50 Tour, defeating top qualifier

Mika Koivuniemi Mika Juhani Koivuniemi (born 6 April 1967) is a Finnish bowling coach and semi-retired professional ten-pin bowler. He competed on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) tour in the United States, and won bowling titles in 21 different countr ...

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in an all-Scandinavia final. No longer a PBA member, Torgerson was not credited with a PBA50 title.

References

External links

Tore Torgersen's personal websiteTore Torgersen clips

Industry profile of Tore Torgersen
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