Christian Rudolph (billiards player)

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

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.

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.

Achievements

UMB World Three-cushion Championship: {{Gold1}} 1996 • {{Bronze3}} 1998
Three-Cushion World Cup: Overall winner {{Gold1}} 1997 (UMB / CEB) • Single {{Gold1}} 1997/1, 1997/5
World Championships for national teams: {{Gold1}} 1993, 1994, 1997, 2002 • {{Silver2}} 2001 2006 2013 • {{Bronze3}} 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
CEB European Three-cushion Championship: Second 2013
Coupe d'Europe: {{Gold1}} 1994, 1996, 1997
German Champion (3-cushion, single): {{Gold1}} 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2011 2013, 2014, 2015 • {{Silver2}} 1992, 2008, 2016 • {{Bronze3}} 1989, 1990
German Cup champions (3-cushion, team): {{Gold1}} 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996
German Grand Prix :
Overall winner {{Gold1}} 1990, 1992
Single Winner {{Gold1}} 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 : {{Bronze3}} 2013