Oliver Ortmann
Oliver Ortmann (born 11 June 1967) i a German professional puil player frae Gelsenkirchen. Ortmann i a three-time warld champion, winnin the 1995 WPA World Nine-ball Championship an both the 2007 an 2010 Straight puil warld championships. Ortmann is the second player (after Earl Strickland) to win three warld championships. With fourteen wins, he is one of the most successful players at the European Puil Championships. Ortmann is the second to Ralf Souquet on the Euro Tour, winnin fourteen events. Ortmann wis the first player from Europe to win the U.S. Open Straight Puil Championship, in 1989.
 Ortmann at the European Puil Championship 2008 in Willingen | |
| Born | 11 Juin 1967 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Germany |
| Nickname | "The Machine"[1] |
| Puil games | Nine-ball, Straight puil |
| Tournament wins | |
| Warld Champion | Nine-ball (1995), Straight puil (2007, 2010) |
| Rankin info | |
| Highest WPA rankin | 1 |
He has representit Europe echt times i the annual Mosconi Cup competition atween 1994 and 2004, and wis on the winning side in 1995 an 2002. With 44 German national medals, Ortmann is one of the most successful German puil players o all time. In 1996, he wis the first cue sports player to receive the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt, the highest sporting award gien in Germany. Ortmann was inducted into the Straight Puil Hall of Fame in an August 2013 ceremony in New York City. The following year, he wis inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame.
Titles
eedit- WPA World Straight Puil Championship (2007, 2010)
- WPA World Nine-ball Championship (1995)
- U.S. Open Straight Puil Championship (1989, 1993)
- Euro Tour winner (14 championships)
- European Puil Championships
- 9-Ball (1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007)
- 8-Ball (1996, 2006)
Other awards
eedit- European Player of the Year 1990, 1993, 1996
- 44 German Championship medals
- 28 European Championship medals
References
eedit- ↑ "Oliver 'The Machine' Ortmann - Highlander Cup". highlander-cup.de. Archived frae the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
External links
eedit- Offeecial wabsteid
- Profile of Ortmann at Pool Billiard News
- Oliver Ortmann at azbilliards.com