Christian Rudolph 2013 after winning his 9th German Championship in 3-cushion.

Christian Rudolph (born 14 January 1965 in Cologne) is a German carom billiards player and multiple world champion in three-cushion billiards.[1] He is the son of carom billiards champion Ernst Rudolph.[2]

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.[2]

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.[2]

Achievements

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References

  1. ^ Frits Bakker (2011-12-08). "Christian Rudolph: I am a lucky man". Kozoom. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  2. ^ a b c "Christian Rudolph - Biography" (in German). Munzinger Archiv. Archived from the original on 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  3. ^ "Palmares". Kozoom. Retrieved 2016-11-29.