Brynjar Valdimarsson

Brynjar Valdimarsson
birthday	December 30, 1967
nationality	Iceland
professional	1992/93
Prize money	£ 1,100
Highest break	117
Century Breaks	1
Main tour successes
World championships	-
Ranking tournament victories	-
Minor tournament victories	-

Brynjar Valdimarsson (also Bryngmar Valdimarsson ; born December 30, 1967 ) is an Icelandic snooker player .

Career

Brynjar Valdimarsson was Icelandic champion for the first time in 1988 and was able to successfully defend the title in the following four years. In January 1991 he reached the round of 128 at the World Masters , in which he was defeated, however, by the Thai Udon Khaimuk 2-6 . For the 1992/93 season he received a professional seat on the Main Tour . His best results this season were reaching the fourth qualifying round at the Welsh Open and the Asian Open . At the 1993 World Cup , he reached the second qualifying round, where he was eliminated 4-5 against Simon Morfitt . At the end of the season he lost his place on the Main Tour.

In 1999 Brynjar lost the final of the Icelandic Championship against Jóhannes B. Jóhannesson . In the same year he moved into the final round of the amateur world championship for the first time and was defeated in the round of 32 to the Swede Farhan Mirza . At the professional world championships in 2000 and 2002 , he was eliminated in the pre-qualification. At the 2003 European Championships he reached the round of 16. In 2004 he won his sixth national championship with a 9-1 final win over Ásgeir Ásgeirsson . In December 2004 he moved into the second round of the Amateur World Cup and was defeated there by the eventual finalist Steve Mifsud with 3: 5. At the professional World Cup in 2005 , however, he was eliminated in the first qualifying round. In 2007 he lost in the final of the Icelandic championship against Kristján Helgason . At the Senior European Championships in 2010 and 2012 he reached the round of 16, at the Senior World Cup in 2010, the round of the last 24. In May 2013, he lost the final of the Icelandic men's championship 9-1 against Kristján Helgason.

successes

Icelandic champion :

1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2004

Web links

• Brynjar Valdimarsson at snooker.org

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Profile of Bryngmar Valdimarsson at CueTracker (as of July 4, 2016)
2. ↑ 1991 World Masters - Men's Singles. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 4, 2016 . 
3. ^ Prize Money Won by Bryngmar Valdimarsson in Season 1992–1993. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 4, 2016 . 
4. ↑ 1993 World Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 4, 2016 . 
5. ↑ 2000 World Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 4, 2016 . 
6. ↑ 2002 World Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 4, 2016 . 
7. ↑ 2005 World Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 4, 2016 . 
8. ↑ 2010 European Championships - Masters. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 4, 2016 . 
9. ↑ 2012 European Championships - Masters. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 4, 2016 . 
10. ↑ 2010 World Amateur Championship - Masters. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed July 4, 2016 . 

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .