Glenn Hofman

Glenn Hofman

Hofman at the Three Cushion World Cup 2017/7 in El Gouna, Egypt
Personal details
birthday	February 2, 1990
place of birth	The hague
nationality	Netherlands
Achievements Unless otherwise stated, the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline.
Societies)
SIS Schoonmaak, The Hague Netherlands BC Deurne, Merksem Belgium Albert France Bottrop billiard academy Germany

Glenn Hofman (born February 2, 1990 in The Hague , Netherlands ) is a Dutch carom player and European junior three-cushion champion .

Career

He started playing billiards at the age of 10, inspired by his father. In his youth he switched from the free game to three cushion and became a student of national coach Christ van der Smissen .

In 2009 and 2011 he won the European three-cushion youth title. His best performances are a joint third place at the 2013 European Championship and two second places at the Dutch Three Cushion Championship in 2016 and 2017.

At the three-cushion European championship in 2013 in Brandenburg an der Havel , he took third place, he only failed in the semifinals against Belgian star player Frédéric Caudron . In the same year he also won bronze at the World Games , in the game for third place he defeated the South Korean Kim Kyung-roul with 40:15. 2017 and 2018 he won with his German club Bottrop Billiards Academy (together with Christian Rudolph , Jean van Erp and Tobias Bouerdick the) German Cup team championship . At the three-cushion European Championship in 2019 , he made it to the quarter-finals, after beating the old stars Frédéric Caudron and Daniel Sánchez in a row in the final round , but then failed against the Spaniard Rubén Legazpi with 24:40.

He has been playing for the South Korean Professional Billiards Association (PBA) since summer 2019 and was then banned from the Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) and CEB for one year. (→ see also: PBA conflict ).

Private

Hofman still lives in The Hague and has been married to the Colombian Andrea Manrique Hernandez since 2015. Sometimes he lives with her in Colombia to recover from the stressful tournament life.

successes

International

Three Cushion European Championship : 2013
Junior three-cushion world championship : 2008, 2009 2007
Three Cushion European Junior Championships : 2009, 2011 2010
World Games : 2013
German Cup Team Championship : 2017, 2018

National

Dutch three-cushion championship : 2016, 2017, 2010, 2012
Dutch Cup: 2013, 2014 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018
Grand Prix: 2016, 2018 (Feb.), 2019, 2013 (Feb.), 2013 (May) 2017, 2018 (Nov.)
Buffalo League: 2018

Swell:

Web links

Commons : Glenn Hofman - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d player profile. Kozoom , accessed October 10, 2019 .
^ Frits Bakker: Glenn Hofman: billiards is my life. Interview. Kozoom, March 6, 2018, archived from the original on October 10, 2019 ; accessed on October 10, 2019 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Hofman, Glenn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch carom player and European champion
DATE OF BIRTH	February 2, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH	The Hague , Netherlands

[Spielerprofil-1] player profile. Kozoom , accessed October 10, 2019 .

[Kozoom_Interview-2] Frits Bakker: Glenn Hofman: billiards is my life. Interview. Kozoom, March 6, 2018, archived from the original on October 10, 2019 ; accessed on October 10, 2019 (English).