Henk Robijns

Hendricus Jacobs Robijns
Personal details
birthday	November 17, 1883
place of birth	New Amstel
date of death	October 15, 1959
Place of death	Amsterdam
nationality	Netherlands
Nickname (s)	Henk
Achievements Unless otherwise stated, the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline.
World Championships:
3 ×

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Henk Robijns shows some of his thrusts from the 3-cushion World Cup in Cairo in 1933 . At the end he shows two trick shots.

Hendricus "Henk" Jacobs Robijns (born November 17, 1883 in Neu-Amstel , † October 15, 1959 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch carambola player and multiple world and runner-up European three-cushion champion .

Career

Robins first learned the game in the cadre . In 1912 he became Dutch champion “2. Class "in Cadre 45/2, a year later he repeated this in the" 1. Class". In 1928 he switched permanently to three cushion, where he was Dutch champion the previous year. In 1930 he won his first three-cushion world title in front of a home crowd in Amsterdam. Robins was able to repeat the title in Vichy in 1932 and in Cairo in 1933 . After his third World Cup he withdrew from the competition, took part in the World Cup for the last time in 1936, but was only sixth ahead of August Tiedtke . Robins was the Dutch three-cushion champion for seven consecutive years from 1927 to 1933. In 1932 he also won the title of Vice European Champion.

Robins was a diamond dealer by trade. The Koninklijke Nederlandse Biljartbond (KNBB) made him an honorary member.

He died in 1959 at the age of 75. He was buried in the Zorgvlied cemetery in Amsterdam.

successes

Championships:

• Three-cushion world championship : Winner 1930, 1932, 1933
• Three-cushion European Championship : runner-up in 1932

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Player profile and achievements on Kozoom.com. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
2. ↑ Three- cushion world championships ( Memento from August 4, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) on sport-komplett.de. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
3. ↑ Winner three- cushion World Cup ( memento from July 4, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) on hickoksports.com. Retrieved February 8, 2014.