Jörn Kaplan

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Jörn Kaplan
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birthday April 15, 1981
society 1. PBC Brambauer (until 2003)
PBC Schwerte 87 (2003–2006)
BSV Pfullingen (2006–2007)
BC Sindelfingen (2007–2009)
BC Siegtal 89 (since 2009)

Jörn Kaplan (born April 15, 1981 ) is a German pool player . He is a two-time German individual champion .

Career

At the German championship in 2002 , Kaplan achieved fifth place in the 8-ball, his best result so far at a German championship . In 2003 he was able to repeat this result, also in 8-ball, in 2004 he was endless in 14/1 and fifth in 8-ball and took 13th place in 9-ball .

At the German Open 2005, Kaplan won his only medal in a Euro Tour tournament after his semi-finals . In 2006 he became German champion for the first time in 8-ball. At the Italy Open 2006 he was eliminated in the second round against Niels Feijen , at the Austria Open 2006 in the sixteenth final against Christian Reimering . In the same year he also made it to the last 64 at the 9-Ball World Championship , where he lost 7:10 to David Alcaide .

At the European Championships in 2007 he lost endlessly in the 14/1 only in the quarter-finals against later European champion Niels Feijen with 50: 125. He also reached the quarter-finals at the Czech Open 2007 , where he lost to Konstantin Stepanow . In the same year, Kaplan was also able to successfully defend his 8-ball title at the German championship . In 2008 he took 13th place.

In the 2008/09 season Kaplan was German team champion with BC Sindelfingen . With 22: 6 games he and his teammates Benjamin Baier and Marco Tschudi took first place in the individual ranking. In 2010 Kaplan reached his last quarter-finals of a German championship in 8-Ball. He lost this against Martin Steinlage 6: 9.

Private

Jörn Kaplan has been married to the pool player Ina Kaplan since 2012 and has one child with her.

Individual evidence

  1. Unbeaten by the Bundesliga ( Memento from February 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) - Sindelfinger Zeitung

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