Oliver Ortmann

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Oliver Ortmann
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Oliver Ortmann
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday June 11, 1967
place of birth Gelsenkirchen
Nickname The Machine
societies

0000-1988 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
1988-1993 PBC Munich-West
1993-1995 BSC Ingolstadt
1995-1998 PBC Munich-West
1998-2001 BC Oberhausen
2001-2005 PBV changed
2005-2008 BC Sindelfingen
2008-2010 Hannover 96
2010–2012 BC Oberhausen
2012– BC Queue Hamburg
Medal table
German championship 16 × gold 11 × silver 8 × bronze
Euro tour 14 × gold 8 × silver 13 × bronze
European Championship 14 × gold 5 × silver 11 × bronze
9-ball World Cup 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
14/1 endless World Cup 2 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze

Oliver Ortmann (born June 11, 1967 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German pool player . He was three times world champion ( 1995 in 9-ball and 2007 and 2010 in 14/1 endless ) and fourteen times European champion . He also won 14  Euro Tour tournaments and with 16 titles is the second most successful player in the German men's individual championships after Thomas Engert .

Life

Oliver Ortmann was born in Gelsenkirchen and grew up there. After graduating from secondary school , he completed an apprenticeship as a power plant electronics technician. At the age of 20 he became a trainer and manager of a billiard center in Munich . Ten years later he opened his own billiard café in Schrobenhausen . In 2001 he moved back to Gelsenkirchen and in 2003 to Hamburg . In 2005 he founded the online mail order company Ortmann Billiards .

Career

1973–1993: youth and international breakthrough

At the age of six, Oliver Ortmann began playing billiards in his parents' restaurant . In 1984 he became European Junior Champion in the 8-ball discipline by beating Sweden's Per Anda in the final . In 1986 he was the first German champion in 14/1 in the final against Thomas Engert . At the European Championships in 1986 he won the bronze medal in the 8-ball and 9-ball disciplines . A year later he became European champion for the first time. In the final of the 14/1 endless competition, he defeated Thomas Engert. In 1988 he finished third in the 14/1. In 1989 he became German champion in this discipline and, in the final against defending champion Per Anda, European champion . In the same year he won the US Open endlessly in the 14/1 in Chicago by beating Steve Mizerak in the final .

At the EM 1990 Ortmann managed to defend his title in the final against Waldemar Markert . A year later he was defeated by the Swede Jan Lundell in the 14/1 endless final . From 1991 he won the German 14/1 endless championship three times in a row. After he had finished third at the European Championships in 1992 in 14/1, he became the first 9-ball European champion in 1993 by beating Ralf Souquet in the final . In the same year he lost the final against Souquet at the Germany Open, the seventh Euro Tour tournament. In September 1993 he won the Austrian Open in the final against Herbert Friedemann , in November he defeated Bernd Jahnke in the final of the Hungarian Open. In addition, he won the US Open endlessly in the 14/1 for the second time in 1993 in New York by beating Jason Lee in the final .

1994–2001: First world title

At the 1994 European Championship , Ortmann won the 9-ball final against the Swede Bengt Jonasson and thus managed to defend his title. In the 14/1 endless he took third place. In 1994 he won five tournaments on the Euro Tour and came second twice. In 1995 he became German 14/1 endless champion for the sixth time . At the European Championships in 1995 he took third place in the 14/1 endless and, after a final defeat against Ralf Souquet, the second place in the 9-ball. In September 1995 he won a Euro Tour tournament for the eighth time with the Czechia Open. In 1995 Ortmann became the first European to become world champion in Taipei . In the final of the 9-ball world championship , he defeated the American Dallas West .

In 1996 he became European champion in the 8-ball and 9-ball disciplines as well as runner-up European champion in 14/1 endlessly. In May 1996 he managed to defend his title at the Czechia Open by beating Mika Immonen in the final . In September 1996 he scored his tenth tournament victory on the Euro Tour at the Norrtälje Open. At the European Championships in 1997 he took second place in 14/1 endless and third place in 8-ball. In August 1997 he was eliminated from the World Pool Masters in the round of 16. At the German championship in 1997 he won the 9-ball title for the first time by beating Klaus Zobrekis in the final . In the same year he also won the International Challenge of Champions .

In January 1998 Ortmann won the Ultimate 9-Ball Challenge . At the 1998 European Championships , he stayed in individual competitions for the first time since 1986 without winning a medal. At the German championship in 1998 he won the 9-ball title again in the final against Maico Kollmeyer . At the World Pool Masters 1998 he reached the quarter-finals. In October 1998 he defeated Sweden's Tom Storm in the final of the Netherlands Open . A month later he reached the round of 16 of the 9-ball world championship . At the European Championships in 1999 he became European champion in 9-ball and runner-up European champion in 14/1 endlessly with a final victory against the Swiss Samuel Clemann . In July 1999 he won his tenth championship title at the German championship. He won the final in 14/1 endless against Thomas Engert. In August 1999 he reached the quarterfinals at the World Pool Masters and second place at the International Challenge of Champions.

In April 2000 Ortmann became European champion in 14/1 for the fourth time by beating Alex Lely in the final . A few days later he reached fourth place in this discipline at the US Open. At the 9-ball world championship in 2000 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals against future world champion Chao Fong-Pang . A little later he won the International Challenge of Champions. In October 2000 he won the Finland Open in the final against Niels Feijen . At the EM 2001 he won the bronze medal in 14/1 endless. At the German championship in 2001 he was German champion in 14/1 endless. In July he was eliminated from the 9-ball World Cup in the round of 32. On the Euro Tour he won his only medal in 2001 with third place at the Austrian Open in November.

2002–2007: Second world title

At the EM 2002 , Ortmann became 9-ball European champion for the fifth time by beating the Swiss Sascha Specchia in the final. In April 2002 he was third at the Austria Open. In June he finished third at the Munich Open, an IBC Tour tournament . At the 9-Ball World Cup in 2002 , he made it to the second round. In October 2002, he finished third in the World Pool League . At the 2003 European Championship , he defended his title in 9-ball in the final against Alexander Markut . At the German championship in 2003 he won the 9-ball title for the third time. In July 2003 he was eliminated in the last 64 of the 9-Ball World Cup . In addition, he took second place twice on the Euro Tour in 2003 and sixth place in the World Pool League .

At the 2004 European Championship , Ortmann came third in 9-ball. In May 2004 he achieved his thirteenth Euro Tour tournament victory at the German Open in the final against Daryl Peach . At the 9-Ball World Championship in 2004 he reached the round of 32. In September 2004 he reached the finals at the World Pool Masters and was defeated by Thomas Engert 6-8. In July 2005 he was eliminated from the 9-ball World Cup in the round of 64. At the German championship in 2005 he won the final against Thomas Liège the title in 14/1 endless.

In March 2006 Ortmann became European champion in the 14/1 endless and 8-ball disciplines by winning the final against Ralf Souquet and Aki Heiskanen . In May he reached the final of the Germany Open and lost 7:10 to Harald Stolka . At the 2006 WPA held for the first time 14/1 endless world championship , he was seventeenth. In September 2006 he reached fourth place at the World Open, the third tournament of the International Pool Tour . A few days later he was defeated by the Dutchman Alex Lely in the final of the Netherlands Open with 8:10. At the German championship in 2006 he was German champion in the disciplines 14/1 endless and 9-ball. At the 9-Ball World Cup in 2006 , he was eliminated in the round of 64. In December 2006 he reached the semifinals of the Spain Open .

In March 2007 Ortmann retired from the 8-ball world championship in the preliminary round. A few days later, however, he became 8-ball European champion for the third time with an 8: 3 final win over Tony Drago and was thus able to successfully defend one of his two European championship titles from the previous year. At the World Pool Masters 2007 he reached the quarterfinals. In July 2007 Ortmann moved into the final of the 14/1 endless world championship . In the final he defeated the Dutchman Huidji See with 200: 171 and thus became world champion for the second time. In addition, he reached the semi-finals of the Swiss Open in 2007 and the round of 32 at the 9-Ball World Cup .

2008–2013: Third world championship title

In February 2008 Ortmann reached the quarterfinals of the French Open . At the 8-ball World Cup in 2008 he reached the round of 32. In August 2008 he reached the quarter-finals in the 8-ball competition of the European Championship . There, however, the defending champion had to admit defeat to future European champion Marcus Chamat 7: 8. A few days later he was eliminated from the quarter-finals of the 14/1 endless world championship against the Austrian Jasmin Ouschan . At the 10-ball World Cup in 2008 he reached the round of 64. At the 2009 European Championship , Ortmann reached the semi-finals in 14/1 and was defeated by the later European champion, Swiss Dimitri Jungo . At the 14/1 endless World Cup 2009 , he was eliminated in the semifinals. In September 2009 he won a Euro Tour tournament for the fourteenth time. In the final of the Netherlands Open he defeated the Englishman Imran Majid 9-5 . In November 2009 he was eliminated again in the round of 64 at the 10-Ball World Cup .

In May 2010 Ortmann reached the semi-finals at the World Pool Masters and lost 3: 8 against the Japanese Tōru Kuribayashi . At the 9-ball World Cup 2010 he was eliminated in the round of 64. In October 2010 he won the 14/1 endless world championship for the second time with a 200:66 final victory against the Finn Mika Immonen and was thus world champion for the third time. After the American Earl Strickland , he was the second player to become world champion three times. A few weeks later he reached the quarter-finals at the Portugal Open 2010 .

In February 2011 Ortmann reached the round of 32 at the 8-ball world championship . At the EM 2011 he made it into the quarter-finals in 14/1, but had to admit defeat to the Finn Petri Makkonen with 105: 125. At the Italy Open 2011 he also reached the quarter-finals. In May 2011, he reached the third edition of the 10-Ball World Cup for the first time in the round of 32, in which he lost to Tony Drago. A few weeks later he was eliminated from the 9-ball World Cup in the round of 64. In the World 14.1 Tournament 2011 , which is no longer a WPA World Championship , he reached the round of 16. In October 2011 he became German champion in the disciplines 9-ball and 14/1 endless. In the 9-ball final he defeated Manuel Ederer 11: 6, in the 14/1 final he prevailed against Sascha-Andrej Tege with 150: 75 .

At the 8-ball World Cup in 2012 , he made it to the quarter-finals and was defeated there by the eventual world champion Chang Jung-Lin 3: 9. Ortmann also reached the quarter-finals of the Italy Open and the semi-finals of the German Open in 2012 and was eliminated from eventual tournament winners Dominic Jentsch and Daryl Peach. In the 10-ball competition of the 2013 European Championship , he reached the round of 16 and was defeated by the Spaniard Francisco Sánchez 6-8 . At the World 14.1 Tournament 2013 he was eliminated in the round of 16 against Dennis Hatch . In September 2013 he reached the round of 32 at the 9-ball World Cup . In October 2013, he finished 25th at the US Open in 9-ball . At the German championship in 2013 he reached the semi-finals of the 9-ball competition and lost 4: 9 to Nicolas Ottermann .

2014–2017: present

In June 2014 Ortmann reached the round of 64 at the 9-ball world championship and lost 5:11 against the eventual finalist Albin Ouschan . At the German championship in 2014 he won the silver medal in 8-ball and the bronze medal in 9-ball after a 7: 8 final defeat against Sebastian Staab . He reached the quarter-finals at the Treviso Open 2014 , as well as at the Italian Open 2015 . At the 9-ball world championship in 2015 he was eliminated in the preliminary round. At the US Open 2015 he came in ninth place. In November 2015, he won his 35th Euro Tour medal at the Treviso Open , after being eliminated in the semifinals against the Greek Alexander Kazakis .

In January 2016 he reached the round of 32 at the final tournament of the German Tour 2015 and was defeated 6: 7 by the Filipino Francisco Bustamante . On the Euro Tour, Ortmann reached the round of 16 at the Italian Open and the North Cyprus Open in 2016 . At the 9-Ball World Cup in 2016 , he started with a 9-5 win over Skyler Woodward . However, he then lost to Warren Kiamco and Ralf Souquet and was eliminated again in the preliminary round. At the final tournament of the German Tour 2016 in January 2017 Ortmann reached the round of 32.

Team career

With the SC Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Ortmann was seven times German champion in the disciplines 8-ball and 14/1 endless . After playing at PBC München-West and BSC Ingolstadt in the meantime, he moved to BC Oberhausen in 1998 , with whom he became German champion in the 1999/2000 season in the Bundesliga . Later he became German runner- up with the PBV Anderten ( 2002 and 2003 ) and with the BC Sindelfingen ( 2007 ). From 2008 he played at Hannover 96 . With the Hanoverians he rose to the 1st Bundesliga in the 2008/09 season . After the 2009/10 season , the club's billiards department was dissolved and Ortmann returned to BC Oberhausen, with whom he became German champion in 2011 and 2012 . In the summer of 2012 he moved to the second division club BC Queue Hamburg . With the Hamburg team, he was promoted to the 1st Bundesliga in 2015. In the 2012/13 and 2014/15 seasons he reached first place in the individual ranking of the second division. In the 2015/16 season , BC Queue managed to stay in sixth place.

With the German national team, Ortmann was fourteen times European champion ( 1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2005 ) and twice vice European champion ( 1990 , 2000 ).

At the team world championships he was part of the German team in 2010 and 2012 . In 2010 it reached the quarter-finals, and in 2012 the second round.

At the World Cup of Pool Ortmann participated three times. In 2006 he reached the semi-finals with Thomas Engert , where they lost to eventual winners Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante . In 2007 , he and Christian Reimering formed the German team that was eliminated in the first round against Singapore ( Chan Keng Kwang and Toh Lian Han ). In 2010 he reached the semi-finals together with Ralf Souquet . There they lost to the eventual champions Li Hewen and Fu Jianbo from China.

In the continental comparison of the Mosconi Cup , he was part of the European team eight times as a player ( 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2002 , 2004 ) and in 2003 he was the non-playing European team captain. In 1995, at the second edition of the tournament, Europe was able to prevail against the USA for the first time. In 2002 Ortmann's team achieved their second victory.

successes

singles
8-ball junior European champion : 1984
German 14/1 endless champion : 1986 , 1989 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1995 , 1999 , 2001 , 2005 , 2006 , 2011
14/1 endless European champion : 1987 , 1989 , 1990 , 2000 , 2006
US Open in 14/1 endless : 1989, 1993
9-ball European champions : 1993 , 1994 , 1996 , 1999 , 2002 , 2003
Austrian Open: 1993
Hungarian Open: 1993
French Open : 1994
Strike Brunswick Open: 1994
Swedish Open: 1994
Netherlands Open: 1994 , 1998 , 2009
Swiss Open: 1994
Czechia Open: 1995 , 1996
9-ball world champion : 1995
Norrtälje Open: 1996
8-ball European champions : 1996 , 2006 , 2007
German 9-ball champion : 1997 , 1998 , 2003 , 2006 , 2011
International Challenge of Champions : 1997, 2000
Ultimate 9-Ball Challenge : 1998
Finland Open: 2000
German Open : 2004
14/1 endless world champion : 2007 , 2010
team
German 8-ball champion : 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
German 14/1 endless champion : 1986, 1987
European Champion : 1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2005
Mosconi Cup : 1995 , 2002
German champion : 1999/2000 , 2010/11 , 2011/12

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b profile. In: oliverortmann.de. Oliver Ortmann, accessed on January 28, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c career. In: oliverortmann.de. Oliver Ortmann, accessed on January 28, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Björn Jensen: A world champion gives the impetus for the Bundesliga. In: welt.de. Die Welt , March 19, 2014, accessed January 28, 2017 .
  4. ^ A b c Werner Ertel : German championships. In: werner-ertel.de. Retrieved January 28, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h successes. In: oliverortmann.de. Oliver Ortmann, accessed on January 28, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b c d Did you know that ... In: oliverortmann.de. Oliver Ortmann, accessed on January 28, 2017 .
  7. ↑ a b World Tournament: Ortmann Becomes Historic 3 × World Champion. In: pro9.co.uk. October 12, 2010, accessed January 28, 2017 .
  8. ^ 1. Bundesliga Pool 2009/10 - player list. In: portal.billardarea.de. German Billard Union, accessed on January 28, 2017 .
  9. ↑ 1st Bundesliga Pool 2010/11 - player list. In: portal.billardarea.de. German Billard Union, accessed on January 28, 2017 .
  10. ↑ 1st Bundesliga pool 2011/12 - player list. In: portal.billardarea.de. German Billard Union, accessed on January 28, 2017 .
  11. ↑ 2nd Bundesliga Pool North 2012/13 - player list. In: portal.billardarea.de. German Billard Union, accessed on January 28, 2017 .
  12. ↑ 2nd Bundesliga Pool North 2013/14 - player list. In: portal.billardarea.de. German Billard Union, accessed on January 28, 2017 .
  13. ↑ 2nd Bundesliga Pool North 2014/15 - player list. In: portal.billardarea.de. German Billard Union, accessed on January 28, 2017 .
  14. ↑ 1st Bundesliga Pool 2015/16 - player list. In: portal.billardarea.de. German Billard Union, accessed on January 28, 2017 .
  15. ↑ 1st Bundesliga Pool 2016/17 - player list. In: portal.billardarea.de. German Billard Union, accessed on January 28, 2017 .
  16. ^ Werner Ertel: Men's European Team Champion. In: werner-ertel.de. Retrieved January 28, 2017 .
  17. ^ Hall of Fame Inductees, 2011-2018. In: bca-pool.com. Billiard Congress of America , accessed January 28, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Ortmann, Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pool player
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Gelsenkirchen