Roland Forthomme

Roland Forthomme
Personal details
birthday	3rd November 1970 (age 49)
place of birth	Liege
nationality	Belgium
Active time	since 1992
Achievements Unless otherwise stated, the information relates to the “three cushion” discipline.
Best ED: 6.250
2013, Verhoeven Open
Best GD :?
Maximum series (HS): 28
December 2, 2012, Zundert
Other tournaments:
2 × World Cup (2005, 2006) 2 × Belgian Championship (2009, 2013)
Societies)
AR Herstallienne Andernos

Roland Henry Louis Forthomme (born November 3, 1970 in Liège ) is a professional Belgian carom player .

Career

Besides the cover, Forthomme mainly plays three- cover . In this discipline he was twice Belgian champion. In 1992 he was able to secure the title of Vice European Junior Champion.

In July 2008 he won the final of the prestigious Sang Lee International Open against Frédéric Caudron and took home a prize of US $ 25,000.

In the Dutch honor division, December 2012 in Zundert , in the game against Eddy Merckx , he set the unofficial world record of 28 points that Junichi Komori had set in Zundert in 1993 against van Kuijk and Raymond Ceulemans in 1998 in Waalwijk against van Kamp .

At the Verhoeven Open 2013 in the Carom Café in New York he set a new personal record in the first round in the individual average (ED) of 6,250 (25 points in 4 shots) and left the Korean Lee Young-gul at the table with zero points.

successes

• Three- cushion World Cup (individual victories): 2005/2, 2006/3 2007/4 2007/1, 2007/6
• Belgian three-cushion championship : 2009, 2013 2008, 2016 2001, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2019
• Sang Lee Open / Verhoeven Open (three cushion): 2008 2012
• Super Prestige (three-cushion): 2010
• European three-cushion championship : 2008
• Three Cushion European Junior Championship : 1992

Swell:

Web links

• Forthome: Highest streak of 28 against Eddy Merckx on YouTube.com. (Series starts from minute 43)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Player profile on World Games 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
2. ↑ World record highest series for Roland Forthomme on Kozoom.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
3. ↑ And Then There Were Three on BC Dedeken.be. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
4. ↑ The Verhoeven Open 2013 scores on Kozoom.com. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
5. ↑ Player profile on Kozoom.com. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
6. ↑ Player profile / achievements on BC Herstalliene.be. Retrieved March 3, 2013.