Roland Forthomme

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'''Roland Forthomme''' (born 3 November 1970)<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/players/forthomme-roland.html|title=Roland Forthomme|work=Kozoom|access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref> is a Belgian carom billiards player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/roland-forthomme-shows-his-power-in-great-match.html|title=Roland Forthomme shows his power in great match|work=Kozoom|date=25 January 2011|access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/roland-forthomme-beats-the-world-s-best-two-times.html|title=Roland Forthomme beats the world's best two times|first=Frits|last=Bakker|work=Kozoom|date=11 December 2015|access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="d">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/roland-forthomme-the-heart-of-a-young-sportsman-again.html|title=Roland Forthomme, the heart of a young sportsman again|work=Kozoom|date=26 May 2021|access-date=28 April 2022|first=Frits|last=Bakker}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/roland-forthomme-ends-with-one-man-show.html|title=Roland Forthomme ends with one-man show|first=Frits|last=Bakker|work=Kozoom|date=12 April 2022|access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref> He won the Three-Cushion World Cup in 2005 and 2006, and finished second five times and third twice from 2007 to 2019.<ref name="a" /> In 2012, he equaled the world record run in three-cushion billiards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bcdedeken.be/pages/sub/66930/And_then_there_were_three.html|title=At the occasion of Roland Forthomme's formidable 28 run|work=BC De Deken|first=Bert|last=van Manen|access-date=28 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725065053/http://bcdedeken.be/pages/sub/66930/And_then_there_were_three.html|archive-date=25 July 2013|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}</ref> In 2021 Forthomme suffered a heart attack, but returned to competition after undergoing surgery.<ref name="d"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/forthomme-is-alive-and-kicking-at-the-start.html|title=Forthomme is alive and kicking at the start|first=Frits|last=Bakker|work=Kozoom|date=3 June 2021|access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref>

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