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PeopleWatch - Robby Foldvari


© Neena V. Talpade

Robby Foldvari is three times World Champion for Australia and has spent the majority of his time overseas for the past 14 years competing with the world's best at snooker and billiards.

He has appeared on television many times around the world, many times with television audiences of tens of millions of people.

In 1986, Foldvari won the World Professional Billiards Championship making him the only other person from Australia along with Walter Lindrum to win a bona fide World Professional Championship at any cue sport. For this, Foldvari was runner up to Pat Cash in the Herald Caltex Sportsman of the Year Award.

Robby's baby cue is at the M.C.G. Sports Museum. Robby has also won a WPBSA sanctioned professional snooker tournament defeating Darren Morgan in the final, 8-1 in Clacton, England.

Robby has played all over the world including the U.K., Thailand, India, Canada, Holland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Belgium, Russia, Hungary, Malta, Cyprus and China.

In late 1996, Foldvari was Captain of the Australian World Cup Snooker Team winning the most amount of frames in the round robin section for his country, which was played in Thailand for $1million Prize money. On past results and current World rankings, it is easy to see why Robby is widely regarded as the Best Combined Billiards and Snooker Player.

Robby is an official coach of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association which led him coaching in China. He has also been National Coach of Singapore when they won their first ever Gold medal in the South East Asian Games. Robby is the director of the Australasian Cuesport Academy.

Career Highlights

The 1998 Princes Coca Cola Snooker Champion
The 1998 Walter Lindrum Centenary IBSF World Billiards Champion
The 1998 Albury Open Snooker Champion
The 1998 Cuesportz International Billiards Champion
The 1997 World Matchplay Billiards Champion
The 1996 Australian World Cup Snooker Team Captain
The 1993 Australian Snooker Open Champion
The 1986 World Professional Billiards Champion
Since 1985, The Australasian Professional Billiards Champion The only Australian other than Walter Lindrum to win a world professional title at any cue sport.
The only person in the modern day game to win both World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association sanctioned billiards and snooker tournaments.
One of only 6 players ever to make a maximum 147 snooker break and 1000 plus break at billiards.
The only person ever to play a world ranking billiards and a world ranking snooker tournament on the same day.
The first overseas player to win the UK Professional Billiards Championship.
Made the highest Break ever in the Australian Snooker Championship by an Australian - 136 total clearance.

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