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{{short description|German three time world champion pool player}}
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| nickname         = "The Machine"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oliver 'The Machine' Ortmann - Highlander Cup |work=highlander-cup.de |access-date=5 September 2019 |url=http://highlander-cup.de/spieler/oliver-ortmann/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903092420/http://highlander-cup.de/spieler/oliver-ortmann/ |archive-date=3 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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'''Oliver Ortmann''' (born 11 June 1967) is a German professional [[pool (billiards)|pool]] player from [[Gelsenkirchen]]. Ortmann is a three-time world champion, winning the 1995 [[WPA World Nine-ball Championship]] and the 2007 and 2010 [[World Straight Pool Championship]]. Ortmann became the second player (after [[Earl Strickland]]) to win three WPA world championships. With fourteen wins, he the second most successful player (after [[Ralf Souquet]]) at the [[European Pool Championships]]. Ortmann is also the second most successful player (after [[Ralf Souquet]]) on the [[Euro Tour]], winning fourteen events. Ortmann was the first non-American player to win the [[U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship|BCA U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship]], in 1989.

He has represented Europe eight times in the annual [[Mosconi Cup]] competition between 1994 and 2004, and was on the winning side in [[1995 Mosconi Cup|1995]] and [[2002 Mosconi Cup|2002]]. With 44 German national medals and 16 [[German Pool Championship]]s, Ortmann is one of the most successful German pool players of all time. In 1996, he was the first [[cue sports]] player to receive the [[Silbernes Lorbeerblatt]], the highest sporting award given in Germany. In 2014, Ortmann was inducted into the [[Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame]].

==Career==
==={{anchor|Early Career}}Early career===
Ortmann was born and raised in [[Gelsenkirchen]], Germany.<ref name="background" /> At age six he began playing on a pool table in the basement of his parents' restaurant.<ref name="background" /><ref name="presshistory" /> Ortmann won his first championship in 1985 at age 17 (the 8-Ball Junior European championships), defeating Sweden's [[Per Anda]] in the final. The following year he won his first German national championship (the [[straight pool]] championship), after meeting [[Thomas Engert]] in the final.<ref name="wern_Deut" /><ref name="wern_Deut_didN1" /> Ortmann studied in [[Munich]] to become an electronics technician, and at age 20 he became the manager of a billiard centre with 80 pool and billiard tables.<ref name="background" /><ref name="presshistory" />

He was the first player from Europe to win the [[U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship|BCA U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship]] in 1989.<ref name="oliv_Achi_HdNB5" /><ref name="Usopen141-2000" /> He won the event despite it being his first trip outside of Europe.<ref name="Usopen141-2000" /> As a relative unknown, Ortmann defeated [[Steve Mizerak]] in the final.<ref name="Usopen141-2000" /><ref name="oliv_Didy" /><ref name="oliv_Achi_HdNB5" /> Ortmann also won his first of numerous [[European Pool Championship]] events that year, beating Waldemar Markert in the straight-pool final.<ref name="presshistory" />

===Professional career (1993–2010)===
He entered his first [[Euro Tour]] event in 1993, finishing second at that year's German Open and winning the following events in Austria and Hungary. Ortmann won his second [[U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship|BCA U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship]] later that year.<ref name="sixp_Oliv" /> He won five Euro Tour events the following year (four in a row), and finished second twice. During the nine-event season, Ortmann reached the finals seven times.<ref name="euro_Draw" /> He won his first world championship (the 1995 [[WPA World Nine-ball Championship]]), playing the American [[Dallas West]] in the final.<ref name="9bal_Oliv" /><ref name="csns" />

In 1996, Ortmann was the first cue-sports player to receive the [[Silbernes Lorbeerblatt]]; fellow pool player [[Ralf Souquet]] won the award the following year.<ref name="oliv_Didy" /> Ortmann won the winner-take-all [[International Challenge of Champions]] event in 1997.<ref name="oliv_Erfo" /> He was runner-up two years later, losing the final to [[Francisco Bustamante]].<ref name="azbi_Inte" /> In 2000, however, Ortmann defeated Bustamante in the final for his second championship.<ref name="oliv_Achi_HdNB5" /><ref name="azbi_Inte_4AE6r" />

Ortmann formed Ortmann Billiards, a pool-product manufacturer and retailer, in 2004.<ref name="OrtmannBilliards"/> Although the company specializes in cue sports such as pool, snooker and [[carrom]], it also supports air hockey, darts and poker.<ref name="OrtmannBilliards"/> Ortmann reached the final of the [[World Pool Masters|2004 World Pool Masters]], but was defeated 6–8 by [[Thomas Engert]].<ref name="WPM2004"/> Two years later, he joined the [[International Pool Tour]] and continued competing in events sanctioned by other organizations. Ortmann won the 2007 [[World Pool-Billiard Association|WPA]] [[World Straight Pool Championship]], defeating [[Danny Barouty]] 200–56, [[Dennis Orcollo]] 200–7, and [[Danny Harriman]] 200–123 to reach the final.<ref name="prop_Worl"/><ref name="azbi_Pred" /> There, he defeated [[Huidji See]] 200–171 for his second world championship.<ref name="azbi_Pred_mv3Fb" /> Ortmann made the tournament's third-highest {{Cuegloss|Run|run}}, a 131.<ref name="azbi_Oliv1" /> He also played in the [[World Pool Masters|2007 World Pool Masters]], defeating [[Naoyuki Ōi]] 8–3 in the first round before losing 3–8 in the quarter-finals to [[David Alcaide]].<ref name="foru_Worl" />

Ortmann reached the quarter-finals of the 2008 world straight pool championship (which he won the previous year) before losing to [[Jasmin Ouschan]] 133–200. He progressed to the semifinals the following year, defeating [[Earl Herring]] and [[Jonni Fulcher]] before losing to [[Mika Immonen]].<ref name="azbi_Cohe" /> Ortmann won his third world championship in 2010, defeating Immonen in the straight-pool final. Since the straight-pool tournament (also known as the [[World Straight Pool Championship|World Tournament]]) is no longer sanctioned by the WPA, Ortmann remains the last official world straight-pool champion.<ref name="pro9_Worl_Px9lg" /> He is the second player to win three world championships, after [[Earl Strickland]] (who won the [[nine-ball]] championship in 1990, 1991 and 2002).<ref name="pro9_Worl_Px9lg" />

===Later career (2010–present)===
Ortmann reached the semifinals of the [[2010 World Pool Masters]] in May of that year, defeating [[Darren Appleton]], Thorsten Hohmann and Thomas Engert before losing 3–8 to [[Toru Kuribayashi]].<ref name="azbi_Orco" /> He entered the [[2011 WPA World Eight-ball Championship]] and defeated Mika Immonen 7–2 in the [[Double-elimination tournament|double-elimination round]] before losing in the round of 32 to [[Ronato Alcano]].<ref name="Xv7Yx" /> Ortmann defeated {{interlanguage link|Lo Li-wen|de}} in the first knockout round, followed by [[Nick van den Berg]] and [[Li Hewen]], before losing to eventual champion [[Chang Jung-Lin]] the [[2012 WPA World Eight-ball Championship|following year]].<ref name="azbi_WPAE" /><ref name="sixp_Worl" />

His [[Euro Tour]] wins include the 2009 Netherlands Open. This victory, Ortmann's 14th on the tour, placed him second on the all-time list of winners behind [[Ralf Souquet]] (23).<ref name="ETHOF" /> He has reached the semifinals of a tour event 35 times, with eight second-place finishes.<ref name="ETHOF" /> In 2014, Ortmann was inducted into the [[Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame]] with promoter and historian Charles Ursitti.<ref name="oliv_Achi_HdNB5" /><ref name="pool_Ortm"/><ref name="bca-_Hall" /> He is a three-time European player of the year, receiving the award in 1990, 1993, and 1996.<ref name="oliv_Achi_HdNB5"/><ref name="halloffame"/>

===Team events===
Ortmann first represented Europe at the [[Mosconi Cup]] in the first competition in [[1994 Mosconi Cup|1994]] with the United States winning 16–12.<ref name="Mosconi1994">{{cite web |url=http://www.matchroompool.com/page/mcup1994/0,,12660,00.html |publisher=Mosconi Cup |title=Europe 12–16 USA |access-date=21 December 2010 |date=2 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920004528/http://www.matchroompool.com/page/mcup1994/0%2C%2C12660%2C00.html |archive-date=20 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The following year, Ortmann competed in the Continent's first win,<ref name="r4wrb"/> and Ortmann was also on the winning side in [[2002 Mosconi Cup|2002]].<ref name="r4wrb" /> The 2002 victory with Ortmann was described by six-time [[snooker]] world champion [[Steve Davis]] as "one of the best moments of my career".<ref name="matc_Stev" /> Ortmann competed in the team on eight occasions (1994, [[1995 Mosconi Cup|1995]], [[1996 Mosconi Cup|1996]], [[1997 Mosconi Cup|1997]], [[1998 Mosconi Cup|1998]], [[1999 Mosconi Cup|1999]], 2002, [[2004 Mosconi Cup|2004]]), and was the non-playing captain in [[2003 Mosconi Cup|2003]].<ref name="azbi_Oliv"/> Ortmann's eight appearances is the fifth most of any European player.<ref name="MC4">{{cite web |title=Tournament History |url=http://www.matchroompool.com/page/MosconiCup/TournamentHistory/0,,12660,00.html |publisher=Matchroom Pool |access-date=8 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714045532/http://www.matchroompool.com/page/MosconiCup/TournamentHistory/0%2C%2C12660%2C00.html |archive-date=14 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the [[World Cup of Pool]], Ortmann has represented Germany three times. He and [[Thomas Engert]] reached the [[2006 World Cup of Pool|2006]] semifinals, losing to eventual winners [[Efren Reyes]] and [[Francisco Bustamante]] of the Philippines. In [[2007 World Cup of Pool|2007]], Ortmann and [[Christian Reimering]] lost in the first round to Singapore's Chan Keng Kwang and [[Toh Lian Han]]. He and [[Ralf Souquet]] reached the [[2010 World Cup of Pool|2010]] semifinals, where they were defeated by eventual winners [[Li Hewen]] and [[Fu Jianbo]] of China.<ref name="Fm5Ad" /> Ortmann appeared at the [[World Team Championship (pool)|World Team Championship]] in [[2010 World Team Championship|2010]] and [[2012 World Team Championship|2012]], reaching the quarter-finals in 2010.<ref name="WTC"/><ref name="sixp_Worlt"/>

==Career titles==
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* 2014 [[Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame]] 
* 2011 German Pool Championship 14.1
* 2011 German Pool Championship 9-Ball
* 2010 [[World Straight Pool Championship|WPA World Straight Pool Championship]]<ref name="azbi_Oliv1"/><ref name="azbi_Oliv"/>
* 2009 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Netherlands Open]]
* 2007 [[European Pool Championship]] 8-Ball
* 2007 Open Weert 9-Ball Scotch Doubles
* 2007 [[World Straight Pool Championship|WPA World Straight Pool Championship]]<ref name="azbi_Oliv1"/><ref name="azbi_Oliv"/>
* 2006 German Pool Championship 9-Ball
* 2006 [[European Pool Championship]] 8-Ball
* 2006 German Pool Championship 14.1
* 2006 [[European Pool Championship]] 14.1
* 2005 German Pool Championship 14.1
* 2004 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|German Open]]<ref name="azbi_Oliv"/>
* 2003 Rockport WPB Continental Team Cup 
* 2003 [[European Pool Championship]] 9-Ball
* 2003 German Pool Championship 9-Ball
* 2002 [[Mosconi Cup]] 
* 2002 [[European Pool Championship]] 9-Ball
* 2001 German Pool Championship 14.1
* 2000 [[International Challenge of Champions]] 
* 2000 [[European Pool Championship]] 14.1
* 2000 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Finland Open]]
* 1999 [[European Pool Championship]] 9-Ball
* 1999 German Pool Championship 14.1
* 1998 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Netherlands Open]]
* 1998 German Pool Championship 9-Ball
* 1998 [[ESPN]] Ultimate 9-Ball Challenge
* 1997 [[International Challenge of Champions]]
* 1997 German Pool Championship 9-Ball
* 1996 [[Silbernes Lorbeerblatt]] Sports Award

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|valign="top"|

* 1996 European Player of the Year<ref name="oliv_Achi_HdNB5"/><ref name="halloffame"/>
* 1996 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Sweden Open]]
* 1996 [[European Pool Championship]] 9-Ball
* 1996 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Czechia Open]]
* 1996 [[European Pool Championship]] 8-Ball
* 1995 [[Mosconi Cup]]
* 1995 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Czechia Open]]
* 1995 [[WPA World Nine-ball Championship]]<ref name="azbi_Oliv"/>
* 1995 German Pool Championship 14.1
* 1994 [[European Pool Championships]] 9-Ball
* 1994 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Swiss Open]]
* 1994 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Netherlands Open]]
* 1994 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Swedish Open]]
* 1994 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Greece Open]]
* 1994 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|French Open]]
* 1993 European Player of the Year<ref name="oliv_Achi_HdNB5"/><ref name="halloffame"/>
* 1993 [[U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship|BCA U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship]]<ref name="azbi_Oliv"/>
* 1993 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Hungarian Open]]
* 1993 [[European Pool Championship]] 9-Ball
* 1993 German Pool Championship 14.1
* 1993 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Austrian Open]]
* 1992 German Pool Championship 14.1
* 1991 German Pool Championship 14.1
* 1990 European Player of the Year<ref name="oliv_Achi_HdNB5"/><ref name="halloffame"/>
* 1990 [[European Pool Championship]] 14.1
* 1989 German Pool Championship 14.1
* 1989 [[European Pool Championship]] 14.1
* 1989 [[U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship|BCA U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship]]<ref name="azbi_Oliv"/>
* 1987 [[European Pool Championship]] 14.1
* 1986 German Pool Championship 14.1
|}

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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.oliverortmann.de/}}
* [http://www.poolbilliardnews.com/article.php/29-03-2007Oliver-Ortmann.htm Profile of Ortmann] at ''Pool Billiard News''
{{AZB|https://www.azbilliards.com/people/693-oliver-ortmann/}}

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