The QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup, formerly known as the International Masters and AMF Bowling World Cup, is an annual Ten-pin bowling championship sponsored by QubicaAMF Worldwide, and the largest in bowling in terms of number of participating nations. Each nation chooses one male and/or one female bowler to represent them in the tournament, and in the majority of cases, this is done by running a qualifying tournament, the winners of which are chosen.
Jens Nickel is one of Germany's leading Ten-pin bowlers. He plays for the bowling team Strikees, Germany and any world championship events.
Michael Schmidt is a Canadian Ten-pin bowler, best known for his performances in the QubicaAMF World Cup.
Parker Morse Bohn III is a left-handed American professional bowler. He has been a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) since 1984, and is a member of the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame. He currently ranks fifth all-time with 35 career PBA Tour titles, and has earned over $3.1 million in PBA events — only the fourth PBA player to top the $3 million mark. Bohn also won the $150,000 winner-take-all prize in the 2008 Motel 6 Roll to Riches event, but the earnings in this event did not count toward PBA career totals. Through the 2018 season, he has thrown 114 career perfect 300 games in PBA competition, including the 13th PBA nationally televised 300 game at the 1998 ABC Masters in Reno, Nevada.
Helen Johnsson, born 18 October 1976, is a Swedish ten-pin bowler. She finished in 6th position of the combined rankings at the 2006 AMF World Cup. During the final round she finished in 2nd position.
Or Aviram is an Israeli ten-pin bowler. He finished runner-up in the 2005 QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. Eight years later, he would become the first Israeli to win the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup. He became the first Israeli to win the European Champions Cup, when he won in 2006. This would be the only medal Israel has won in European Champions Cup history.
Beatrix Pesek is a Hungarian ten-pin bowler. She finished in 24th position of the combined rankings at the 2006 AMF World Cup.
Mor Aviram is an Israeli ten-pin bowler. She finished in 18th position of the combined rankings at the 2006 AMF World Cup. She represented Israel in the 2004 and 2008 AMF World Cups as well.
Karen Marcano is a Venezuelan ten-pin bowler.
The World Tenpin Bowling Championships is a global event that invites all countries that are members of World Bowling to participate.
Wendy Macpherson is an American ten-pin bowler. She was born on January 28, 1968 in Walnut Creek, California and currently lives in Henderson, Nevada.
A 900 series refers to three consecutive perfect games bowled by an individual bowler. A 300 is a perfect score in one game, thus a player's maximum possible score would be 900 in a series of three consecutive games. To achieve the feat, a bowler would have to bowl 36 consecutive strikes. To date, 34 individuals have bowled a total of 35 certified 900 series.
Steve Cook is an American retired left-handed ten-pin bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). He was known as the largest physical specimen on the PBA Tour, standing 2.01 m and weighing in around 120 kg (260 lb). He was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 1993, and was ranked #25 on the PBA's 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years." In 2014, Steve was elected to the USBC Hall of Fame for Superior Performance.
Daniel Vezis is a two-handed bowler from Latvia. He has won many regional titles and multiple "6 no 36" weekly tournaments. Has represented Latvia in European and International tournaments. And currently is playing on European Bowling Tour 2012 representing England.
Maria Bulanova is a right-handed ten-pin bowler from Moscow, Russia, and is considered one of the top players on the Federation of Bowling of Russia (FBR). Champion of Russia 2013-2015, the first in Russian history individual and team gold winner in international youth championships. Fifteen time prize winner of European youth championships. Winner of European Champions Cup 2015. The first Russian athlete to win a Gold medal in an international adult championship. She is a member of team Alliance and a member of the Brunswick pro staff.
Tom Daugherty is a right-handed American professional ten-pin bowler residing in Riverview, Florida. He is a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), having joined in 2001. He is one of the few PBA bowlers to successfully use the one-handed no-thumb delivery. Although Daugherty has won two PBA Tour titles and nine PBA Regional titles, he is perhaps best known for rolling a nationally-televised 100 game at the 2011 PBA Tournament of Champions, the lowest score ever bowled in a televised PBA event. He has accumulated 19 career 300 games in PBA events. Daugherty is a pro staff member for Hammer bowling balls, Dexter shoes, and Ultimate Inserts.
Tom Hess is a professional bowler from Urbandale, Iowa.
Lou Campi (1905-1989) was a professional bowler. He was known as Wrong Foot Louie. Campi was born in Verona, Italy.
Esther Cheah Mei Lan also simply and commonly known as Esther Cheah is a Malaysian female medal winning tenpin bowler who has represented Malaysia in several international competitive events including Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games. She is currently considered as one of the most experienced and finest female bowlers to have represented Malaysia internationally.
