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Robert Fulford (born 1969) is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s. ==Life and career== Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15. Fulford has a light attitude towards the game, often travelling from cheap hotel or homes of local croquet players to the next because he only makes about £8000 a year from the sport. One tournament yielded him a lawnmower. He is an alumnus of the University of Durham, where amongst some of his friends he had the nickname 'fluffy' He supplements his sporting career by working for a stone merchants in Thurrock in Essex. Robert has become a CPA (public accountant ) and it is not clear what effect, if any, this will have upon his sporting pursuits. Robert also coaches croquet, particularly in Australia and the Chattooga Club in North Carolina. Robert has made croquet videos with Australian croquet expert Kevin Brereton in which Robert teaches both basic and advanced break tactics. He has won the world championship 5 times:〔(WCF World Association Croquet Championship for the Wimbledon Cup )〕 *1990 at Hurlingham Club, England *1992 in Newport, USA *1994 at Carden Park, Cheshire, England *1997 at Moorabinda Croquet Club, Bunbury, Western Australia *2002 in Wellington, New Zealand Fulford has also won the President’s Cup eleven times (1989, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012), the Open Championship eleven times (1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015 and 2015) and the Men's Championship four times (1990, 1998, 2006, 2011). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Fulford (croquet player)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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