Martin Larsen

Age: 45

On Tour Since: 2011

Hometown: Lerum, Sweden

Style: Right

When I was 10 my dad took me to the small bowlingcenter (8 lanes) in Varberg, at that time I was into a lot of sports such as soccer, floorball, shooting, darts and so on. From age of 15 I more or less only focused on bowling and after school I worked a couple years as a salesman for office furnitures until I got a chance to work on my bowling game even more and start traveling the world. Since then I’ve been fortunate to do what I love to do most, bowl! I’ve always wanted to get better and I try hard to learn more things about this game every time I’m out on the lanes and not only out on the lanes, today you can learn a lot online too. Balls, oil patterns, videos and much more info is out there, and the more you know the better chance you have to make the right choices on the lanes!

They call me LuckyLarsen and it's far from every time I feel that way when I bowl but when I get home to my wonderful family I understand what people mean by lucky!! I’m blessed with two beautiful daughters (Isabella and Emilia) and they have the world's best mum (Diana). Leaving them at home is the hardest part about being a professional bowler. The few times I have the chance I like to play golf (hcp 13), it’s really relaxing to get out on a nice golf course when you spend so much time inside bowling centers!

Storm has been a big part of my carrier and nowadays they're also the main sponsor of the Storm Lucky Larsen Masters, the only event awarding a PBA national title outside the USA! With great help from Patrick Backe and Daniel Rönnbäck I've been organizing that tournament since 2017! If you've ever been, please visit luckylarsen.se to find out more!!

Career Highlights

Achievements

2011-12 and 2019 Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award


PBA League Elias Cup champion with Portland Lumberjacks (2020)


Owns eight top-5 finishes on PBA Tour


Member of Team Sweden since 2001


Six-time member of Team Europe in Weber Cup


Owns six World Championship medals and 12 European Championship medals


Owns eight EBT titles


Organizes the Storm Lucky Larsen Masters, more info at www.luckylarsen.se