Daniel Larsson (darts player)
Daniel Larsson (born 9 June 1981) is a Swedish darts player.
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| Born | 9 June 1981 Uppsala, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Uppsala Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | A Little Less Conversation by Elvis Presley | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2004–2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2017– | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 101 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2009, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 16: 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 128: 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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SDC Pro Tour
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Career
Larsson reached the semi final of the 2006 WDF Europe Cup, scoring wins over Tony O'Shea and Martin Phillips before losing to Niels de Ruiter. He then reached the final of the Sweden National Championship, losing to Alan Norris.
On 4 December 2008 Larsson qualified for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship, winning one of five spots. He defeated Steve Farmer in the earlier rounds and then beat Paul Gibbs and Stephen Bunting to qualify. He was drawn against O'Shea in the first round and lost 3-0.
In 2018 Larsson competed on the PDC Nordic & Baltic Pro Tour, finishing in the top two to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship.[1] In the first round he defeated Robert Thornton in his best win to date before losing to Kim Huybrechts in the second round.
On 19 January 2020, Larsson won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing fifth on the European Q School Order of Merit. He will play on the ProTour in 2020 and 2021.
World Championship results
BDO
- 2009: 1st Round (lost to Tony O'Shea 0–3)
- 2015: 1st Round (lost to Alan Norris 2–3)
PDC
- 2019: 2nd Round (lost to Kim Huybrechts 0–3)
References
- Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Ally Pally-tickets will be decided today". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
