Dennis Nilsson
Dennis Nilsson (born 21 March 1976) is a Swedish darts player and former strongman.
| Dennis Nilsson | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Nickname | Ironman | ||||||||||||
| Born | March 21, 1976 Sweden | ||||||||||||
| Home town | Vålberg Sweden | ||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||
| Darts | Superdarts Ironman 24g | ||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Live Is Life" by Opus | ||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||
| BDO | 2006–2018 | ||||||||||||
| PDC | 2018- | ||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 179 | ||||||||||||
| BDO majors – best performances | |||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2018 | ||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 16: 2013 | ||||||||||||
| World Darts Trophy | Last 32: 2017 | ||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 72: 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Nilsson was runner-up in the Sweden's Strongest Man competition in 2003.[1]
Career
Nilsson qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, where he lost 4–2 to Japan's Haruki Muramatsu in the preliminary round. He represented Sweden with Magnus Caris in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 3–1 by Belgium in the second round, having defeated Japan in round one.[2] He progressed through to the last 16 of the 2013 World Masters and was defeated 3–0 by Danny Noppert.[3] A win over Steve Lennon saw Nilsson claim the 2016 Finnish Masters.[4]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2012: Last 72 (lost to Haruki Muramatsu 2–4) (legs)
BDO
- 2017: Preliminary round (lost to Ryan Joyce 0–3)
- 2018: 1st Round (lost to Jim Williams 2–3)
gollark: Ah, the joys of the somewhat limited trade system.
gollark: You mean stuff actually happens between those?
gollark: They might arguably be worse, though, as all other rare collectors will go there.
gollark: Muskies appear to be losing their perceived rarity. I saw one sit in the desert. It took about ten-twenty seconds after the egg drop to go.
gollark: Why did everyone just move to alpine/volcano? Weird.
References
- Strongman Nilsson: Taylor dream match would give me big lift The Daily Mirror
- "Cash Converters World Cup Round Two Doubles Round-Up". PDC. 4 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- "2013 World Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "2016 Finnish Masters Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.