Julio Barbero
Julio Barbero (born 2 September 1970 from Cuenca) is a Spanish professional darts player. Who currently in the British Darts Organisation events.
Julio Barbero | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Full name | Julio Gonzalez | ||||||
Born | Cuenca, Spain | 2 September 1970||||||
Home town | Cuenca Spain | ||||||
Darts information | |||||||
Playing darts since | 1990 | ||||||
Darts | 20 Gram Powercore | ||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
Walk-on music | "Macarena" by Los del Rio | ||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
BDO | 2017– | ||||||
PDC | 2008–2017 | ||||||
Current world ranking | (BDO) 66 | ||||||
BDO majors – best performances | |||||||
World Masters | Last 128: 2017 | ||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2014 | ||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Career
In 2008, Barbero won the Spanish Federation Cup by beating Antonio Alcinas.[1] His first PDC premier event was the 2009 German Darts Championship where he lost 6–2 to Mervyn King in the third round.[2] Barbero came within a game of reaching the 2010 PDC World Championship, but was defeated 6–2 by Francisco Ruiz in the final of the Spanish Qualifier.[3]
Barbero qualified for the 2014 PDC World Championship after winning the Western European qualifier, beating Gibraltar's Dylan Duo in the final.[4] Barbero beat Germany's Andree Welge 4–1 in the preliminary round before losing 3–1 in a credible performance against England's Andy Hamilton.[5] He came close to playing in the 2016 event, but was knocked out in the semi-finals of the South European Qualifier 6–3 by John Michael.[6] Barbero won the 2016 Alcalas Open Darts and the Spanish Federation Cup as well as losing to Michael in the semi-finals of the World Championship qualifier for the second successive year.[7][8][9]
Barbero Rejoined on the BDO in 2017.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2014: First round (lost to Andy Hamilton 1–3)
References
- "2008 Spanish Federation Cup Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- "2009 PDC German Darts Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- "2009 PDC World Spain Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- "2013 PDC World Iberian Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- "2015 PDC World South European Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- "2016 Alcalas Open Darts Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "2016 Spanish Federation Cup Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- "2016 PDC World South European Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 December 2016.