Trina Gulliver

Catrina Elizabeth Gulliver MBE (born 30 November 1969) is an English professional darts player. She is the ten-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation. Her nickname is Golden Girl and in 2003 she was named as the BBC Midlands Sports Personality Of The Year.[1]

Trina Gulliver
MBE
Gulliver interviewed on Darts Planet TV in 2018
Personal information
Full nameCatrina Elizabeth Gulliver
NicknameGolden Girl
Born (1969-11-30) 30 November 1969
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since1983
Darts23g Winmau
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on musicThis Is Me by The Greatest Showman and Keala Settle
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO1993–
Current world ranking(BDO Women) 21
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipWinner (10): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2016
World MastersWinner (6): 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2016
World Darts TrophyWinner (1): 2003
Finder MastersWinner (1): 2010
PDC premier events – best performances
Desert Classic(Women's) Winner (2): 2004, 2005
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Autumn Classic
Belgium Open
British Matchplay
British Open
British Women's Pentathlon
British Classic
BDO International Open
BDO Women's Grand Slam Title
Denmark Open
Devon Open
Dutch Open
Embassy Gold Cup Singles
England Open
English Nationals
England Masters
Finnish Open
German Open
Golden Harvest Cup
Granite City Open
Kent Open
Hemeco Open
Irish Masters
Isle Of Man Open
I.D.P.A. Masters
Jersey Open
Las Vegas Classic
Northern Ireland Open
Norway Open
Pacific Masters
Swedish Open
Swiss Open
Welsh Classic
Welsh Open
WDF Europe Cup Singles
WDF Europe Cup Pairs
WDF World Cup Singles
WDF World Cup Pairs		2002
1999, 2001, 2012
1997
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012
2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011
2009
2003
1999, 2004, 2005, 2006
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
2000, 2003
1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010
1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009
2009
1999, 2001, 2002
1997, 2003, 2005, 2009
2002
2011
2007, 2008 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
2010
2000, 2001
2004, 2006
2002, 2003
1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
2004, 2005
2005
1999, 2000, 2004, 2005
1997
2000, 2002, 2012
1997, 2006
2004
1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010
2000, 2006
1998, 2004, 2006
1999, 2003, 2011
1999, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2013
Other achievements
She has the highest 3 dart average in the Women's World Championship. It is 95.96 v Clare Bywaters in 2006.

Early life

The daughter of publicans, Catrina Elizabeth Gulliver was born in Warneford Hospital in Leamington Spa, and was brought up in the small town of Southam in Warwickshire.

She trained as a carpenter and joiner, and later taught carpentry and joinery at Mid-Warwickshire College, Leamington Spa.

Darts career

From the introduction of the BDO Women's World Championship in 2001, Gulliver remained undefeated in the competition until her defeat in the 2008 Championship by Anastasia Dobromyslova. During this undefeated run Gulliver beat Francis Hoenselaar of the Netherlands to win the title on five occasions. Gulliver has the top 3 highest winning 3 dart averages in the Women's World Championship, all of which are higher than 90.[2] During the 2008 tournament Trina stated on many occasions that she was not happy with the prize money and the game length compared to the men's competition. In 2008 the women's champion only received £6,000, whereas the men's champion wins £95,000 and the male competition is first to 7 sets whereas the women's is first to 2. Despite this she didn't enter the inaugural (and thus so far only) PDC Women's World Championship in 2010, that offered higher prize money than the BDO version.

Trina Gulliver was beaten in the 2009 World Championship Final by close friend Hoenselaar. In 2010 Gulliver defeated Hoenselaar, Deta Hedman and Rhian Edwards all 2-0 to become World Champion for the first time since 2007. In 2011 Gulliver defeated Wendy Weinstadtler, Irene Armstrong and Rhian Edwards all 2-0 to successfully defend the Women's World Championship.

Gulliver has been sponsored by the leading Global Darts Brand Winmau for over 10 Years, and in 2003 was named as the BBC Midlands Sports Personality of the Year.[1]

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to darts and to charitable fundraising.[3]

Personal life

Trina married Paul Gulliver in 1994, after nine years together, and they lived in Southam, but divorced in 2005 after eleven years of marriage.

She then lived in Cheddar, Somerset until 2017 with her England ladies' darts colleague Sue Gulliver. They married in a civil partnership in July 2010. As of March 2020, her website stated she is "In a relationship with Nicole".[4]

Trina's mother Muriel died on 5 January 2012, two days before the start of the BDO World Darts Championship. Trina still took part in the competition, at the request of her mother before she died.

Trina has recently joined the Sky Sports Darts team for the 2019 PDC World Championships.

Autobiography

2008 saw the publication of her autobiography, Golden Girl: The Autobiography of the Greatest Ever Ladies' Darts Player, which chronicles her ongoing rivalry with ladies' darts superstar and former Olympian Crissy Manley, wife of PDC player Peter Manley.

World Championship results

BDO
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gollark: Is LyricLy saying anything?
gollark: ++radio connect

References
  1. "BBC Midlands Sports Awards 2003". Retrieved 7 January 2008.
  2. "High Averages". Darts Database. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  3. "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 18.
  4. "Trina Gulliver MBE | Profile". www.trina-gulliver.com. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. "Gulliver homes in on sixth title". BBC. 13 January 2006.
  6. "Gulliver clinches seventh title". BBC. 12 January 2007.

Books
  • Gulliver, Trina (January 2008). Golden Girl: The Autobiography of the Greatest Ever Ladies' Darts Player. John Blake Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84454-500-8.
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