Andy Fordham

Andy Fordham
To person

Nickname	The Viking
nation	England England
Date of birth	2nd February 1962
place of birth	Charlton , London , England
place of residence	Dartford , Kent , England
Darts
Throwing hand	right
darts	21 g Winmau 'Viking Raiders'
Enema music	I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred
BDO	1994–2009, since 2013
PDC	2009-2011
Most important successes
BDO World Champion 2004
Infobox last updated: December 24th, 2012

Andy Fordham (born February 2, 1962 in London ) is an English darts player . His nickname is "The Viking" ( Eng. The Vikings).

Fordham won the BDO's World Professional Darts Championship in 2004 when he defeated Mervyn King in the final. In February 2007 Fordham had to retire from the game operation for health reasons, but returned to the dartboard in September 2007 and reached the semifinals at the Turunc Open (Turkey).

Trivia

Fordham, who was a customs officer by trade and owned a bar in Thames-mead in south-east London, weighed at times almost 200 kg. Since increasing health problems in 2007 and he finally collapsed at the 2007 World Cup, he has lost over 60 kg. In 2008, however, it became known that he had cirrhosis of the liver due to a previous alcohol problem and needed a liver transplant. In 2017 he found his way back to darts.

Web links

Player profile at dartn.de

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Richard Alleyne: Heavy drinking darts champion Andy Fordham needs liver transplant. In: telegraph.co.uk. July 9, 2008, accessed June 16, 2019 .
^ ^A ^b Syl Battistuzzi: January 11th, 2004: Andy Fordham becomes world darts champion after 24 bottles of beer. In: watson.ch. January 11, 2004, accessed June 16, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Fordham, Andy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	The Viking (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English dart player
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd February 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Charlton , London , England

[co-274067-1] Richard Alleyne: Heavy drinking darts champion Andy Fordham needs liver transplant. In: telegraph.co.uk. July 9, 2008, accessed June 16, 2019 .

[watson-200424-2] A ^b Syl Battistuzzi: January 11th, 2004: Andy Fordham becomes world darts champion after 24 bottles of beer. In: watson.ch. January 11, 2004, accessed June 16, 2019 .