Ian White (dart player)
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Ian White in Mannheim 2017 | |
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Nickname | Diamond |
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Date of birth | 17th August 1970 |
place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent , England |
place of residence | Stoke-on-Trent , England |
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Darts since | 1990 |
Throwing hand | right |
darts | Unicorn Maestro 23 g |
Enema music | Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry |
BDO | 2005-2010 |
PDC | since 2010 |
Place in the world rankings | 11. |
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Infobox last updated: July 27, 2020 |
Ian White (born August 17, 1970 in Stoke-on-Trent ) is an English darts player .
Career
Ian White first attracted attention in 1997 when he surprisingly reached the final of the News of the World tournament. In 2009 he won three BDO / WDF tournaments, the Antwerp Open, the Denmark Open and the English National Championship. Thereby he qualified for the BDO Darts World Championship 2010. Then he switched to the PDC .
White reached the quarter-finals at the 2014 Darts World Cup , where he had to admit defeat to Simon Whitlock .
In 2019, Ian White made it to the semi-finals of a major tournament for the first time. At the Players Championship Finals , he defeated the Irishman William O'Connor 10: 9 in the quarterfinals .
PDC World Championship results
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2012 1st round (1: 3 defeat against Robert Thornton )
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2013 1st round (1: 3 loss to Mark Webster )
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2014 quarter-finals (4-5 loss to Simon Whitlock )
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2015 2nd round (3: 4 defeat against Kim Huybrechts )
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2016 1st round (1: 3 defeat against Dimitri Van den Bergh )
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2017 round of 16 (1: 4 loss to Peter Wright )
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2018 2nd round (1: 4 loss to Gerwyn Price )
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2019 2nd round (2-3 loss to Devon Petersen )
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2020 2nd round (1: 3 loss to Darius Labanauskas )
title
BDO
- Further
- 2009: Antwerp Open, Denmark Open
PDC
- Pro tour
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Players Championships
- Players Championships 2013 : 8, 14
- Players Championships 2014 : 19
- Players Championships 2015 : 17
- Players Championships 2016 : 5, 11, 13
- Players Championships 2018 : 6, 16
- Players Championships 2020 : 8
- European Darts Tour
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Players Championships
Other
- 2009: England National Championships
- 2010: Chatterley Whitfield Open, Ball Green Christmas KO, Pitgreen Lane Christmas KO
- 2013: East Midlands Open
literature
- Sid Waddell: Bellies and Bullseyes: The Outrageous True Story of Darts. Random House 2009, ISBN 978-1-4070-3044-9 .
Web links
Commons : Ian White - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Ian White (dart player) in the DartsDatabase.co.uk database
- Player profile at darts1.de
Individual evidence
- ^ PDC Order of Merit. Retrieved July 27, 2020 .
- ↑ PDC Darts: Simon Whitlock beats Ian White to reach semi-finals. British Broadcasting Corporation , December 29, 2013, accessed January 3, 2014 .
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SURNAME | White, Ian |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Diamond |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English dart player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stoke-on-Trent , England |