Paul Lim
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| Full name | Paul Lim Leong Hwa |
| Nickname | The Singapore Slinger |
| nation |
 Singapore
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| Date of birth | January 25, 1954 |
| place of birth | Singapore |
| place of residence | San Bernardino , USA |
| Darts | |
| Darts since | 1981 |
| Throwing hand | right |
| darts | 19 g Target Paul Lim |
| Enema music | Walk of Life by Dire Straits |
| BDO | 1981-1994 |
| PDC | since 1994 |
| Place in the world rankings | 137. |
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| Infobox last updated: January 6, 2020 | |
Paul Lim Leong Hwa , better known as Paul Lim (born January 25, 1954 in Singapore ), is a darts player from Singapore. He became known for his 9-darter at the 1990 World Cup , which was also the first 9-darter at a World Cup.
Career
Paul Lim began his career in the BDO in 1981 and made his debut at the World Cup in 1982 . There he failed in round 1. In 1990 he reached the quarter-finals of a World Cup for the only time in his career.
In 1994 he switched to the PDC (then still known as the World Darts Council ), which had only been founded two years earlier. However, he never achieved any notable success there.
He was also part of the Singapore team at the World Cup of Darts . Although he ended his professional career in 2014, he was invited to the 2015 World Cup of Darts . He was eliminated along with Harith Lim in Round 1 against Scotland . In the first round of the World Cup of Darts 2017 he met again with Harith Lim on Scotland. The two defeated Gary Anderson and Peter Wright and caused a big surprise. On December 18, 2017, Lim caused another surprise at the age of 63 when he defeated Mark Webster with 3: 2 sets in the 1st round at the PDC World Darts Championship 2018 , of which he was the oldest participant and in the 2nd round 1st round of the tournament. For the first time since 2015 a participant in the preliminary round was able to qualify for the 2nd round of the World Cup.
PDC world championship
- 1997: group stage (3-1 loss to John Lowe and 3-2 loss to Jamie Harvey )
- 1998: group stage (3-0 loss to Peter Evison and 3-1 loss to John Part )
- 1999: 1st round (3-0 loss to John Lowe )
- 2000: 1st round (3-0 loss to Alan Warriner-Little )
- 2001: 2nd round (3-2 loss to Alan Warriner-Little )
- 2002: 1st round (4-0 loss to Dennis Smith )
- 2003–2012: not qualified
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2013 1st round (3-0 defeat against Michael van Gerwen )
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2014 preliminary round (4-2 loss to Morihiro Hashimoto )
- 2015 did not qualify
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2016 preliminary round (2-1 loss to Alexander Oreshkin )
- 2017 did not qualify
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2018 2nd round (4-1 loss to Gary Anderson )
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2019 1st round (3-1 loss to Ross Smith )
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2020 1st round (3-0 loss to Luke Woodhouse )
Soft dart (e-dart)
Paul Lim is considered the best soft darts player in the world. He is a 6-time Grand Master singles winner.
Special
At the beginning of his darts career, Paul Lim had to compete for Papua New Guinea and, after moving to the United States, for the USA , since his home country Singapore was not a member of the World Darts Federation at the time. In 1990 Lim threw the first 9-darter at a world championship. It was also the second 9-darter in front of TV cameras, following that of John Lowe in 1984 . Lim received a bonus of £ 52,000 for this. He got more money than the eventual winner Phil Taylor (£ 24,000). To date, this has remained the only nine dart finish at a World Championship of the British Darts Organization .
Individual evidence
- ↑ PDC Order of Merit accessed on January 6, 2020
- ↑ The crazy story of the darts grandpa , on: sport1.de from December 19, 2017, accessed on December 20, 2017.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lim, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Singaporean dart player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1954 |