Dmitriy Gorbunov
| Dmitriy Gorbunov | |||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||
| Nickname | Uncle Sam | ||||||
| Born | 16 September 1977 Novouralsk, Russian SFSR | ||||||
| Home town | Novouralsk | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 2015 | ||||||
| Darts | 19g Harrows Assassin | ||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
| Walk-on music | "In the Heat of the Night" by Star Pilots | ||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
| PDC | 2020 | ||||||
| WDF | 2021– | ||||||
| Current world ranking | 809  (14 November 2023)[1] | ||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2021 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Dmitriy[2] Gorbunov (Russian: Дмитрий Горбунов; born 16 September 1977 in Novouralsk) is a Russian professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.
Darts career
In Russia
In March 2015, Gorbunov got the first experience in his career. He decided to take part in the Novouralsk Darts Cup (local amateur tournament), where four people played, and took third place. At the beginning of 2016, Dmitry won the Ural Darts League, a prestigious local russian tournament.[3]
PDC
He entered the 2020 PDC Q-School, but only won two matches in four events, and got into the last 256.[4][5][6][7] He then entered the Eurotour qualification and reached the semifinals.[8]
Gorbunov qualified for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the EuroAsian Darts Corporation Qualifier tournament, defeating Roman Obukhov 3-1 in sets in the final.[9] [10]
In 2021, he won the first two events on the EADC Tour, defeating Evgeniy Izotov in both finals 6–3 and 6–5 respectively. He won two further events on the EADC Tour, defeating Vitaliy Khohryakov 6-3 and Evgeniy Izotov 6-3. Gorbunov topped the rankings on EADC Tour and will partner Tour Card Holder Boris Koltsov in the 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts to represent Russia.
World Championship Results
PDC
- 2021: First round (lost to Jason Lowe 1–3)
References
- ^ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ On Dartsdatabase and in some articles on PDC.tv: [1] - Dmitrii, because of the alternate transliteration used in russian transborder passport)
- ^ "Видеоблогер-атомщик сыграет на чемпионате мира по дартсу. Мотивирующая история Дмитрия Горбунова". Sports.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "2020 PDC Tour Card European Qualifying School Results Event 1". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "2020 PDC Tour Card European Qualifying School Results Event 2". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "2020 PDC Tour Card European Qualifying School Results Event 3". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "2020 PDC Tour Card European Qualifying School Results Event 4". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "East Europe Qualifiers confirmed for ETs 1-5". PDC.tv. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "QUALIFICATION FOR PDC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". Euroasian Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Gorbunov joins list of World Championship International Qualifiers". PDC.tv. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
External links
- Player profile for Dmitrii Gorbunov from Dartsdatabase
- Uncle Sam's channel on YouTube
- Dmitriy Gorbunov on Twitter
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