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Graeme Stoddart
Personal information
NicknameShark
Born (1959-07-30) 30 July 1959 (age 64)[1]
Newcastle, England
Home townNewcastle Upon Tyne
Darts information
Playing darts since1975
Darts15g Copper Tungsten
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Fog on the Tyne" by Paul Gascoigne
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO1984–1994
PDC1994–2013
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 64: 1984
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 16: 1999, 2000, 2001
World MatchplayLast 16: 1994, 1996
World Grand PrixQuarter-Final: 1998
UK OpenLast 32: 2006
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Amsterdam Open2003

Graeme Stoddart (born 30 July 1959 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a retired English professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation events. His nickname was Shark.

Career

Stoddart represented Holland in the 1984 European Cup. He came to prominence after being invited from the WDC rankings for the inaugural WDC World Darts Championship in 1994. He was drawn in Group 8, where he defeated Jocky Wilson, before being knocked out in the final group match by the eventual champion, Dennis Priestley.

He entered many majors in the early years of the WDC/PDC, eventually reaching the quarter-finals of the 1998 World Grand Prix, beating Paul Lim, and where he lost to Rod Harrington. He hit a 9-dart finish in the Swiss Open in 2000 (with a set of borrowed darts after leaving his set at home), which was the 2nd recorded in the PDC, after Ronnie Baxter had hit the first in the 1999 Antwerp Open. In 2001, history was created: it was the first year a lady, Gayl King from Canada, entered the WC; she lost 1–3 against Stoddart.

His last appearance at a PDC event was at a Players Championship event in Scotland in 2009. Stoddart retired from the PDC in 2013 due to health reasons.

World Championship results

PDC

References

  1. ^ https://www.mastercaller.com/players/graeme-stoddart

External links

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