Mark Salmon (darts player)

Mark Salmon
Personal information
Born	(1963-02-23) 23 February 1963 Wales
Home town	Pontypridd
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1994-2005, 2007-
PDC	2005-2006
Current world ranking	(BDO) 123
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 1996, 2009
World Masters	Last 16: 1994
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2006
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
Scottish Open	1996

Mark Salmon (born 23 February 1963) is a Welsh darts player who competes in British Darts Organisation events. Salmon was inspired to play darts by Leighton Rees, the very first World Champion and plays with flights bearing Leighton's face in his honour.

Career

Salmon played in the 1996 BDO World Darts Championship, losing in the first round 3-0 to Roland Scholten. Just a month later, Salmon won the Scottish Open, beating fellow Welshman Sean Palfrey in the final. Salmon though never progressed further in the BDO and in 2005 he began playing in PDC where he qualified for the 2006 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Rod Harrington in the earlier round before beating Owen Caffrey to qualify. He was beaten in the first round 3-2 by Dennis Smith. Salmon struggled on the PDC circuit, failing to qualify for the UK Open and the World Matchplay.

After failing to qualify for the 2007 World Championship, Salmon moved back to the BDO and qualified for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship, taking one of the non-seeded places. He was drawn against crowd favourite Darryl Fitton in the first round and never got going, losing all nine legs in a 3-0 defeat and averaged a very disappointing 65.46.

World Championship Results

BDO

• 1996: 1st Round (lost to Roland Scholten 0-3)
• 2009: 1st Round (lost to Darryl Fitton 0-3)

PDC

• 2006: 1st Round (lost to Dennis Smith 2-3)

External links

• Profile and stats on Darts Database