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Stefanie Rennoch

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Stefanie Rennoch
Personal information
Nickname"Steffi"
Born (1976-04-14) 14 April 1976 (age 48)
Hanover, West Germany
Home townBerlin, Germany
Darts information
Playing darts since2002
Darts23g DPuls
LateralityRight-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2013–2019
PDC2022–
WDF2013–2019
Current world ranking(WDF W) NR (5 September 2022)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersQuarter Final: 2022
Other tournament wins
DDV German Ch'ship 2015
DDV German Masters 2015
Medal record
Women's Darts
Representing  Germany
WDF World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Antalya Women's team
WDF Europe Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Egmond aan Zee Women's pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Egmond aan Zee Women's team

Stefanie Rennoch (née Zwitkowitsch; born 14 April 1976) is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Her biggest achievement to date was qualified for 2022 PDC Women's Series semi-finals and winning a silver medal at the WDF World Cup.

Career

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Rennoch started playing darts in 2002, when friends persuaded her to throw a few darts. Rennoch has been taking part in German tournaments and various World Darts Federation (WDF) competitions since 2013, with more than remarkable success. She is a multiple German Champion in steel-tip and soft-tip darts and won the DDV German Masters.

At the 2015 WDF World Cup, she won her first medal at an international event in the team competition. Germany team won only five of the fourteen bouts against England and they took silver medal after tough rivalry. Moreover, in the singles competition, she advanced to the quarter-finals, where she lost 4–5 in legs to Grace Crane.

Next year, she qualified for the 2016 WDF Europe Cup and winning two bronze medals in the pairs and team competition. In the singles competition, she advanced to the quarter-finals, where she lost 1–5 in legs to Lorraine Winstanley. In December, she successfully participated in the 2016 Winmau World Masters, where she lost 3–4 in the fifth round match to Corrine Hammond and missed the television stage of that tournament.

In 2017, she advanced for the first time to final of the World Darts Federation tournament Police Masters and lost in decider leg 4–5 to Ramona Eriksen. In the same year, she once again represented her country at the 2017 WDF World Cup. Apart from losing early in the pairs and team competitions, she achieved only the third round in the singles competition, lost 2–4 in legs to Paula Murphy.

In the following years, she took part only in national tournaments, and in 2019 she tried taking part in an international tournament again. In final of the Polish Open, she lost 4–5 in legs to Fie Skinnes. It was her last start in the World Darts Federation tournament.

In 2022, she returned to competing at the international level, this time taking part in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments for ladies. At the 2022 PDC Women's Series in August, Rennoch reached the semi-finals for the first time, lost 3–5 to Aileen de Graaf.[2] In the same weekend, she also completed another quarter-final in her career.[3]

Performance timeline

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Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters 5R DNQ NH QF

References

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  1. ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Greaves makes history in Hildesheim to achieve Women's Series perfection". PDC. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Brilliant Beau denies Suzuki twice to complete PDC Women's Series double". PDC. Retrieved 28 August 2022.