Aleksandr Oreshkin

Aleksandr Lvovich Oreshkin (Russian: Александр Львович Орешкин; born 15 July 1961) is a Russian former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Aleksandr Oreshkin
Personal information
Full nameAleksandr Lvovich Oreshkin
Nickname"The Nut"
Born (1961-07-15) 15 July 1961
Russian SFSR
Home townSaint Petersburg, Russia
Darts information
Playing darts since1983
Darts18 Gram Shot
LateralityLeft-handed
Walk-on music"Rasputin" by Boney M.
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2012–2015
PDC2015–2019
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2016
Other tournament wins
PDC World Russia Qualifying Event 2015, 2017

Career

Oreshkin qualified for the 2016 PDC World Darts Championship after defeating Anton Kolesov in the final of the Russian Qualifier.[1] He played against Singapore's Paul Lim in the preliminary round, winning in a sudden-death leg to qualify for a first round match against 14th seed Mervyn King. Oreshkin won the first two sets before King took nine of the next 12 legs to win 3–2.[2] Oreshkin partnered Boris Koltsov at the World Cup of Darts and they lost 5–3 to the Netherlands in round one.[3]

Oreshkin and Koltsov met Australia in the second round of the 2017 World Cup after seeing off Hong Kong 5–3 in the first round. Oreshkin beat Kyle Anderson 4–2, but Koltsov failed to win against Simon Whitlock meaning a doubles match was required to settle the tie. Russia easily won 4–0 to make it through to the quarter-finals for the first time, where they could only pick up one leg in their singles defeats to the Welsh pair of Gerwyn Price and Mark Webster.[4] After losing 2-0 to Kevin Münch of Germany in the Preliminary Round of the 2018 World Championship he qualified for the World Cup again, but lost with Koltsov to Spain in the first round. He failed to qualify for the 2019 World Championship.

Oreshkin quit the PDC in January 2019.

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament2016201720182019
PDC World Championship 1R DNQ PR DNQ
Non-major televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts 1R QF 1R DNQ

References
  1. "Trio Secure World Championship Places". PDC.tv. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  2. "Mervyn King survives first-round scare in World Darts Championship". The Guardian. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  3. "Betway World Cup of Darts Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 2016-10-28. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  4. "2017 PDC World Cup of Darts Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 June 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.