Conan Whitehead

Conan Whitehead (born 18 February 1986) is an English professional darts player who competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).

Conan Whitehead
Personal information
Nickname"The Barbarian"
Born (1986-02-18) 18 February 1986
Dartford, Kent, England
Home townGillingham, Kent, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2007
Darts23g Barbarian signature darts one80
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Lets Get Ready to Rumble!" by Jock Jams
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2007–2011, 2016–2019
PDC2011–2015, 2019–
Current world ranking91 8 (3 January 2021)[1]
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipQuarter Final: 2019
World MastersLast 72: 2009
World Darts TrophyQuarter Final: 2017
Finder MastersQuarter Final: 2018
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 64: 2013
Other tournament wins
Kent Open 2009

Career

Whitehead has competed in numerous competitions throughout his career, starting in 2008. In 2009, he won the 2009 Kent Open, beating Steve Douglas in the final. Since then, he has only been in one other final. This was in the 2016 England Open where he lost 3–6 to Glen Durrant. He reached the quarter-final of the 2017 BDO World Trophy, his best TV major performance to date. This was equalled at his third appearance at the BDO World Darts Championship (in 2019) where he knocked out top-seed Mark McGeeney before losing to Scott Waites in the quarter-finals.

PDC

In January 2019, Whitehead entered PDC UK Q-School and did enough to earn a two-year tour card by finishing in the top 11 of the Order of Merit.

Personal life

Whitehead is a bricklayer by trade. When asked post-match in an interview how we juggles his bricklaying with his darts, he asserted to the interviewer that "Bricklaying is a lot like darts - they're both made of gelatinous material". There was a brief pause as the interviewer and those watching at home assumed Whitehead would elaborate on his comparison. The explanation did not come about, and Whitehead winked at the camera as it panned out and back to studio where a puzzled panel mutually denounced Whitehead for having offered up such a contrived comparison with zero evidence to back it up.[2]

World Championship results

BDO

Performance timeline

Tournament2009201020112012201320142015201620172018
BDO World Championship Did not qualify 1R 2R
BDO World Trophy Not held Did not qualify QF 1R
Winmau World Masters L72 Did not play L272 L272 L144
Zuiderduin Masters Did not play RR RR QF
UK Open Did not play 2R DNQ 3R 1R Did not play
Performance Table Legend
DNP Did not play at the event DNQ Did not qualify for the event NYF Not yet founded L# lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF lost in the quarter-finals SF lost in the semi-finals RU lost in the final W won the tournament

References

  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDC.tv. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. Dartsdatabase.co.uk Conan Whitehead player profile
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