Mario Vandenbogaerde
Mario Vandenbogaerde (born 1 June 1973)[2] is a Belgian professional darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. He reached the semifinals of the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship.
| Mario Vandenbogaerde | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||||||
| Nickname | "Super Mario" | ||||||
| Born | 1 June 1973 Ypres, Belgium | ||||||
| Home town | Ypres, Belgium | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 1993 | ||||||
| Darts | 23 Gram One80 | ||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
| Walk-on music | "He Kom Aan" by Het Feestteam | ||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
| BDO | 2003–2006, 2018–2020 | ||||||
| PDC | 2021 Q School | ||||||
| WDF | 2018– | ||||||
| Current world ranking | (WDF) 58  7 (13 December 2020)[1] | ||||||
| BDO majors – best performances | |||||||
| World Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2020 | ||||||
| World Masters | Semi Final: 2019 | ||||||
| World Darts Trophy | Last 16: 2019 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
| |||||||
Career
In 2005, Vandenbogaerde won the Belgium National Championships. In 2018, he won the Luxembourg Masters. In 2019, he won the German Open, before reaching the semi-finals of the World Masters.
In September 2019, he qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship, which turned out to be the event's last edition, as the 11th seed, and got to the semi-finals on debut. He was first Belgian man to reach the semi-finals of a World Championship and the only to do so at the BDO World Championship.[3]
World Championship results
BDO
- 2020: Semi-finals (lost to Jim Williams 4–6)
References
- "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- https://www.facebook.com/mario.vandenbogaerde/about?lst=1581902500%3A1540629741%3A1577030226
- "Field for men's and ladies BDO World Darts Championship 2020 confirmed". dartsnews.com. 30 September 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.