Almudena Fajardo

Almudena Fajardo
Almudena Fajardo
Personal information
Full name	Almudena Fajardo Ayuso
Born	11 August 1996 (age 27); Spain
Home town	Hellín, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Darts information
Laterality	Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2023–
WDF	2022–
Current world ranking	(WDF W) NR (5 September 2022)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 24: 2023
World Masters	Runner Up: 2022
Other achievements
	2022 Became the first silver medalist of the WDF Europe Cup coming from Spain.; 2022 Became the first women from Spain who qualified for the WDF World Darts Championship.;
Medal record
Women's Darts
Representing Spain
WDF Europe Cup
EDU European Ch'ship

Last updated April 28, 2024

Almudena Fajardo Ayuso (born 11 August 1996) is a Spanish female professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) events. She is a two-time EDU European Darts Champion and first Spanish female player who played in the final of the WDF Europe Cup competition. She was qualified for the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship.

Career

Fajardo is one of the most successful players from Spain. In 2017, she won two bronze medals in singles and cricket competition at the EDU European Darts Championship in Caorle. A year later, she repeated her success in the cricket competition. In subsequent international competitions, she maintained a good level, however, she was more successful only in the national competitions. In 2022, she was advanced to the EDU European Darts Championship finals for the first time and won her first gold medal in cricket competition, defeated Josipa Brzić. In the singles competition, she lost to Lucia Jankovská in the final.^[2]

At the end of September 2022, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup held in her country. This is her first international competition on the steel-tip darts organised by World Darts Federation. On the second day of the tournament, she advanced to the finals of the singles competition, defeating the favorites Deta Hedman, Monique Lessmeister and Veronika Ihász.^[3] In the final, she lost to Beau Greaves by 4–7 in legs and winning the first medal for Spain.^[4]^[5]

In late February 2023, Fajardo made her debut in the 2023 PDC Women's Series.^[6]

World Championship results

WDF

2023: First round (lost to Paula Murphy 1–2)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2022	2023
WDF Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ
World Masters	RU

Career finals

WDF major finals: 2 (2 runners-up)

Legend
World Masters (0 – 1)
WDF Europe Cup (0 – 1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score^[7]
Runner-up	1.	2022	WDF Europe Cup	Beau Greaves	4 – 7 (l)
Runner-up	2.	2022	World Masters	Beau Greaves	0 – 6 (l)

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References

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↑ "Almudena Fajardo reconquista Benidorm con un oro y una plata en el Nacional de Dardos". radiohellin.com. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
↑ "WDF Europe Cup Women Singles". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 30 September 2022.
↑ "Greaves and Fajardo to women's singles final at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
↑ "Labre and Greaves capture gold medal in singles at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
↑ "Participants for PDC Women's Series 1-4 confirmed including Ashton, Dobromyslova, Greaves, Hedman, Sherrock and de Graaf". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

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[WDF_Women's_Rankings-1] "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[2] "Almudena Fajardo reconquista Benidorm con un oro y una plata en el Nacional de Dardos". radiohellin.com. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

[3] "WDF Europe Cup Women Singles". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 30 September 2022.

[4] "Greaves and Fajardo to women's singles final at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

[5] "Labre and Greaves capture gold medal in singles at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

[6] "Participants for PDC Women's Series 1-4 confirmed including Ashton, Dobromyslova, Greaves, Hedman, Sherrock and de Graaf". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

[7] (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

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