Aurora Fochesato

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Aurora Fochesato
Aurora Fochesato - WDF WK Qualifiers 2022.jpg
Fochesato in 2022
Personal information
Full nameAurora Fochesato
Nickname"Aury"
Born (2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 19)
Pordenone, Italy
Home town Pordenone, Italy
Darts information
Playing darts since2017
Darts20g Winmau
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"The Nights" by Avicii
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2022–
WDF 2021–
Current world ranking (WDF W) 74 Increase2.svg 34 (7 November 2025) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
Dutch Open Last 32: 2022
Other tournament wins
WDF World Girls Ch'ship 2023
International Youth Challenge 2022, 2023
Italian Championship 2021, 2022, 2025
Medal record
Women's Darts
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
EDF European Ch'ship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Podčetrtek Women's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Podčetrtek Women's singles
WDF Europe Cup Youth
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Budapest Girls singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Vienna Girls singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Riga Girls singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Budapest Girls pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Vienna Girls pairs

Aurora Fochesato (born 1 January 2006) is an Italian female professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. She was the first gold medalist from Italy in the World Darts Federation Europe Cup, and also an EDF European Champion, and was the first Italian to win the WDF Youth Girls World Darts Championship in 2023.

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Career

Aurora's career in darts began in 2017, when she started to participate in local darts tournaments in Italy. In 2021, she reached the final of the Malta Open, but was defeated by Paula Jacklin 5–4 in a last-leg decider. In 2022, she took a part in the WDF Europe Cup Youth, where she defeated Amy Evans 5–1 and won a gold medal in the singles girls competition. [2] In the pairs competition with Elisa Bolzicco, she achieved a bronze medal, but lost 3–1 in the semi-finals to eventual champions Tamara Kovács and Krisztina Turai from Hungary.

In 2023, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2023 WDF Europe Cup Youth. On the first day of the pairs competition, she won the bronze medal for the second time in her career. Her partner was Giada Macchi. In the semi-finals, after an extremely tight match, they finally lost to the England team (Hannah Meek and Paige Pauling). [3] In the singles competition final against Zehra Gemi, she won a second gold medal after a 5–2 victory.

In 2023, she became the first Italian to win the WDF Youth Girls World Darts Championship, defeating the Hungarian Krisztina Turai in the final 2 - 0. [4]

She played on the 2024 PDC Women's Series, and reached the last 16 at event 22. She lost there to Noa-Lynn van Leuven 4–2.

Performance timeline

Tournament2022
WDF Ranked televised events
Dutch Open 4R

References

  1. "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  2. "Prachtige Prestaties Van Nederlands Team Op De Europe Cup Youth 2022". NDB. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. "WDF Europe Cup Youth 2023 - Singles & Pairs • Girls Pairs KO Semi-final". DartConnect. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  4. "2023 At a Glance = WDF World Champions - Aurora Fochesato - Andy Baetens - Beau Greaves - Bradley van der Velden". nzdarts.com. Retrieved December 25, 2024.