Avtar Gill (darts player)

Avtar Gill
Personal information
Born	(1952-07-17) 17 July 1952 (age 72) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Darts information
Playing darts since	1974
Darts	17g Winmau
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1981–1988
PDC	1997
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Last 32: 1987
World Masters	Last 128: 1986, 1987, 1988
PDC premier events – best performances
World Matchplay	Last 40: 1997
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
Las Vegas Open	1997

Avtar Gill (born 17 July 1952) is a Canadian former professional darts player who played in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments.

Career

Gill played his second staged in the WDF World Cup of 1981 & 1987 represented by Team Canada with Michael Boaden, Ray Kippari & Ted Kyle from Nelson in New Zealand in 1981 and Copenhagen in Denmark in 1987 with Bob Sinnaeve, Danny MacInnis & Joe Gorski, before losing in the last 32 to America's Dan Pucillo by 2–4 legs.

Gill was runner-up in the 1986 Canada National Championships losing to Bob Sinnaeve in the final. Gill played in the 1987 World Professional Darts Championship, losing in the first round 3–1 in sets to Belgium's Frans Devooght. Gill played in 1997 on the PDC World Matchplay lost in the Last 40 to Andy Jenkins from England by 3–6.

Gill won the 1997 Las Vegas Open darts champions, beating by the final with American's Gerome Vardaro.

World Championship results

BDO

• 1987: Last 32 (lost to Frans Devooght 1–3) (sets)

External links

• Profile and stats on Darts Database