Benjamin Pratnemer | ||||||||||||||||||
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "The Star" | |||||||||||||||||
Born | 31 March 1979[1] [2] Maribor, Slovenia | |||||||||||||||||
Home town | Maribor, Slovenia | |||||||||||||||||
Darts information | ||||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
Darts | 20 Gram | |||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" by AC/DC | |||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | ||||||||||||||||||
BDO | 2017–2020 | |||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2019–2020 | |||||||||||||||||
WDF | 2021– | |||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | (WDF) 11 1 (8 December 2024) [3] | |||||||||||||||||
WDF major events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Last 32: 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | ||||||||||||||||||
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Benjamin Pratnemer (born 31 March 1979) is a Slovenian professional darts player.
Pratnemer won the PDC Eastern Europe World Championship qualifier in 2019, defeating János Végső of Hungary 6–1 in the final, which meant he qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship. He became the second Slovenian after Osmann Kijamet in 2010 to qualify for the event.
On 7 February 2020, he qualified for his first PDC European Tour event. He played in the 2020 Belgian Darts Championship, where he lost 5–6 in the first round against Wesley Plaisier. Since 2021 Pratnamer has been playing on the WDF Circuit picking up a couple of wins in Slovenia & Hungary.
In 2023, Pratnemer participated in the PDC 2023 Q-School, in an attempt to get a tourcard. He got to the final phase, where he finished 28th with 3 points.
BDO
Tournament | 2019 |
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Winmau World Masters | L32 |
PDC
Tournament | 2020 |
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PDC World Championship | 1R |
Performance timeline legend | |||||
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DNP | Did not play in the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) | QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
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