Bernd Hebecker

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Bernd Hebecker
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Hebecker in 1982
Personal information
Full nameBernd Hebecker
Born (1955-10-05) 5 October 1955 (age 69)
Bremen, West Germany
Home town Bremen, Germany
Darts information
Playing darts since1977
Darts23g
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1983–1999
WDF 1983–1999
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 1993
World Masters Last 64: 1984, 1993
Other tournament wins
Dortmund Open 1988
German Ch'ship 1984
German Gold Cup 1985, 1988
German Open 1986
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
WDF Europe Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Kerava Men's singles

Bernd Hebecker (born 5 October 1955) is an German former professional darts player who has played members in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events of the 1980s & 1990s. He is the first player from Germany who qualified for the World Darts Championship and took medal at the WDF Europe Cup.

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Career

Hebecker is the first full-time professional darts player, who start playing darts in the Bremen Broadway Pub in 1977 at the age of 22. The start of the first league in Bremen and other German cities soon followed, as well as the organization of the first German Championship in the early 1980s. In the 1980s he drew attention to himself with his first national titles. He belonged to the first national Germany team during the 1983 WDF World Cup. [1] He lost in the first round match to Hiroshi Watanobe by 3–4 in legs. In the pairs and team competitions the Germans did not manage to achieve satisfactory results. In total, Hebecker represented Germany three times during the WDF World Cup and five times during the WDF Europe Cup. [2]

After winning the German Championship in 1984, Hebecker won the German Open, Dortmund Open and being a two-time Champion of the German Gold Cup. In 1984 and 1985 he also served as President of the Deutschen Dart-Verbandes, making him one of the pioneers of darts in Germany. In 1992, he won a bronze medal in singles competition at the 1992 WDF Europe Cup in Kerava. On the way to his first and only medal, he defeated Leo Laurens, Jocky Wilson, Øyvind Aasland and Bruno Ladovaz. He finally lost in semi-finals to John Lowe by 3–4 in legs. [3]

After good performance at the British Open, he was the first player from Germany to qualify for the 1993 BDO World Darts Championship. There he lost to Jann Hoffmann in the first round by 0–3 in sets. [4] Between 1996 and 1999 Hebecker turned his hobby into a career and played the entire British Darts Organisation tour as a professional player. He refused to compete in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments and retired in 2000. [1]

World Championship results

BDO

Performance timeline

Tournament1983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998
WDF Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 1R DNQ
World Masters 1R 2R PR 1R 1R 1R DNQ 1R 2R DNQ 1R

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References

  1. 1 2 "Interview with Bernd Hebecker". globaldarts.de. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Bernd Hebecker". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Bernd Hebecker". dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bernd Hebecker". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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