Cameron Carolissen

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Cameron Carolissen
Personal information
Full nameCameron Carolissen
Nickname"The Javelin"
Born (1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 (age 28)
Cape Town, South Africa
Home town Cape Town, South Africa
Darts information
Playing darts since2008
Darts24 Gram
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Ocean Drive" by Duke Dumont
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2020–
Current world ranking NR (24 November 2024) [1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2021
Other tournament wins
PDC African Qualifier 2020, 2024
African Continental Tour 2023

Cameron Carolissen (born 16 January 1996) is a South African professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Contents

Career

2020

Carolissen qualified for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the PDC African Qualifier, beating two-time World Championship participant Charles Losper 7-4 in the final. [2] He received a bye into the second round of the tournament after his opponent Martijn Kleermaker withdrew due to contracting COVID-19 and his replacement, Josh Payne, was also ruled out after he had to self-isolate due to coming into contact with someone with COVID-19. [3] In the second round, he was beaten 3-1 by Danny Noppert.

2024

Thanks to his success on the African Continental Tour, Carolissen made his PDC World Cup of Darts debut at the 2024 PDC World Cup of Darts for the South African team, [4] partnering fellow debutant Johan Geldenhuys.

Carolissen qualified for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the African Darts Group Qualifier. He overcame Kenya's Peter Wachiuri in the final 8-7 in legs, surviving a match dart for a 154 checkout from Wachiuri. [5] At the World Championship Carolissen came back from two sets down to lose a sudden death leg against Wessel Nijman.

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament20212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship 2R DNQ 1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup of Darts DNP RR

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References

  1. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Carolissen joins list of World Championship International Qualifiers". Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Cameron Carolissen gets bye after opponent's positive Covid-19 test". BBC Sport . 20 December 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Esack, Fuad (8 May 2024). "Giving darts players a shot at the big league". Plainsman . Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  5. ↑ Gorton, Josh (30 September 2024). "Carolissen confirms Ally Pally return with epic win over Wachiuri". pdc.tv. Retrieved 23 November 2024.


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