Charl Pietersen (darts player)

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Charl Pietersen
Personal information
Full nameCharles Pietersen
NicknameBionic Man
Born (1991-03-10) 10 March 1991 (age 31)
Cape Town, South Africa
Darts information
Playing darts since2009
Darts23 Gram Puma Signature Summit Darts
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2012–2014
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 72: 2013
Other tournament wins
PDC World South Africa Qualifying Event 2012

Charles "Charl" Pietersen (born 10 March 1991 from Cape Town) is a former South African darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.

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Career

He qualified for the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the 2013 South African Masters, thrashing Charles Losper 8–1 in the final with a 96.9 average. [1] In the World Championship, he was beaten 1–4 in the preliminary round by Germany's Max Hopp. [2]

Pietersen entered Q School in an attempt to win a PDC Tour Card to play the full circuit in 2013 and 2014. [3] He secured his Tour Card on the first day, beating Kevin McDine 6–5 in his final round match and hitting a nine-dart finish in the process. [4] Pietersen represented South Africa in his first World Cup of Darts in February 2013 alongside Shawn Hogan and finished second in Group B to reach the last 16, where they faced the top seeds England, whose team consisted of the top two players in the world, Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis. [5] The South African duo took the match to a deciding leg, with Pietersen missing two darts for the match, before England hit double top to win 5–4. [6] Pietersen failed to qualify for the 2013 UK Open as he finished 115th on the Order of Merit, outside the top 96 who claimed their places. [7] He lost in the semi-finals of the South African qualifier for the 2014 World Championship 8–5 to Devon Petersen and a year later Petersen was again the victor at the same stage, this time 8–2. [8] [9] Pietersen's tour status expired at the end of 2014, and he hasn't played in an event since losing to Petersen. [10]

World Championship results

PDC

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References

  1. ↑ "2012 PDC World South Africa Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Ladbrokes WDC Day Two". PDC . Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Q School Set For Record Field". PDC. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "PDC Qualifying School Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Saturday Afternoon". PDC . Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Last 16". PDC . Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Van Gerwen's Five Alive With Whitewash!". PDC . Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "2013 PDC World South Africa Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "2014 PDC World South Africa Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Charl Pietersen 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
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