Chloe O'Brien (darts player)

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Chloe O'Brien
Personal information
Full nameChloe O'Brien
Nickname"Mini COB"
Born (2002-04-28) 28 April 2002 (age 21)
Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland
Home town Perthshire, Scotland
Darts information
Playing darts since2016
Laterality Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2017–2020
PDC 2022–
WDF 2017–
Medal record
Women's Darts
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
WDF World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Cluj Girls pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Cluj Mixed pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Cluj Youth's overall

Chloe O'Brien (born 28 April 2002) is a Scottish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Her biggest achievement to date was qualified for inaugural 2022 Women's World Matchplay.

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Career

O'Brien started her career in numerous youth's tournaments, both locally and international. The first successes came relatively quickly, she became a series winner at least in her region. [1] In 2019, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2019 WDF World Cup in youth's competitions. In singles competition she advanced to second phase, but lost to Ksenia Klochek in the second round match. In the pairs competition, together with Sophie McKinlay, she won the silver medal, lost in the final to Beau Greaves and Shannon Reeves from England. In mixed pairs competition, she won a bronze medal, played together with Nathan Girvan. Ultimately, Scotland also won a bronze medal in the overall youth ranking. [2] O'Brien also participated in the 2019 World Masters for girls, but she lost to Wibke Riemann by 1–4 in legs, in the quarter-finals match. [3]

In 2020, she performed at the 2020 Dutch Open. In the senior competition, she advanced to the sixth round, where she lost to Lorraine Winstanley by 1–3 in legs. [4] In the youth's competition, she advanced to the semi-finals, but lost to Layla Brussel by 2–3 in legs. [5] Her career was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. In 2021, she participated only in two World Darts Federation tournaments, but lost in the first phases. She returned to regular competition in the 2022, participated in the 2022 PDC Women's Series. O'Brien twice made it to the semi-finals, but there were also many first-round defeats. Overall, her good results in few tournaments allowed her to qualify for the inaugural 2022 Women's World Matchplay. [6] [7] In the quarter-finals she faced Lisa Ashton and lost to her by 0–4 in legs. [8]

At the end of September 2022, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, she advanced to the second round of the singles competition, where she lost to Vicky Pruim by 1–4 in legs. [9] In the pairs and team competition, she did not achieve satisfactory results. Along with qualifying for 2022 Women's World Matchplay, she was invited to participate in the 2022 PDC World Youth Championship. [10] In the group stage she faced Josh Rock and Lee Lok Yin. She lost both games and was eliminated from the tournament. [11]

Performance timeline

Tournament202020212022
PDC Non-ranked televised events
Women's World Matchplay NH QF
World Youth ChampionshipDNQ RR
WDF Ranked televised events
Dutch Open 6R NHDNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC)––

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  2. ↑ "2019 WDF World Cup Youth". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "World Masters Girls 2019". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Dutch Open Women 2020". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Dutch Open Girls 2020". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "O'Brien on 'cloud nine' ahead of Winter Gardens debut". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ashton and Sherrock headline as field and draw confirmed for inaugural PDC Women's World Matchplay". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Super Sherrock wins inaugural Betfred Women's World Matchplay title". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "WDF Europe Cup Women Singles". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  10. ↑ Phillips, Josh (20 September 2022). "International stars confirmed for 2022 Winmau World Youth Championship". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "PDC World Youth Championship Last 96 2022". DCTV. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
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