Conan Whitehead

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Conan Whitehead
Personal information
Full nameConan Whitehead
Nickname"The Barbarian"
Born (1986-02-18) 18 February 1986 (age 38)
Dartford, Kent, England
Home town Gillingham, Kent, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2007
Darts23g One80
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Lets Get Ready to Rumble!" by Jock Jams
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2007–2011, 2016–2019
PDC 2011–2015, 2019–
Current world ranking NR (24 November 2024) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2019
World Masters Last 72: 2009
World Trophy Quarter Final: 2017
Finder Masters Quarter Final: 2018
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 64: 2013
Other tournament wins
Kent Open 2009
PDC Challenge Tour 2023
MODUS Super Series 1 2023

Conan Whitehead (born 18 February 1986) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former quarter-finalist of the BDO World Darts Championship.

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Career

Whitehead has competed in numerous competitions throughout his career, starting in 2008. In 2009, he won the 2009 Kent Open, beating Steve Douglas in the final. Since then, he has only been in one other final. This was in the 2016 England Open where he lost 3–6 to Glen Durrant. He reached the quarter-final of the 2017 BDO World Trophy, his best TV major performance to date. This was equalled at his third appearance at the BDO World Darts Championship (in 2019) where he knocked out top-seed Mark McGeeney before losing to Scott Waites in the quarter-finals.

PDC

In January 2019, Whitehead entered PDC UK Q-School and did enough to earn a two-year tour card by finishing in the top 11 of the Order of Merit.

World Championship results

BDO

Performance timeline

Tournament20092010201120122013201420152016201720182024
BDO World Championship Did not qualify 1R 2R NH
BDO World Trophy Not heldDid not qualify QF 1R NH
Winmau World Masters L72 Did not play L272 L272 L144 NH
Zuiderduin Masters Did not play RR RR QF NH
UK Open Did not play 2R DNQ 3R 1R Did not play 1R
Performance Table Legend
DNPDid not play at the eventDNQDid not qualify for the eventNYFNot yet foundedL#lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finalsSFlost in the semi-finalsRUlost in the finalWwon the tournament

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References

  1. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
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