Dennis Lindskjold | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Nickname | The Beast | ||||||
Born | 21 December 1977 Augustenborg, Denmark | ||||||
Home town | Sønderborg, Denmark | ||||||
Darts information | |||||||
Playing darts since | 1997 | ||||||
Darts | 22 Gram | ||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
Walk-on music | "No Limit" by 2 Unlimited | ||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
BDO | 2004–2010, 2016–2020 | ||||||
PDC | 2012–2016 | ||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
World Masters | Last 128: 2004 | ||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 72: 2014 | ||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Dennis Lindskjold (born 21 December 1977) is a Danish former professional darts player.
Lindskjold has been picked 7 times for the Danish national team. [1]
In September 2012, he won a Scandinavian Pro Tour event in Denmark by defeating Niels Jorgen Hansen 6–3 in the final. [2] A year later he beat Soren Hedegaard, Jarkko Komula, Magnus Caris and Jani Haavisto to qualify for the 2014 PDC World Championship. [3] At the World Championship, Lindskjold was supposed to face Edward Santos in the preliminary round but due to visa trouble for the Philippine, Lindskjold faced Colin Osborne instead. [4] Lindskjold won the first leg but went on to be beaten 4–1. [5]
He won the 2014 Nordic Cup Open by beating Mats Andersson in the final. [6] Lindskjold made his debut in the World Cup of Darts in 2014, representing Denmark with Per Laursen and they were eliminated 5–2 by Australia in the first round. [7] Laursen defeated Lindskjold in the final of the 2015 DDL Esbjerg event. [8]
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