Grant Sampson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Grant Sampson | ||
Nickname | "The Samurai" | ||
Born | [1] Cape Town, South Africa | 26 January 1982 ||
Home town | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
Darts information | |||
Playing darts since | 2020 | ||
Darts | 22g Red Dragon | ||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||
Walk-on music | "I Believe" by Yolanda Adams | ||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
PDC | 2022– | ||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2023 | ||
Other tournament wins | |||
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Grant Sampson (born 26 January 1982) is a South African professional darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and other national events. He qualified for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the African Qualifier to make his first appearance at the Worlds.
In October 2022, Sampson defeated Laezeltrich Wentzel to win the African Qualifier (after earlier beating heavy favourite Devon Petersen) and qualify for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, his debut year at the competition. [2] He was defeated by 31st seed Kim Huybrechts 0–3 in the second round, [3] having defeated Keane Barry 3–1 in his first round match. [4]
Tournament | 2023 | |||
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PDC Ranked televised events | ||||
World Championship | 2R | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Year-end ranking (PDC) | 119 |
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