Harith Lim

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Harith Lim
Personal information
Nickname"Goldfinger"
Born (1970-04-11) 11 April 1970 (age 54) [1]
Singapore
Home townSingapore
Darts information
Playing darts since1984
Darts18g Cosmo Darts Goldfinger
Laterality Left-handed
Walk-on music"Hall of Fame" by The Script ft. Will.i.am
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1987–1992
PDC 2012–
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters Last 128: 1989
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
BDO World Youth Masters
Malaysian Open
1986
1992
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
WDF World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1989 Toronto Men's pairs

Harith Lim (born 11 April 1970) is a Singaporean professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

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Career

He first came into prominence in 1986, when he won the BDO World Youth Masters, defeating Rowan Barry of Australia in the final. He is mainly seen on the soft tip circuit, but has appeared in some steel tip action. He Runner-Up the number 4 seed of 1987 BDO World Youth Championship defeating champion 1986 Mark Day and losing to Rowan Barry of Australia.

He has represented Singapore along with Paul Lim (no relation) in eight PDC World Cup of Darts tournaments, with their biggest success being in the 2017 tournament when they defeated the top seeds Scotland (consisting of Gary Anderson and Peter Wright), then knocked out the Spanish pairing of Cristo Reyes and Antonio Alcinas, before losing the quarter-final to Belgium, although Harith defeated Ronny Huybrechts in his singles match, before he and Paul lost to Kim and Ronny in the doubles.

He now played in every dartslive soft tip events every year (The World, Dartslive Open, Taiwan Pro). The biggest achievement was in 2017 The World Stage 1 USA, where he got 2nd place against Alex Reyes of USA. He has a lot of sponsors for 2019 that includes Cosmo Darts, Fit Flight, Fit Point Plus, Dartslive, Zansinryu, Restar, Doron, Jiyu, Forest Darts, The Stage, & Craft Darts Bistro. He will play along with his friend (Paul Lim) in the upcoming PDC World Cup of Darts representing Singapore. His personal darts (Goldfinger 1 & 2) are sold globally including soft tip dan steel tip, he has his own personalised darts flight which are sold globally too.

He held many coaching clinic locally in Singapore mainly at his sponsored darts place, his aim is to improve darts in Singapore and promote dartslive globally as Dartslive Official Player.

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Non-major televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts 2R 1R 2R QF 2R 2R WD 2R 1R RR

BDO

Tournament1989199019911992
Winmau World Masters L128DNP
Performance Table Legend
DNPDid not play at the eventDNQDid not qualify for the eventNYFNot yet founded#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finalsSFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament

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References

  1. "Harith Lim – Mastercaller.com". www.mastercaller.com.