Jan Larsen (darts player)

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Jan Larsen
Personal information
Born
Denmark
Home townDenmark
Darts information
Playing darts since1974
Laterality Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1980–1981
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 1981
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Danish National Ch'ship
Nordic Ch'ship
1978, 1980

1980

Jan Larsen is a Danish former professional darts player.

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Career

Larsen is a 2-time Danish Champion, who was picked 12 times for the national team [1]

He was the first Dane to represent Denmark at the BDO World darts Championships - in 1981 he played Luc Marreel and lost narrowly 2-1.

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Larsen was a dominating figure in Danish and Scandinavian darts, winning a total of 9 Danish Championships [2] and 3 Nordic Championships (single, pairs and team events). [3]

World Championship results

BDO

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