Jarkko Komula

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Jarkko Komula
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Komula in 2008
Personal information
Nickname"Smiley"
Born (1976-03-13) 13 March 1976 (age 48)
Oulu, Finland
Home town Tampere, Finland
Darts information
Playing darts since1992
Darts20 Gram Smiley's
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Sandstorm" by Darude
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1998–2009
PDC 2009–2015
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 16: 2004
World Masters Runner Up: 2001
World Trophy Semi Final: 2003
Int. Darts League Last 16 Group: 2003, 2004
Finder Masters Quarter Final: 2002, 2004
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2014
Other tournament wins
Nordic Cup 2008
Norway Open 2003
PDC World Finland Qualifying 2009
WDF World Cup Team 2005

SDC Pro Tour

SDC Denmark 2012, 2013
SDC Finland 2012
SDC Sweden 2014

Jarkko Komula (born 13 March 1976) is a Finnish former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He got the nickname "Smiley" in humorous reference to his lack of smiling.

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Darts career

BDO

Komula reached the final of the 2001 Winmau World Masters, beating Andy Fordham 4–0 in the semi-finals. He was beaten in the final by Raymond van Barneveld. He made his BDO World Championship debut in 2002, losing to Ted Hankey in the first round. He suffered a second first round exit at the Lakeside in 2003, losing to Vincent van der Voort. In the 2004 BDO World Darts Championship, he finally won a match, beating Paul Hanvidge but lost in the second round to Mervyn King. In 2005, he lost in the first round again, this time to Robert Wagner.

On 31 May 2008 Komula won the Nordic Cup, beating Sweden's Markus Korhonen in the final.

PDC

At the beginning of 2009, Komula joined the PDC. He qualified for the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the Finland qualifying event. He defeated Russia's Roman Konchikov by 4 legs to 3 in the preliminary round, but lost to Wes Newton by 3 sets to 0 in the first round.

Komula had occasional television appearances for the next few years before coming back to prominence by reaching the semi-finals of the PDC World Cup of Darts in 2013 PDC World Cup of Darts along with his Finnish compatriot Jani Haavisto. Their biggest scalp was the Dutch team of Raymond van Barneveld and Michael van Gerwen, and they also beat the home German team of Andree Welge and Jyhan Artut before being defeated by the Belgian team of Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts.

Komula once again qualified for the World Championship in 2014, this time directly into the first round, where he defeated seeded player Mark Walsh 3–1, before losing 4–0 to Simon Whitlock. [1]

Jarkko did not renew his Tour Card for 2015, bringing an end to his PDC run.

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
BDO World Championship DNQ 1R 1R 2R 1R DNQDNP
International Darts League Not held 2R 2R 1R DNQNot Held
World Darts Trophy Not held 1R SF 1R DNQNot held
Winmau World Masters QF SF RU L64 L64 L64 DNP L64 L16 L72 DNP L40
Finder Darts Masters DNQ QF RR QF DNQNHDNQDNP
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. "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Ten". PDC. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.