Justin Thompson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname | "Thommo" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 8 January 1969[1] Bendigo, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Beverford, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darts | 23 Gram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Shotgun" by George Ezra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BDO | 2003–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WDF | 2003– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | (WDF) NR (6 July 2025) [2] Highest WDF Ranking 2017 No3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship | Last 32: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Last 80: 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Trophy | Last 32: 2018, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Justin Thompson (born 8 January 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events.Justin has two World titles, and was inducted into the Victorian hall of fame 2013 ,and inducted into the Australian hall of fame 2022 ,and was made a life member of the Bendigo Darts League 2016. Australia has had a lot of fantastic dart players play for Australia, but Justin is the only one to hit the winning leg to win the teams world cup for Australia
A veteran of the DPA circuit, he won the WDF Asia-Pacific Cup Singles in 2016, plus the Geelong Classic. Winner DA Australian Men's Singles 2017 as well as two DPA Australian Pro Tour events in 2017.
Thompson competed in the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship, making his first appearance in the event against Chris Gilliland in the preliminary round, a match which he overcame Gilliland 3–2.