Ricardo Perez (darts player)

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Ricardo Perez
Personal information
Full nameRicardo Perez Ibarra
Born (1988-04-04) 4 April 1988 (age 35)
Spain
Home town Spain
Darts information
Darts18g Cosmo [1]
Laterality Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2018–2020
PDC 2023–
WDF 2018–
Current world ranking NR (14 November 2023) [2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters Last 32: 2022
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
EDU European Ch'ship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Benidorm Men's cricket
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Benidorm Men's singles
EDF European Ch'ship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Podčetrtek Men's cricket

Ricardo Perez Ibarra (born 4 April 1988) is a Spanish professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is an EDU European Darts Champion and EDF European Darts Championship silver medalist.

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Career

Perez played his first tournaments on electronic dartboards. In 2018, thanks to good results in domestic steel-tip tournaments, he was invited to participate in the 2018 Winmau World Masters. He advanced to the third round where he lost to Aaron Turner by 1–3 in sets. [3] A month later, at the Italian Open, he advanced to the final, where he lost to Martin Adams by 5–6 in legs. It was his first final on steel-tip tournament. [4]

He returned to international competitions in 2022, when he won the gold medal in cricket competition at the EDU European Darts Championship. In the final of the tournament he defeated Dragutin Pecnjak. [5] He won another medal individually during EDF European Darts Championship, but in the final he lost to Boris Krčmar. [6] In December 2022, he took part in the 2022 Winmau World Masters, where he advanced to the final phase of the tournament. In the fourth round he lost to Vítězslav Sedlák by 1–5 in legs. [7]

In January 2023, he took part in the PDC Q-School qualifying tournament. [8]

Performance timeline

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WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters 3R DNQNH 4R

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References

  1. "Ricardo PEREZ IBARRA". cosmodarts.jp. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  3. "Winmau World Masters Men 2018". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  4. "Italian Open Men 2018". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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  8. "RESULTS DAY ONE 2023 PDC EUROPEAN Q-SCHOOL: VAN DE PAS AND VEENSTRA JOIN FINAL ROUND LINE-UP". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 9 January 2023.