Robyn Byrne

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Robyn Byrne
Personal information
Born (1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 27)
Blanchardstown, Ireland
Home town Dublin, Ireland
Darts information
Playing darts since2014
Darts23g Winmau
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Hall of Fame" by The Script featuring will.i.am
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2014–2020
PDC 2020–
WDF 2014–
Current world ranking (WDF W) 73 Increase2.svg 2 (28 January 2025) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters Last 128: 2015, 2016, 2019
Other tournament wins
PDC Women's Series 2023, 2024

Youth events

World Masters (girls) 2014
Medal record
Women's Darts
Representing Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
WDF World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Kobe Women's pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Kemer Women's pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Kemer Women's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Kemer Women's overall
WDF Europe Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Šamorín Women's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Budapest Women's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Šamorín Women's overall
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Šamorín Women's team
WDF Europe Cup Youth
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Vienna Girls singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Vienna Girls pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Vienna Girls overall

Robyn Byrne (born 23 May 1997) is an Irish darts player who competes in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Her biggest achievement to date was winning the Winmau World Masters for girls. She has also won three gold medals in the WDF Europe Cup Youth and took silver medal in singles competition at the 2018 WDF Europe Cup. She took part in the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup for several times.

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Career

Byrne started playing darts at the age of three or four with her father. [2] In 2014 she won every girls competition at the 2014 WDF Europe Cup Youth, defeated Lidia Koltsova in singles competition by 4–2 in legs. [3] Few months later she participated in the 2014 Winmau World Masters. In the girls' competition, she confidently triumphed, beat Beau Greaves by 4–0 in legs. [4] In October 2015, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2015 WDF World Cup. In the singles competition, she only advanced to the second round, where she lost to Katie Bellerby by 3–4 in legs. In the pairs competition, together with Caroline Breen, she won a bronze medal. She also won the bronze medal in the team and overall classification. [5]

She competed three times in the Winmau World Masters. In all tournaments, she lost in the first round. She took part in the 2016 WDF Europe Cup, but did not achieve satisfactory results. [6] The following year, during the 2017 WDF World Cup, again together with Caroline Breen, she won the silver medal in the pairs competition. In the final they lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova and Marina Kononova from Russia by 1–6 in legs. In the singles competition, she advanced to the quarter-finals, where she lost to Aileen de Graaf by 1–5 in legs. [7]

In 2018, Byrne achieved the greatest success so far in senior tournaments, winning a silver medal in singles competition during the 2018 WDF Europe Cup. On the way to the finals, she defeated, among others Deta Hedman and Rhian Griffiths. She lost to Fiona Gaylor in the final, by 4–7 in legs. In the pairs and team competitions, she finished in the quarter-finals. [8] From 2020, she takes part in tournaments organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). In March 2022, she played in the Women's Series final, where she lost to Lisa Ashton by 3–5 in legs. [9] She remained at a good level to the end of the season, taking 11th place in the ranking. She also continues to compete in the World Darts Federation tournaments. [10]

At the end of September 2022, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, she advanced to the quarter-finals of the singles competition, where she lost to eventual gold medalist Beau Greaves by 2–5 in legs. [11] On the third day, she advanced to the quarter-finals of the pairs competition, where she played together with Katie Sheldon. They lost to Lerena Rietbergen and Anca Zijlstra from Netherlands by 1–4 in legs. [12] In the team tournament, she was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Performance timeline

Tournament201520162017201820192020202120222023
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters 1R 1R DNQ 1R NH

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References

  1. ↑ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 28 January 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Robyn's on board for the big time". Irish Daily Star. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "2014 WDF Europe Cup Youth". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Meet Ireland's first ever darts Master". independent.ie. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "2015 WDF World Cup". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "2016 WDF Europe Cup". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "2017 WDF World Cup". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "2018 WDF Europe Cup". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Lisa Ashton wins PDC Women's Series One, Two and Four in Barnsley". Sky Sports . Retrieved 9 November 2022.
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