Sun Qiang

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Sun Qiang
Personal information
Full nameQiang Sun
NicknameThe Crane
Born (1970-03-09) March 9, 1970 (age 50)
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Home town Shenzhen, Guangdong
Darts information
Playing darts since1992
Darts18 gram
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2010
PDC 2013–2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Preliminary round: 2016, 2017
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
PDC World China Qualifying Event2015, 2016

Sun Qiang (born 9 March 1970) is a former Chinese professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events.

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Career

Sun qualified for the 2016 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the Greater China Qualifier. [1] He played Mick McGowan in the preliminary round, but won only one leg and was beaten by two sets to nil. [2] Sun returned a year later after again winning the Chinese Qualifier. [3] He met Australian Corey Cadby in the preliminary round and lost 2–0, with Cadby producing a record prelim average of 102.48, over 30 points higher than Sun's. [4]

World Championship results

PDC

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References

  1. "Five More International Qualifiers Secured". PDC . 17 November 2015. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. "William Hill World Championship Day Two". PDC . 18 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. "2016 PDC World China Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. "William Hill World Championship Day Five". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.