Teemu Harju

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Teemu Harju
Personal information
Full nameTeemu Harju
Born Finland
Home town Finland
Darts information
Laterality Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2007–2010, 2013–2020
PDC 2011–2013
WDF 2007–2010, 2013–
Current world ranking NR (5 September 2022) [1]
WDF Platinum – best performances
World Masters Last 256: 2013
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
WDF Europe Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Gandía Men's singles

Teemu Harju is a Finnish professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Championship (WDF) events. He won a silver medal at the WDF Europe Cup and represented Finland during the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup.

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Career

Harju was a prospective Finnish player. He took part in the PDC World Youth Championship three times as a qualifier from Scandinavia. His best result was at the 2012 PDC World Youth Championship, where he defeated Ryan Harrington in the first round match by 5–1 in legs. In the second round he lost to Rhys Dudley by 3–5 in legs. [2]

At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the finals of the singles competition, defeating Nick Kenny, Jan McIntosh and Danny van Trijp on the road to the final. [3] In the final, he lost to Jacques Labre by 2–7 in legs and becoming the first singles medalist from Finland since Ulf Ceder in 2012. [4] In the team competition, advanced with his team to the quarter-finals, where they lost to the team from Netherlands. [5] In the pair competition, he was eliminated in the first phase. [6]

Performance timeline

Tournament2011201220132014–20212022
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters DNQ 1R DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Youth Championship 1R 2R 1R DNP

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References

  1. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. "Teemu Harju". dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  3. "WDF Europe Cup Men Singles". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  4. "Surprising men's singles final set at WDF Europe Cup between Labre and Harju". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. "WDF Europe Cup Men Teams". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. "WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 30 September 2022.