Thomas Junghans

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Thomas Junghans
TJ Thomas Junghans.jpg
Personal information
Nickname
  • TJ
  • The Silent Assassin
Born (1977-01-22) 22 January 1977 (age 48) [1]
Plauen, German Democratic Republic
Home town Spreitenbach, Switzerland
Darts information
Playing darts since1997
DartsUnicorn Global Thomas Junghans 23gr
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" by Billy Joel
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2011–2017
PDC 2018–2021
WDF 2011–2017, 2022–
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2024
World Masters Semi Final: 2015
Dutch Open Quarter Final: 2025
Other tournament wins
NDA World Ch'ship 2016
Cyprus Classic 2023
Cyprus Masters 2023
German Gold Cup 2011
Luxembourg Open 2015
Riga Open 2023
Swedish Open 2023
Swiss Open 2019
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
EDU European Ch'ship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Leukerbad Men's singles

Thomas Junghans (born 22 January 1977) is a Swiss professional darts player, who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation.

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Career

Born in Germany, Junghans works as a mechanic when not playing darts.

His big breakthrough came in the BDO World Masters tournament in 2015, where he reached the semi-finals, before losing to eventual winner Glen Durrant.

World Championship results

WDF

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References

  1. Thomas Junghans Mastercaller

https://www.swiss-darts.com/players-callers/thomas-junghans/

https://www.playwiththebest.com/darts/team-unicorn/global/thomas-junghans.html