Veijo Viinikka

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Veijo Viinikka
Personal information
Born (1966-03-27) 27 March 1966 (age 56)
Jyväskylä, Finland [1]
Home townJyväskylä, Finland
Darts information
Playing darts since1998
Darts25 gram Matchstick
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Burn It to the Ground" by Nickelback
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2002–2010
PDC 2011–
WDF Platinum – best performances
World Masters Last 128: 2002
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 72: 2011
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Hungarian Open
PDC World Finland Qualifying Event
Sawo Open

SDC Pro Tour
SDC Denmark
2006
2010
2013



2012

Veijo Viinikka (born 27 March 1966) is a Finnish professional darts player.

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He competed in the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship, losing 4–2 to Roland Scholten in the preliminary round. He made his European Tour debut for German Darts Championship, but he lost to David Pallett in the first round. He made his PDC World Cup debut for Finland in 2020, but he and Marko Kantele lost to Germany 0–5.

World Championship performances

PDC

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References

  1. "Dart Profis – Veijo Viinikka". Dartn.de (in German). Retrieved 11 September 2021.