Vladimir Andersen | |||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||
Full name | Vladimir Kim Andersen | ||||||||||
Nickname | "Valle" | ||||||||||
Born | 24 April 1989 Vejle, Denmark | ||||||||||
Home town | Vejle, Denmark | ||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2003 | ||||||||||
Darts | 22g | ||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||
Walk-on music | "My Life Is a Party" by ItaloBrothers | ||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||
BDO | 2009–2018 | ||||||||||
PDC | 2018– (Tour Card: 2022–2023) | ||||||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||
World Masters | Last 24: 2009 | ||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||
UK Open | Last 160: 2022 | ||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||
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Vladimir Kim Andersen (born 24 April 1989) is a Danish professional darts player.
He partnered Per Laursen in the 2010 World Cup of Darts losing in the first round to Austria.
He won the German Gold Cup and Dortmund Open in 2012, beating respectively Tobias Muller and Dominik Wiegmann. At the 2012 Nordic Invitational, he won the pairs event together with Frede Johansen beating Daniel Larsson and Johan Engström from Sweden in the final.
Andersen was scheduled to play Sweden's Peter Sajwani at the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship but was removed from the field on 27 November 2015 after being suspended by the Danish Darts Union. [1]
At 2022 PDC Q-School, Andersen obtained a PDC Tour Card after finishing 10th in the European Order of Merit, with a total of 6 points.
PDC
Tournament | 2010 | 2011–2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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PDC World Championship | DNQ | ||||
UK Open | DNQ | 1R | 1R | ||
Non-ranked televised events | |||||
PDC World Cup of Darts | 1R | DNP | 2R | 2R | |
Career statistics | |||||
Year-end ranking | - | - | 181 | 143 |
BDO
Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | DNP | DNQ | DNP | WD | |||
Winmau World Masters | L40 | L24 | DNP | L136 | L272 | DNP | L80 | DNP | |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2022 | IDO DNP | GDC DNP | GDG DNP | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC DNQ | EDM DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDO DNQ | BDO DNP | GDT DNP |
2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO DNP | GDG DNP | ADO DNP | DDC DNP | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNP | EDM DNP | GDO DNQ | HDT 1R | GDC DNQ |
PDC Players Championships
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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2022 | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP |
2023 | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | LEI DNP | LEI DNP | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R |
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# | Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage | DQ | Disqualified |
DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded |
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