Arjan Konterman (28 July 1990) is a Dutch professional
darts
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player who currently plays in
Professional Darts Corporation
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(PDC) and
World Darts Federation
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(WDF) events. He qualified for the
2023 WDF World Darts Championship
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.
Career
Konterman began his career in local tournaments, where he had occasional success. In February 2020, he took part in the
2020 Dutch Open, where he advanced to the ninth round and finally lost to
Brian Raman
Brian Raman (born 14 October 1996) is a Belgian darts player who competes in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2021, he became the second Belgian WDF world number one, after Leo Laurens in 1993.
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by 1–4 in legs. The
coronavirus pandemic
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caused his career to slow down significantly. During this time, he honed his skills and returned to international competition in 2021. In December 2021, he took part in the qualifiers for the
WDF World Darts Championship, but lost in the Last 32 phase to
Jeffrey Bekema by 1–4 in legs.
In 2022, he achieved great success by advancing to the
2022 Dutch Darts Championship as a host-nation qualifier. In the first round, he lost to
Danny Noppert
Danny Noppert (born 31 December 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number sixteen; he reached a peak ranking of world number seven in 2023 an ...
by 0–6 in legs. Two weeks later, he took part in the
2022 Dutch Open, where he again advanced to the final stage of the tournament. On his way to the eighth round, he defeated
Francesco Raschini and
Jordan Brooks. He lost to
Thibault Tricole
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by 1–4 in legs. In December, he made his
World Masters
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debut. In the group-stage phase he finished second, which allowed him to advance to the next round, but in the next match he lost to
Luke Littler
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by 0–5 in legs. A day later, he won a qualification for the
2023 WDF World Darts Championship
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.
In January 2023, he took part in the
PDC Q-School qualifying tournament.
World Championship results
WDF
* 2023: Second round (lost to
Alexander Merkx 1–3)
Performance timeline
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Konterman, Arjan
1990 births
Living people
Dutch darts players
21st-century Dutch people