Aurora Fochesato (born 1 January 2006) is an Italian female professional

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player who plays in

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(WDF) events. She was the first gold medalist from

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in the

Europe Cup, and also an EDF European Champion, and was the first Italian to win the WDF Youth Girls World Darts Championship in 2023.

Career

Aurora's career in darts began in 2017, when she started to participate in local darts tournaments in Italy. In 2021, she reached the final of the

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, but was defeated by Paula Jacklin 5–4 in a last-leg decider. In 2022, she took a part in the WDF Europe Cup Youth, where she defeated Amy Evans 5–1 and won a gold medal in the singles girls competition. In the pairs competition with Elisa Bolzicco, she achieved a bronze medal, but lost 3–1 in the semi-finals to eventual champions Tamara Kovács and Krisztina Turai from

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. In 2023, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the

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. On the first day of the pairs competition, she won the bronze medal for the second time in her career. Her partner was Giada Macchi. In the semi-finals, after an extremely tight match, they finally lost to the

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team ( Hannah Meek and Paige Pauling). In the singles competition final against Zehra Gemi, she won a second gold medal after a 5–2 victory. In 2023, she became the first Italian to win the WDF Youth Girls World Darts Championship, defeating the Hungarian Krisztina Turai in the final 2 - 0. She played on the 2024 PDC Women's Series, and reached the last 16 at event 22. She lost there to Noa-Lynn van Leuven 4–2.

Performance timeline

References

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