Bernd Hebecker (born 5 October 1955) is a German former professional

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player who played in

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(BDO) and

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(WDF) events in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the first German player who qualified for the

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and won a medal at the

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Career

Hebecker is the first full-time professional

player, who start playing darts in the

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Broadway Pub in 1977 at the age of 22. The start of the first league in

and other German cities soon followed, as well as the organization of the first German Championship in the early 1980s. In the 1980s he drew attention to himself with his first national titles. He belonged to the first national Germany team during the 1983 WDF World Cup. He lost in the first round match to Hiroshi Watanobe by 3–4 in legs. In the pairs and team competitions the Germans did not manage to achieve satisfactory results. In total, Hebecker represented Germany three times during the

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and five times during the

. After winning the German Championship in 1984, Hebecker won the German Open, Dortmund Open and being a two-time Champion of the German Gold Cup. In 1984 and 1985 he also served as President of the Deutschen Dart-Verbandes, making him one of the pioneers of darts in Germany. In 1992, he won a bronze medal in singles competition at the 1992 WDF Europe Cup in

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. On the way to his first and only medal, he defeated

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and Bruno Ladovaz. He finally lost in semi-finals to John Lowe by 3–4 in legs. After good performance at the

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, he was the first player from

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to qualify for the 1993 BDO World Darts Championship. There he lost to

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in the first round by 0–3 in sets. Between 1996 and 1999 Hebecker turned his hobby into a career and played the entire

tour as a professional player. He refused to compete in

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tournaments and retired in 2000.

World Championship results

BDO

* 1993: First round (lost to

0–3) (sets)

Performance timeline

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hebecker, Bernd 1955 births Living people German darts players