Brian Raman (born 14 October 1996) is a Belgian professional

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player who plays in events of the

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. In 2021, he became the second Belgian

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world number one, after

Leo Laurens Leo Laurens (born 30 July 1952) is a professional Belgian former darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. At the end of 1993, he was number one in the WDF world rankings after all of the BDO's top players broke away ...

in 1993.

Career

In 2019, Raman won the Denmark Masters, beating

Willem Mandigers Willem Mandigers (born 4 June 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in World Darts Federation events. Career Mandigers won the Turkish Open in 2014. At the 2014 World Masters he lost to Robbie Green in the first round 3–1. H ...

in the Final. In September 2019, he qualified for the

2020 BDO World Darts Championship The 2020 BDO World Professional Darts Championship was the 43rd and final World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the only staging at the Indigo at The O2 in London. It was the first BDO World Darts Championship no ...

and played

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in the Preliminary Round, losing 3 sets to 1. In 2020, he attended PDC Q-school, where he reached a semi-final on day one of the final phase, losing out to Harald Leitinger. Raman won a PDC Tour Card at 2022 Q School by winning the second event of the final phase. He beat Jules van Dongen in the final 6–4.

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

* 2020: Preliminary round (lost to

1–3) * 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to

Richard Veenstra Richard Veenstra (born 10 July 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is a Dutch Open champion, BDO World Trophy and Finder Darts Masters finalist. Multiple medalist of WDF W ...

2-4)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

References

External links

* Living people Belgian darts players 1996 births Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders Sportspeople from Brasschaat {{Belgium-sport-bio-stub