Cor Dekker (born 9 October 1987) is a Dutch-born Norwegian professional

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player who competes in

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(PDC) events. He won a title on the affiliated PDC Nordic & Baltic Tour in 2018. He reached the second round of the

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, where he would hit a

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Career

Dekker partnered with

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in the

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, and after beating

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in the first round, they took on the Scotland team of Gary Anderson and Robert Thornton. After taking Anderson to a last leg decider in the singles, Dekker needed 52 to win, but Anderson took out a 160 checkout to win the match. Dekker made his

debut on the

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, but lost to

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in the first round 6–3. He then qualified for the

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, where he lost 6–5 to Dyson Parody, after being 5–2 up and missing multiple match darts. Dekker hit a perfect

against

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in the second round of the

on 21 September, although he would ultimately go on to lose the match 2–6.

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour PDC Players Championships

References

External links

* 1987 births Living people Norwegian darts players Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders PDC World Cup of Darts Norwegian team {{Norway-sport-bio-stub