Dmitriy Alexandrovich Gorbunov (; born 16 September 1977 in

Novouralsk Novouralsk (, lit. ''new town in the Ural Mountains, Urals'') is a closed city, closed types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains, about north of Yekaterinburg, ...

) is a Russian professional darts player who played in

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tournaments.

Darts career

In Russia

In March 2015, Gorbunov got the first experience in his career. He decided to take part in the Novouralsk Darts Cup (local amateur tournament), where four people played, and took third place. At the beginning of 2016, Dmitry won the Ural Darts League, a prestigious local russian tournament.

PDC

He entered the 2020 PDC Q-School, but only won two matches in four events, and got into the last 256. He then entered the Eurotour qualification and reached the semifinals. Gorbunov qualified for the

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after winning the EuroAsian Darts Corporation Qualifier tournament, defeating Roman Obukhov 3-1 in sets in the final. In 2021, he won the first two events on the EADC Tour, defeating

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in both finals 6–3 and 6–5 respectively. He won two further events on the EADC Tour, defeating

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6-3 and

6-3. Gorbunov topped the rankings on EADC Tour and will partner Tour Card Holder

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in the

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to represent

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World Championship Results

PDC

* 2021: First round (lost to Jason Lowe 1–3)

References

External links

* * * Living people 1977 births Russian darts players Professional Darts Corporation associate players People from Novouralsk Sportspeople from Sverdlovsk Oblast {{Russia-sport-bio-stub