Lars Erik Karlsson (born 28 October 1964) is a Swedish former professional
darts
Darts is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small projectile point, sharp-pointed projectile, projectiles known as dart (missile), darts at a round shooting target, target known as a #Dartboard, dartboard.
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player who competed in the
British Darts Organisation
The British Darts Organisation (BDO) was a darts organisation founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft, and dissolved in 2020 under the stewardship of Des Jacklin. Made up of 66 member counties, it oversaw professional, semi-professional and ...
(BDO) during the 1980s and 90s.
Career
Karlsson played three successive World Championships in 1987, 1988 and 1989. He reached the quarter-finals in 1987, defeating
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
's Peter McDonald in the first round and then defeated Brian Cairns in round two before losing to defending champion
Eric Bristow
Eric John Bristow (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "the Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player and one of the most recognisable and successful players of the 1980s. He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Fed ...
. In 1988, he lost 3-0 in the first round to
Paul Reynolds and in 1989, he defeated
Tony Payne in the first round before losing to
Peter Evison in round 2.
Karlsson played in the 1988 MFI World Pairs with
Mike Gregory he lose to
Jocky Wilson
John Thomas "Jocky" Wilson (22 March 1950 – 24 March 2012) was a Scottish professional darts player. After turning professional in 1979, he quickly rose to the top of the game, winning the World Professional Darts Championship in 1982, ...
and
Ritchie Gardner.
World Championship results
BDO
* 1987: Quarter-finals: (lost to
Eric Bristow
Eric John Bristow (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018), nicknamed "the Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player and one of the most recognisable and successful players of the 1980s. He was ranked World No. 1 by the World Darts Fed ...
1–4) (sets)
* 1988: Last 32: (lost to
Paul Reynolds 0–3)
* 1989: Last 16: (lost to
Peter Evison 0–3)
External links
Profile and stats on Darts Database
Living people
Swedish darts players
British Darts Organisation players
1964 births
Sportspeople from Ludvika
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