Lorraine Winstanley (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Farlam, born 28 October 1975) is an English

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player who plays in both

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(WDF) and

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(PDC) events.

Career

Winstanley won the 2011 Romanian International Darts Open beating Jane Shearing 5–1 in the final. She qualified for the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, where she lost 0–2 to

Irina Armstrong Irina Armstrong () née Loginova (born 6 December 1970) is a Russian-born German professional darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Her biggest achievement to date was advanced to semi-finals in the 2011 B ...

in the quarter-finals. The following year, she went one step further by making it through to the semi-finals, where she was narrowly defeated by Deta Hedman in a last leg decider. Winstanley qualified again for the World Championships in 2013, and made it as far as the quarter-finals, where she was beaten 0–2 by

Anastasia Dobromyslova Anastasia Petrovna Dobromyslova-Martin (; born 26 September 1984) is a professional darts player. She is a three-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation (BDO). After winning her first title in 2008, Dobr ...

. Winstanley captured her first major at the 2017 world masters. She beat Gallagher, Gulliver and Dobromyslova to reach the 2019 World Championship Final but in the final she lost 0–3 to Suzuki. A few days later Winstanley confirmed her intention to compete in Q School for 2019 to try and earn a tour card to compete in the

Pro Tour. She didn't get a tour card. In 2022 she competed in the inaugural Women's World Matchplay. She reached the Semi-finals but lost 2–5 to Fallon Sherrock.

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

Personal life

Winstanley is not a full-time professional darts player, and works as a beauty therapist. She is married to fellow darts player Dean Winstanley and has two children from a previous relationship. Her daughter Josie was a contestant on One Hundred and Eighty in 2015, winning £2,400; Lorraine was on her team.

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* 1975 births Living people English darts players British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation women's players {{UK-darts-bio-stub