Richard Veenstra (born 10 July 1981) is a
Dutch professional
darts player who currently plays in
World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is a
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champion,
BDO World Trophy and
Finder Darts Masters finalist. Multiple medalist of
WDF World Cup and
WDF Europe Cup.
Career
In October 2014, Veenstra won the Luxembourg Open beating Mark Oosterhuis in the Final 6–4. He reached the semi-finals of the 2015 Denmark Masters and England Open. In October 2015, he won WDF World Cup Pairs with
Wesley Harms to beat
Scott Mitchell and
Mark McGeeney 6–3.
2015 WDF World Cup Pairs Results
DartsDatabase On his debut at the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship
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The defending men's champion was Scott Mitc ...
, Veenstra caused an upset beating compatriot and third seed Jeffrey de Graaf 3–2 in the first round, before beating English player Martin Atkins
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comfortably 4–0 in the second round. Veenstra then defeated defending champion Scott Mitchell 5-3 to reach the semi-finals, which he narrowly lost to Jeff Smith 6-5.
In September 2016, Veenstra won the WDF Europe Cup singles, He beat Jim Williams in the final 7-5 averaging 93.18. In September 2018, he won both the BDO British Open and BDO British Classic in the same weekend.
Veenstra has announced that he intends to compete for a tour card at the 2020 PDC Q School. In the Last 16 of the 2022
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he recorded the highest three dart average in the venue's history with 104.91. In the Quarter Final he almost achieved a perfect 9 dart finish playing against Brian Raman but sadly missed double 12.
World Championship results
BDO/WDF
* 2016: Semi-finals (lost to Jeff Smith 5–6)
* 2017: Second round (lost to Danny Noppert 0–4)
* 2018: Quarter-finals (lost to Michael Unterbuchner
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Career
In 2017, Unterbuchner ...
4–5)
* 2019: Second round (lost to Scott Waites 1–4)
* 2020: Second round (lost to David Evans David, Dave, or Dai Evans may refer to:
Academics
* Sir David Emrys Evans (1891–1966), Welsh classicist and university principal
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2–4)
* 2022: Semi-finals (lost to Neil Duff
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2–5)
* 2023:
Career finals
BDO major finals: 2 (2 runner-up)
Performance timeline
References
External links
Richard Veenstra's profile and stats on Darts Database
1981 births
Living people
Dutch darts players
British Darts Organisation players
People from Steenwijkerland
Sportspeople from Overijssel
21st-century Dutch people
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