Shaun Griffiths (born 24 November 1991) is an English professional

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player who currently plays in the

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(PDC) events.

Career

Griffiths won consecutive Winmau World Youth Masters titles in 2007 and 2008. In 2010, he won the British Teenage Open and reached the quarter-finals of the

2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship The 2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship was the first edition of the PDC World Youth Championship, a tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation for darts players aged between 14 and 21. The knockout stages from the last 64 to the ...

, losing 3–4 to

Michael van Gerwen Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently PDC Order of Merit, ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Darts Championship, PDC ...

. Griffiths qualified for the

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by defeating John Henderson, John Lakeman and

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. In the first round he lost 0–3 in sets to Joey ten Berge. Griffiths qualified for the

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as one of four semi-finalists from the first day of the Q School. His best result of the year came at the

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, when he lost to

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in the last 16. He is sponsored by the

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darts commentator John Gwynne. He works as a sales assistant at the

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and supports

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World Championship results

BDO

* 2011: First round (lost to Joey ten Berge 0–3) (sets)

References

External links

* 1991 births Living people British Darts Organisation players English darts players Sportspeople from Manchester Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders {{UK-darts-bio-stub