Teemu Harju is a
Finnish professional
darts player who currently plays in
World Darts Championship (WDF) events. He won a silver medal at the
WDF Europe Cup and represented
Finland during the
WDF World Cup and
WDF Europe Cup.
Career
Harju was a prospective
Finnish player. He took part in the PDC World Youth Championship three times as a qualifier from Scandinavia. His best result was at the
2012 PDC World Youth Championship, where he defeated
Ryan Harrington
Ryan Harrington (born 19 August 1990) is an English professional darts player from Essex. He is the son of former darts player Rod Harrington.
Career
He qualified for the 2015 UK Open in 56th on the UK Open order of merit so started in the sec ...
in the first round match by 5–1 in legs. In the second round he lost to
Rhys Dudley
Rhys or Rhŷs is a popular Welsh given name (usually male) that is famous in Welsh history and is also used as a surname. It originates from Deheubarth, an old region of South West Wales, with famous kings such as Rhys ap Tewdwr.
It is pronounce ...
by 3–5 in legs.
At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the
2022 WDF Europe Cup
The 2022 WDF Europe Cup was the 22nd edition of the WDF Europe Cup, organised by the World Darts Federation. The tournament was held for the first time in history at the Gandía Palace Hotel in Gandía, Spain. Medals were distributed in eight disci ...
. On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the finals of the singles competition, defeating
Nick Kenny,
Jan McIntosh
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and
Danny van Trijp on the road to the final. In the final, he lost to
Jacques Labre
Jacques Labre (born 6 November 1982) is a French professional steel-tip and soft-tip darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the first French player to gain a PDC Tour Card and become professional. H ...
by 2–7 in legs and becoming the first singles medalist from
Finland since
Ulf Ceder
Ulf Ceder (born 17 April 1974) is a Finnish former professional darts player.
Career
Ceder reached the first round of the 1996 Winmau World Masters where he lost to Roland Scholten. Ceder then reached the last 32 stage of the 2004 WDF Europ ...
in 2012. In the team competition, advanced with his team to the quarter-finals, where they lost to the team from
Netherlands. In the pair competition, he was eliminated in the first phase.
Performance timeline
References
Living people
Finnish darts players
Year of birth missing (living people)
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