Pavel Drtíl

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Pavel Drtíl
Personal information
Born (1973-02-18) 18 February 1973 (age 51)
Trutnov, Czechoslovakia
Home townTrutnov, Czech Republic
Darts information
Playing darts since2006
LateralityRight-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2006–2014
PDC2015–2020
WDF2006–2014
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 64: 2012
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  Czech Republic
EDU European Ch'ship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Prague Men's triples
Gold medal – first place 2010 Leukerbad Men's cricket
Gold medal – first place 2018 Caorle Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Poreč Men's cricket

Pavel Drtíl (born 18 February 1973) is a Czech professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who played in World Darts Federation (WDF), Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and soft-tip international events. He is a two-time gold medalist in singles competitions at the EDU European Darts Championship. He also represented his country at the PDC World Cup of Darts, WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup.

Career[edit]

Since 2006, Drtíl has participated four times in the Winmau World Masters. The best result was recorded in 2012, when he advanced to the third round.[1] He recorded his first significant success during the EDU European Darts Championship in 2010, when he won a gold medal in single cricket competition. On his way to the final, he defeated Boris Krčmar and in the final match he beat Kurt van de Rijck.[2]

In 2010, he was invited to participate in the 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts as a Czech Republic representative together with Martin Kapucian. Unfortunately, due to unfavorable weather conditions in Prague, they were unable to get to the tournament in England.[3] He got another chance to play in the Professional Darts Corporation tournament during 2016 PDC World Cup of Darts. This time he represented his country together with Michal Kočík. They ended their participation in the first round, lost to Yuanjun Liu and Wenge Xie from China, by 3–5 in legs.[4] In 2016, he won another medal at the EDU European Darts Championship in cricket singles competition.[5] In 2018, he won the gold medal in the singles competition, defeated El Abbas El Amri in the final match.[6]

In the following years, he took part in the qualifiers for the PDC European Tour tournaments several times, but without success.[7]

Performance timeline[edit]

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters PR DNQ 2R DNQ 1R DNQ 3R DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup of Darts NH 1R NH DNQ 1R

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pavel Drtil". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Posledních 21 let ME EDU na jednom místě". Unie šipkových organizací. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Czechs Out Of World Cup". PDC. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Čeští šipkaři na Čínu nestačili, favorit z Anglie se pořádně nadřel!". nova.cz. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  5. ^ "EM 2016". European Dart Union. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  6. ^ "EM 2018". European Dart Union. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Pavel Drtil". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 21 November 2022.