Tony David
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| Tony David | ||
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| Personal information | ||
| Nickname | The Deadly Boomerang | |
| Date of birth | September 11, 1967 | |
| Place of birth | Townsville, Queensland, Australia | |
| Home town | , Australia | |
| Darts information | ||
| Playing darts since | 1993 | |
| Darts | 21.7g Datadart Tony David | |
| Organisation | ||
| BDO | 1999 | |
| Current World Ranking | 19 (WDF, January 2007) | |
| BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | Winner 2002 | |
| World Masters | Semi finalist 2004 | |
| World Darts Trophy | Winner 2002 | |
| Int. Darts League | Finalist 2004 | |
| Other Tournament Wins | ||
| Tournament | Years | |
| Doeland Grand Masters Australian Grand Masters |
2002 2002,2001,2000,1996 |
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Tony David (born September 11, 1967 in Townsville, Queensland) [1] is a darts player and is the only Australian player to have been world champion. David won the 2002 Embassy World Championship, one version of darts world titles. He plays with the nickname The Deadly Boomerang
He started playing darts at the age of 25 and progressed into the Queensland State team in 1995. Four years later, he made the Australian WDF World Cup team for the first time.
He made his first trip to the Lakeside Country Club in 2001 to play in the Embassy World Championship, losing to Andy Fordham 0-3 in the first round. In only his second attempt at the World Championship, and as a 66/1 outsider before the tournament began, he went all the way to the title beating Ritchie Davies, Marko Pusa, Bob Taylor and a tight semi-final against Martin Adams 5-4. He was a slight favourite for the title going into the final due to his results, and went on to beat Mervyn King, who was much higher in the world rankings, 6-3 in the final to become the first Australian player to win the title.
Later in 2002, he won the World Darts Trophy (WDT) in the Netherlands, one of the British Darts Organisation's other Grand Slam titles. He also reached the semi-finals of the WDT in 2003 and 2004 losing both times to Raymond van Barneveld.
The defence of his world title in 2003 started creditably, but ended with a heavy loss 0-5 at the quarter-final stages to Welshman Ritchie Davies. After that defeat, David has failed to win another match at the Lakeside event. He went out in the first round in 2004 to Darryl Fitton and in 2005 to Tony Eccles. He failed to qualify for the 2006 or 2007 events.
