Mario Vandenbogaerde

Mario Vandenbogaerde (born 1 June 1973)[2] is an Belgian professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the semifinals of the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship.

Mario Vandenbogaerde
Personal information
Nickname"Super Mario"
Born (1973-06-01) 1 June 1973
Ypres, Belgium
Home townYpres, Belgium
Darts information
Playing darts since1993
Darts23 Gram One80
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"He Kom Aan" by Het Feestteam
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2003–2006, 2018–2020
PDC2022–
WDF2018–2021
Current world ranking99 4 (1 May 2022)[1]
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipSemi Final: 2020
World MastersSemi Final: 2019
World Darts TrophyLast 16: 2019
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 160: 2022
Other tournament wins
Belgium National Championships 2005
German Open 2019
Luxembourg Masters 2018

Career

In 2005, Vandenbogaerde won the Belgium National Championships. In 2018, he won the Luxembourg Masters. In 2019, he won the German Open, before reaching the semi-finals of the World Masters.

In September 2019, he qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship, which turned out to be the event's last edition, as the 11th seed, and got to the semi-finals on debut. He was first Belgian man to reach the semi-finals of a World Championship and the only to do so at the BDO World Championship.[3]

In January 2022, he competed in the Professional Darts Corporation's Q school and successfully secured a tourcard during the third day of its final phase.

World Championship results

BDO

References
  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  2. https://www.facebook.com/mario.vandenbogaerde/about?lst=1581902500%3A1540629741%3A1577030226
  3. "Field for men's and ladies BDO World Darts Championship 2020 confirmed". dartsnews.com. 30 September 2019.


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