Vincent van der Voort
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Vincent van der Voort | ||
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Personal information | ||
Nickname | Greased Lightning | |
Date of birth | December 18, 1975 | |
Place of birth | Purmerend, The Netherlands | |
Home town | Purmerend, The Netherlands | |
Darts information | ||
Playing darts since | 1985 | |
Darts | 21 gram Vincent van der Voort | |
Organisation | ||
BDO | 2001 - 2007 | |
PDC | 2007 | |
Current World Ranking | 128 | |
BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances | ||
World Ch'ship | Quarter Finals, 2005 | |
World Darts Trophy | Second Round, '03,04,'05,'06 | |
Int. Darts League | Second Round 2004 | |
PDC Televised Events - Best Performances | ||
Other Tournament Wins | ||
Tournament | Years | |
Danish Open | 2002, 2006 | |
Infobox last updated on: March 23, 2007. |
Vincent van der Voort (born December 18, 1975 in Purmerend) is a darts player from The Netherlands.
His best results are winning the Danish Open in 2002 and 2006 and reaching the quarter finals of the World Professional Darts Championship in Frimley Green in 2005. He is also Dutch Champion 2006.
He suffered a first round exit in the 2007 BDO World Darts Championship to unranked qualifier Davy Richardson. On January 14, 2007. the night of the 2007 BDO World Championship Final, it was announced on Dutch television that van der Voort, along with Jelle Klaasen and Michael van Gerwen would be switching to the Professional Darts Corporation.