Trina Gulliver
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| Trina Gulliver | ||
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| Personal information | ||
| Date of birth | 30 November 1969 | |
| Place of birth | Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. | |
| BDO | Women's World Professional Darts Champion (2001 to 2007) | |
| BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances | ||
Trina Gulliver (born 30 November 1969) is the seven-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation. Her sports nickname is the 'Golden Girl' and has been sponsored by the leading Global Darts Brand Winmau for over 10 Years. In 2003 she was named as the BBC Midlands Sports Personality of the Year.[1]
From the introduction of the BDO Women's World Championship in 2001, Gulliver remained undefeated in the competition until her defeat in the 2008 Championship by Anastasia Dobromyslova. During this undefeated run Gulliver beat Francis Hoenselaar of The Netherlands to win the title on five occasions. During the 2008 tournament Trina stated on many occasions that she was not happy with the prize money and the game length compared to the men's competition. (women only get £6,000, whereas the men's has a top prize of £85,000 and the male competition is first to 7 sets whereas the women's is first to 2).
Gulliver was born in Warneford Hospital, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England and brought up in the small town of Southam in Warwickshire, where another BDO World Darts Champion "The Bronzed Adonis" Steve Beaton was brought up.
Trina and her husband of some 20 years, Paul Gulliver, divorced in 2005. Trina currently lives in Oxfordshire with her England ladies' darts colleague Clare Bywaters.[2]
2008 saw the publication of her autobiography, 'Golden Girl: The Autobiography of the Greatest Ever Ladies' Darts Player', which chronicled her ongoing rivalry with ladies' darts superstar and former Olympian Crissy Manley, wife of PDC player Peter Manley.
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[edit] World Professional Darts Championship
The British Darts Organisation hold their World Darts Championships at the Lakeside Leisure Complex, a hotel, entertainment and leisure complex in Frimley Green near Camberley in Surrey.
- BDO World Championship
- 2001: Trina Gulliver beat Mandy Solomonds 2-1
- 2002: Trina Gulliver beat Francis Hoenselaar 2-1
- 2003: Trina Gulliver beat Ann Kirk 2-0
- 2004: Trina Gulliver beat Francis Hoenselaar 2-0
- 2005: Trina Gulliver beat Francis Hoenselaar 2-0
- 2006: Trina Gulliver beat Francis Hoenselaar 2-0[3]
- 2007: Trina Gulliver beat Francis Hoenselaar 2-1[4]
- 2008: Anastasia Dobromyslova beat Trina Gulliver 2-0
[edit] References
- ^ BBC Midlands Sports Awards 2003. Retrieved on 7 January 2008.
- ^ Trina: autobiography of the golden girl. Kenilworth Weekly News (10th January 2008).
- ^ Gulliver homes in on sixth title. BBC (2007-01-12).
- ^ Gulliver clinches seventh title. BBC (2007-01-12).
[edit] Books
- Gulliver, Trina (January 2008). Golden Girl: The Autobiography of the Greatest Ever Ladies' Darts Player. John Blake Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1844545008.
[edit] External links
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Gulliver, Trina |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Women's World Professional Darts Champion (BDO) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 30 November 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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