| Deta Hedman | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | The Dark Destroyer |
| Born | 14 November 1959 Jamaica |
| Home town | Witham England |
| Darts information | |
| Darts | 28g target Deta Hedman |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1990 to 1997, 2009 to present |
| PDC | 2002 to 2005 |
| Current world ranking | 1 (BDO Women) 1 (WDF Women) |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | (Women's) Semi-Finals 2010, 2011 |
| World Masters | (Women's) Winner 1994 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| UK Open | Last 64, 2005 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Years | |
Deta Hedman (born November 14, 1959) is a Jamaican-born English darts player currently playing in British Darts Organisation events.
Hedman reached the Women's World Masters final for the first time in 1990, losing to Rhian Speed. She won the Women's World Masters in 1994. When she retired from darts in 1997 due to work commitments, she had been Women's World Number 1 since 1994.[1]
Hedman returned to darts in 2002 with the Professional Darts Corporation. She qualified for the UK Open in 2004, and more famously in 2005, when she defeated Aaron Turner and Norman Fletcher before losing to Wayne Atwood in the last 64. Her win over Turner was the first time that a female darts player had beaten a male player in a televised major.
Due to work commitments, Hedman retired again in 2006, but returned to the BDO in 2009. After winning numerous open titles in 2009, she successfully qualified for the BDO Women's World Championship for the first time in 2010. She defeated Irina Armstrong 2-0 in the quarter-finals, but was beaten 2-0 by eventual champion Trina Gulliver in the semi-finals.
Hedman also competed in the first PDC Women's World Darts Championship in 2010, but lost to Fiona Carmichael in the quarter-finals.
At the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, Hedman defeated Belgium's Patricia De Peuter 2-1 in the quarter-finals before being whitewashed 2-0 by Rhian Edwards in the semi-finals.
For 2012 2012 Deta is seeded number 1 and will take on Rhian Edwards, Deta will go into this in great form after winning the 2011 Zuiderduin Masters following from her string of open wins in 2011.
Hedman was born in Jamaica, and arrived in the United Kingdom in January 1973, when she was 13.
Hedman's brother Al also played in PDC events from 2001 to 2005. Her nephew Graham is a 400 metre sprinter.
Hedman was previously in a relationship with Colin Lloyd.