Jann Hoffmann

Jann Hoffmann
Personal information
Born July 19, 1957
Denmark
Darts information
Playing darts since 1977
Walk-on music The Wild Boys by Duran Duran
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1990-1994 2001, 2003
PDC 2010-2014
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 16: 1990, 1993
World Masters Last 32: 1990, 1992
Other tournament wins
Tournament Years
Danish National Ch'ship
Nordic Ch'ship
1988, 1991

1988, 1991

Jann Hoffmann (born 19 July 1957) is a Danish darts player who competed in the British Darts Organisation.

Career

He played at the BDO World Darts Championship four times. In 1990, he caused a major shock, beating former world champion Bob Anderson in the first round. He eventually lost to Cliff Lazarenko in the second round. He repeated this performance in 1993, beating Bernd Hebecker in the first round but lost to 1992 runner-up Mike Gregory. He also played in the Winmau World Masters twice, in 1990 and 1992, losing in the first round on both occasions. Hoffmann also made the final of the 1991 Dutch Open, the 1993 Swedish Open and the Finnish Open final three times.

After the 1994 Danish Open, Hoffman stopped playing and seemingly retired from the sport. However in 2006, Hoffmann returned to the oche at the Players Championship in the Netherlands, opearated by the Professional Darts Corporation. Hoffmann also signed up to the PDPA.

He represented Denmark with Per Laursen in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 1–3 by Northern Ireland in the second round, having defeated Gibraltar in round 1.[1] He partnered Laursen once again in the 2013 World Cup of Darts and despite beating South Africa 5–4 in their first match, they finished bottom of Group B on leg difference following a 0–5 loss to the Republic of Ireland.[2]

World Championship Results

BDO

References

  1. "Cash Converters World Cup Round Two Doubles Round-Up". PDC. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  2. "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Saturday Afternoon". PDC. Retrieved February 2, 2013.

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