Kim Viljanen
Kim Viljanen | |||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||
Born |
Finland | December 4, 1981||||||||||
Home town | Vantaa, Finland | ||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||
Walk-on music | Fatboy Slim - Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat | ||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||
BDO | 1999–2014 | ||||||||||
PDC | 2014– | ||||||||||
BDO majors - best performances | |||||||||||
World Masters | Last 32: 2004 | ||||||||||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2016 | ||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||
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Kim Viljanen (born December 4, 1981) is a Finnish darts player.
Career
Viljanen won the boys' singles event at the 1999 WDF World Cup in Durban, South Africa. In 2004, he progressed to the last 32 of the World Masters, losing 2-3 to Tony West.
Viljanen competed on the Scandinavian Darts Corporation (SDC) Tour in 2014, and finished third in the Scandinavian Order of Merit. He was awarded a place in the 2015 PDC World Championship after Jarkko Komula, who had finished second on the Scandinavian Tour, was excluded following a suspension by the Finnish Darts Organisation.[1] He lost 1-4 in the preliminary round to Sascha Stein.[2]
Viljanen won three SDC Tour events in 2015 and finished top of the Order of Merit, thus qualifying for the 2016 PDC World Championship.[3] After winning 2-1 against Sven Groen in the preliminary round, he was beaten 0-3 by Kevin Painter in the first round.[4]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2015: Preliminary round (lost to Sascha Stein 1–4)
- 2016: First round (lost to Kevin Painter 0-3)
References
- ↑ "William Hill World Championship Field". PDC.tv. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Two". PDC.tv. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ↑ "World Championship - International Update". PDC.tv. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ↑ "World Darts Championship: Ian White suffered a first-round defeat at Alexandra Palace". Sky Sports. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
External links
- Player profile on Kim Viljanen from Dartsdatabase