Marko Pusa

Marko Pusa
Personal information
Born	April 15, 1977 (1977-04-15) (age 34) Hollola, Finland
Home town	Hollola Finland
Darts information
Playing darts since	-
Darts	-
Laterality	Left-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	since 1998
Current world ranking	N/A
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter Finals 2001
World Masters	Semi Finals 1999
World Darts Trophy	Last 32 2002
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
Norway Open Finland Open	2001 2005
Other achievements

Marko Pusa (born April 15, 1977 in Hollola) is a Finnish darts player.

Pusa made his televised debut at the 1999 Winmau World Masters, reaching the semi-finals with wins over Andy Gudgeon, former World Champion Steve Beaton and Andy Jenkins before losing to Wayne Jones. In 2000, Pusa reached the final of the Finnish Open, losing to Mervyn King. In 2001, he made his debut at the BDO World Darts Championship, beating Colin Monk in the first round and then saw off Jez Porter in round two, averaging 101.40. He then faced then-Masters champion John Walton in the quarter-finals, where he lost 14 straight legs against the Englishman, a Lakeside record. Pusa went on to win just two legs as Walton won the match 5-0 and eventually became World Champion.

Pusa bounced back by winning the 2001 Norway Open, beating Kevin Painter in the final. He returned to Lakeside the next year, beating Matt Clark in the first round, but lost to Australian Tony David who like Walton the previous year, went on to win the tournament. Pusa won the 2005 Finnish Open, beating Sweden's Kenneth Hogwall in the semis before beating King in the final. Pusa has since not played on the circuit very often and is no longer ranked by the BDO or the WDF.

External links

• Stats on Darts Database

Persondata
Name	Pusa, Marko
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	April 15, 1977
Place of birth	Hollola, Finland
Date of death
Place of death