- Leo Laurens
Darts player infobox
playername = Leo Laurens
fullname = Leo Laurens
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dateofbirth =
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countryofbirth =Belgium
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homecountry = Belgium
since =
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BDO = 1988 - 1999
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currentrank = n/a
BDO World = Quarter Final 1997
World Masters = Last 32 1988, 1993, 1995
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tournament = Belgium Gold Cup
Belgium National Championship
Antwerp Open
Dutch Open
French Open
North Holland Open
resultyears = 1988, 1993, 1996
1989, 1990, 1992
1990
1990, 1992
1992
1995
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updated =June 21 ,2008 Leo Laurens is a retired Belgian darts player who competed for the
British Darts Organisation . By the end of 1993, Laurens was ranked number one in the WDF world rankings after all of the BDO's top players broke away to form the World Darts Council (now theProfessional Darts Corporation ). Despite his new accolade, Laurens never managed to win a major title.Laurens made his World Championship debut in 1989, losing in the first round to American
Rick Ney . He returned a year later, beatingCanada 'sBob Sinnaeve , before losing to Mike Gregory. His best performance came in 1997, where he reached the quarter finals after beatingRichie Davies andRichie Burnett . He lost to reigning championSteve Beaton .He also played in the
Winmau World Masters in 1988, 1993 and 1995, losing in the first round on each occasion.External links
* [http://www.teessidesoftware.no-ip.com/DartsDatabase/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=1874 Stats on Darts Database]
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