Chris Thompson (darts player)

Chris Thompson
Personal information
Nickname	Hitman
Born	England
Home town	Acomb, North Yorkshire England
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	Boom Boom Boom by The Outhere Brothers
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1997 - 2007
PDC	2007 - present
Current world ranking	53
BDO majors - best performances
World Masters	Last 32, 2005
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64, 2011
UK Open	Quarter Finals, 2008
Other achievements

Chris Thompson (born 1971) is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Thompson played county darts for Yorkshire for many years. In 1997, he reached the quarter-finals of the revived News of the World Darts Championship. His best result on the BDO circuit was a British Open semi-final in 2004.

Thompson joined the PDC in 2007. At the 2008 UK Open, he defeated Adrian Gray, Steve Maish and Brendan Dolan on the way to the quarter-finals, where he was beaten 5-10 by Vincent van der Voort.

Thompson achieved some notable results on the 2010 PDC Pro Tour, reaching the semi-finals in two events. In one of those events, in Las Vegas, he defeated Phil Taylor in the quarter-finals before losing to Simon Whitlock.^[1]

As a result of his strong performances in 2010, he qualified for his first PDC World Championship in 2011 via the Players Championship Order of Merit. He lost 1-3 to Colin Osborne in the first round.

Thompson is not a full-time professional darts player - he works for a legal firm in York. He supports Leeds United.

References

1. ^ Anderson's Las Vegas Glory PDC.tv

External links

• Player profile on Chris Thompson from Dartsdatabase
• Profile for Chris Thompson

Persondata
Name	Thompson, Chris
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1971
Place of birth	England
Date of death
Place of death