Deta Hedman

Deta Hedman
Personal information
Nickname	The Dark Destroyer
Born	14 November 1959 (1959-11-14) (age 51) Jamaica
Home town	Witham England
Darts information
Darts	28g Deta Hedman
Laterality	Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1990 to 1997, 2009 to present
PDC	2002 to 2005
Current world ranking	1 (BDO Women) 1 (WDF Women)
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship	(Women's) Semi-Finals 2010, 2011
World Masters	(Women's) Winner 1994
PDC premier events - best performances
UK Open	Last 64, 2005
Other tournament wins
Years

Deta Hedman (born November 14, 1959) is a Jamaican-born English darts player currently playing in British Darts Organisation events.

Hedman reached the Women's World Masters final for the first time in 1990, losing to Rhian Speed. She won the Women's World Masters in 1994. When she retired from darts in 1997 due to work commitments, she had been Women's World Number 1 since 1994.^[1]

Hedman returned to darts in 2002 with the Professional Darts Corporation. She qualified for the UK Open in 2004, and more famously in 2005, when she defeated Aaron Turner and Norman Fletcher before losing to Wayne Atwood in the last 64. Her win over Turner was the first time that a female darts player had beaten a male player in a televised major.

Due to work commitments, Hedman retired again in 2006, but returned to the BDO in 2009. After winning numerous open titles in 2009, she successfully qualified for the BDO Women's World Championship for the first time in 2010. She defeated Irina Armstrong 2-0 in the quarter-finals, but was beaten 2-0 by eventual champion Trina Gulliver in the semi-finals.

Hedman also competed in the first PDC Women's World Darts Championship in 2010, but lost to Fiona Carmichael in the quarter-finals.

At the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, Hedman defeated Belgium's Patricia De Peuter 2-1 in the quarter-finals before being whitewashed 2-0 by Rhian Edwards in the semi-finals.

Personal life

Hedman was born in Jamaica, and arrived in the United Kingdom in January 1973, when she was 13.

Hedman's brother Al also played in PDC events from 2001 to 2005. Her nephew Graham is a 400 metre sprinter.

Hedman was previously in a relationship with Colin Lloyd.

References

1. ^ http://www.lakesideworlddarts.co.uk/profile_details.php?Deta-Hedman-65 Profile for Deta Hedman

External links

• Official site
• Profile and stats on Darts Database

Persondata
Name	Hedman, Deta
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	November 14, 1959
Place of birth	Jamaica
Date of death
Place of death