Devon Petersen

Devon Petersen
Personal information
Nickname	The Diamond
Born	27 November 1986 (1986-11-27) (age 24) Cape Town, South Africa
Home town	Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town South Africa
Darts information
Playing darts since	2004
Darts	22g Unicorn Contender Devon Petersen
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	Dynamite by Taio Cruz
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2008 - present
Current world ranking	116
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64, 2011
UK Open	Last 96, 2011
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
South African Open	2010, 2011
Other achievements

Devon Petersen (born November 27, 1986) is a South African darts player.

He qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship as the South African champion. He beat Guyana's Norman Madhoo 4-2 in the preliminary round with big checkouts including a 136 and a 146. In beating Madhoo, he earned a place in the first round proper, where he would play Jamie Caven. Despite winning the first set, Petersen lost by 3 sets to 1.^[1]

Petersen won the South African Open in 2010 by defeating Les Francis after losing in 2009 to the same player.

He qualified for the 2011 PDC Pro Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the second day of the Pro Tour's Q School.^[2] Since turning professional, Petersen has left South Africa to live in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, and signed a sponsorship deal with leading darts manufacturer Unicorn.^[3]

Petersen retained the South African Open in 2011 to qualify for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship.^[4]

Petersen used to use darts given to him by Phil Taylor at the 2009 South African Masters.^[5] But now with Unicorn taking him onto their team, he uses 22 gram 90% Tungsten Unicorn Contender Devon Petersen darts.

References

1. ^ http://www.pdc-darts.co.uk/?tag=devon-petersen
2. ^ Qualifying School Day Two PDC.tv
3. ^ Darting Devon for Petersen! Unicorn Darts
4. ^ Petersen's South African Joy PDC.tv
5. ^ Unicorn Darts - Devon Petersen Unicorn Darts

External links

• Player profile on Devon Petersen from Dartsdatabase

Persondata
Name	Petersen, Devon
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	November 27, 1986
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Date of death
Place of death