Bob Sinnaeve

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playername = Bob Sinnaeve


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dateofbirth = October 10, 1949
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countryofbirth = Canada
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BDO = 1980 to 1992
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currentrank = Retired
BDO World = Second Round 1987, 1988, 1991
World Masters = Final 1986
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tournament = Canada National Championship
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resultyears = 1979, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991
1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987
1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
achievement = Canada's number one ranked player (1981-1992)
Inducted to Canadian Darts Hall of Fame (2002)
updated = April 5, 2008

Robert "Bob" Sinnaeve (born 10 October, 1949) is a retired Canadian international darts player who competed between 1973 and 1992 and won his national title five times.

Early career

Sinnaeve took up darts in 1973 as an alternative to bowling, as he felt the darts circuit would give him more time to spend with his wife, Judy. He first appeared at the World Masters in 1979 and made his World Professional Darts Championship debut in 1982, but lost in the first round to Alan Evans.

World Championship record

Sinnaeve appeared at the World Championship on ten occasions, but managed to win only three matches in that time. He lost in the first round on his first four attempts (1982, 1984, 1984 and 1986), and finally won a match in 1987, producing a major upset by beating Dave Whitcombe, who reached the final in the previous year. His only other match wins came in 1988 against Horrie Seden, and in 1991 against Eric Burden. His last appearance at the World Championship came in 1992, when he lost 1-3 to Paul Lim.

Career record

Sinnaeve once managed to reach number four in the world rankings, and his best performance in a major tournament was reaching the final of the Winmau World Masters in 1986 - an event in which he competed each year between 1979 and 1991. Internationally, he was part of the Canadian WDF World Cup winning team of 1989 - the only time they have taken the team event title.

He received recognition as one of Canada's greatest ever players, winning a record five national titles (1979, 1983, 1986, 1987 & 1991) - a record which stood until John Part equalled it in 2007. He also won the Ontario Singles five times (1978, 1980, 1983, 1984 & 1987) and four All-Canada Cup singles titles (1985, 1986, 1987 & 1988). Sinnaeve was Canada's number one ranked player between 1981 and 1992.

He retired from competitive darts in 1992. [ [http://www.darts-outaouais.com/bobs.htm Sinnaeve career details] ] and was inducted into the Canadian Darts Hall of Fame in 2002. [ [http://www.ndfc.ca/halloffame.php National Darts Federation Canada Hall of Fame] ]

Outside darts

He now resides in Langton, Ontario, Canada, with his wife Judy, and has three children: Adam, Lisa and Michelle. He's now an independent contractor for his own heating company, Sinnaeve Heating Limited.

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