Charles Losper

Charles Losper
Personal information
Nickname	The Sensation
Born	March 18, 1969 Cape Town, South Africa
Home town	Cape Town South Africa
Darts information
Playing darts since	1991
Darts	24g
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	New Sensation by INXS
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2003 to 2006
PDC	2006 to present
Current world ranking	71
BDO majors - best performances
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship	First round 2008, 2009
Grand Slam	First round 2007
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
South Africa Open	2007, 2008
Other achievements

Charles Losper (born March 18, 1969 in Cape Town) is a darts player from South Africa. He is currently the highest ranked South African darts player on the PDC Order of Merit, ranked at number 71. He is not a full-time professional and currently works as a policeman.

Darts career

Having started playing darts in 1991, Losper's first major tournament appearance was in the 2003 WDF World Cup with the South African team. Having stayed with them for 3 years, he joined the Professional Darts Corporation in 2006 and made his first PDC tournament appearance in the South African Open. He failed to qualify for the final stages of the tournament but returned in 2007 to come through the 155 player field and win the tournament, beating Lodewyk Marais 4-0 in the final.^[1] As one of the top four players in the tournament, he qualified for the televised South African Masters the next day, where those top four met the top four players in the PDC. Losper was drawn against then-World Champion Raymond van Barneveld and despite losing 4-1 was the only South African player to win a leg against the professionals.^[2]

The South African Open win also guaranteed Losper a place in the inaugural 2007 Grand Slam of Darts. He lost all three group games however, losing to Andy Hamilton, Terry Jenkins and Vincent van der Voort. He also qualified for the 2008 PDC World Championship but lost 3-1 in the first round to John Part, who went on to win the tournament.

In August 2008, Losper made a trip to the Australian leg of the PDC Pro Tour. There he reached the final of the Shoalhaven Classic and the last 16 of the Australian Players Championship. The next month Losper successfully defended his South African Open title with a 4-1 victory over Mark Jackson, which earned him a place in the 2009 PDC World Championship. On the way to his second title Losper played the best leg of the qualifying phase with a 12-dart finish, the best of the tournament.^[3] This title also meant he played in the South African Masters for the second successive year, though he lost 4-1 to Wayne Mardle.

At the 2009 PDC World Championship, Losper beat Guyana's Sudesh Fitzgerald in the preliminary round and but lost to Colin Osborne 3-0 in the first round.

Personal life

Outside of darts, Losper works as a policeman in an armed response unit, having been a member of the police force for nearly 20 years.^[4]

References

1. ^ PDC website report - Losper Wins Emperors Palace South African Open from the Professional Darts Corporation, retrieved 28-09-2008
2. ^ PDC website report - Taylor Wins Emperors Palace South African Masters from the Professional Darts Corporation, retrieved 28-09-2008
3. ^ PDC website report - Losper Retains SA Open Title from the Professional Darts Corporation, retrieved 28-09-2008
4. ^ 'Battling Charles Cops It' from the Daily Mirror, by Mike Walters, retrieved 28-09-2008

External links

• Charles Losper's official site
• Losper on the Darts Database

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Name	Losper, Charles
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Date of birth	March 18, 1969
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Date of death
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