| Darren Denaby Johnson | |||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||
| Nickname | The Denaby DJ Dynamite | ||||||||
| Born | 18 September 1965 Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | ||||||||
| Home town | Mexborough, South Yorkshire | ||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||
| Playing darts since | 1990 | ||||||||
| Darts | 23 gram Showtime | ||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||
| Walk-on music | "T.N.T." by AC/DC | ||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||
| PDC | 2004– | ||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2023 | ||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 | ||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 64: 2017 | ||||||||
| WSDT major events – best performances | |||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2023 | ||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||
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Darren Denaby Johnson (born 18 September 1965 from Mexborough) is an English professional darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. His most significant result came in 2017 where he was the runner-up in the 2017 PDPA Players Championship Barnsley, defeating Dave Chisnall, Raymond van Barneveld, Benito van de Pas and Michael van Gerwen before falling to Simon Whitlock in the final.[1]
Career
Johnson lost his tourcard in 2018, Didn't regain his card at Q School and played on the Challenge Tour with limited success, Since Covid Johnson started playing on the WDF & Seniors tour, On the WDF Circuit he reached the Denmark Open final losing 6–1 to Sebastian Białecki & the English Nationals final losing to Scott Marsh 5–3. On 15 October 2022 he tasted his 1st WDF ranking success winning the Northern Ireland Open which he told commentators after it was his best moment of his career. He beat Nick Kenny 5–3 in the final.
In the Seniors after a quiet year he picked up his first title in October 2022 winning the 5th Tour Open Series event beating Alan Tabern 6–5.
World Championship results
WDF
- 2023: Second round (lost to Dennie Olde Kalter 1–3)
WSDT
- 2023: Second round (lost to Phil Taylor 1–3)
References
- ↑ "2017 PDPA Players Championship Barnsley Results". www.dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2019.