Andreas Harrysson (born 3 June 1975) is a Swedish professional darts player who mainly plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events.

Career

In 2016, Harrysson became the Scandinavian singles champion for the first time. He defended this in 2018. He also won the team competition with

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in 2016. Also in 2016, Andreas Harrysson played his first

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reaching the semifinal before losing out to Wales player Jim Williams In 2017, Andreas became the Swedish champion for the first time. Harrysson then defended the title in 2018 before adding a third consecutive title in 2019. Joining the likes of

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and Magnus Caris to win it three times. In 2018, Harrysson won the Finnish Masters and WDF Europe Cup Team. In September 2019, he qualified for the

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as the Baltic & Scandinavian Qualifier. In 2020, Harrysson made his first-ever appearance on television. Competing in the

live on Eurosport winning his preliminary round game 3–2 in sets against the current One80 L-style World Masters champion John O'Shea before losing out to number one seed Wesley Harms 2–3 in sets. Harrysson made his

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debut in October 2020 at the

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, after qualifying via the Nordic & Baltic qualifier. He made it to a second round game after beating Benito van de Pas before losing out to world number eight

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. Harrysson has hit a 9-dart leg playing against Andreas Toft-Jørgensen in the Modus Super Series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDd6AySCdo4&ab_channel=MODUSSuperSeriesDarts

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

* 2020: First round (lost to Wesley Harms 2–3) (sets) * 2022: First round (lost to László Kádár 1–2)

References

External links

* Living people Swedish darts players Professional Darts Corporation associate players 1975 births {{Sweden-sport-bio-stub