Aurora Fochesato (born 1 January 2006) is an Italian female professional darts player who currently plays in the

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(WDF), where she is the current WDF girls' world darts champion, and

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(PDC) events. She is also a first gold medalist from

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in the

international tournament, and also EDF European Champion.

Career

Aurora's career in darts began in 2017, when she started to participate in local darts tournaments in Italy. In 2021, she reached the final of

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, but was defeated 4–5 to

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in a last-leg decider. In 2022, she took a part in the WDF Europe Cup Youth, where she defeated Amy Evans 5–1 and won a gold medal in singles girls competition. In pairs competition with Elisa Bolzicco, she achieved bronze medal, lost 1–3 in semi-finals match to eventual champions Tamara Kovács and Krisztina Turai from

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. In 2023, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the

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. On the first day of the pairs competition, she won the bronze medal for the second time in her career. Her partner was Giada Macchi. In the semi-finals, after an extremely tight match, they finally lost to the

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team ( Hannah Meek and Paige Pauling). In the singles competition final game against Zehra Gemi, she won a second gold medal by 5–2 in legs.

Performance timeline

References

External links

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