Bernd Roith (born 30 December 1959) is a German
darts player who plays in
Professional Darts Corporation
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(PDC) events.
Career
Roith is a chef by profession. He qualified for the
2010 European Championship via the PDC European Order of Merit. In the first round, he defeated
Denis Ovens 6–4. In the second round, he gave
Raymond van Barneveld
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a massive scare before eventually losing 10–7.
Roith also qualified for the
2011 PDC World Darts Championship
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through the European order of merit, though he lost in the first round 3–0 to
Dennis Priestley.
Roith earned a two-year PDC tour card in January 2012 on the fourth and final day of the Qualifying School with a 6–5 win over
Les Wallace in his final match. He represented Germany with
Jyhan Artut in the
2012 World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 3–1 by the United States in the second round. In June, he earned a place in the
German Darts Championship in
Berlin by defeating Sven Mehl and
Tomas Seyler
Tomas Seyler (born 16 July 1974), nicknamed "Shorty", is a German former professional darts player.
Career
Seyler reached the second round of the Winmau World Masters in 2003, beating Vincent van der Voort in the first round, but lost to Ray ...
in the Home Nation Qualifier. Roith played three-time world champion
John Part in the first round and was beaten 6–1. In October, Roith beat Lars Erkelenz and
Michael Rosenauer in the European Qualifier for the
Dutch Darts Masters, but was whitewashed 6–0 by
Vincent van der Voort in the first round. In an attempt to reach the
2013 World Championship, Roith lost in the quarter-finals of the
Qualifier 5–3 to
Stuart Kellett.
Roith began 2013 ranked world number 87. At the
UK Masters he beat
Justin Pipe 6–2, but narrowly lost 6–5 to
Mensur Suljović in the second round. Roith lost 5–3 to
Ted Hankey in the first round of the
UK Open. His best run of the year came at the 14th Players Championship where he was beaten in the last 16 by
Ian White. Roith qualified for three European Tour events in 2014, losing in the first round in two and beating Salmon Renyaan 6–1 at the
Austrian Darts Open, before being defeated 6–2 by
Wes Newton in the second round.
In 2015, Roith was unsuccessful at Q School and failed to qualify for the
UK Open. He did qualify for the
German Darts Championship, but withdrew from the event before it started.
The following year, a single last 64 showing in a
UK Open Qualifier was the best he could manage.
World Championship results
PDC
*2011: First round (lost to
Dennis Priestley 0–3)
References
External links
Profile and stats on Darts Database
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Living people
German darts players
1959 births
PDC World Cup of Darts German team
Sportspeople from Berlin