Christian Gödl (born 17 March 1980) is an Austrian professional

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player who plays in

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(WDF) events. In the past, he played in

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(PDC) tournaments, representing Austria twice on the

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Career

In 2018, he tried the European Q-School in Hildesheim, but was unable to get a

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. He made his

debut in the

2018 German Darts Grand Prix The 2018 German Darts Grand Prix was the second of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2018 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Kulturhalle Zenith, Munich, Germany, between 31 March–2 April 2018. It featured a field of 48 players and ...

, but was whitewashed 6–0 by

Stephen Bunting Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number four. Nicknamed "the Bullet", Bunting formerly competed in Brit ...

. At the beginning of January 2019 he went back to the Q-School in Hildesheim, where he made it to the final on the first day and only there had to admit defeat to Dutchman

Niels Zonneveld Niels Zonneveld (born 22 July 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Triple Z", he is a current PDC Tour Card holder and is a two-time winner on the PDC Development Tour. ...

. He tackled the PDC Challenge Tour in 2019, on which he made it to the quarterfinals twice. Gödl has also qualified for the 2019 Austrian Darts Championship, but he lost again. This time he was defeated by

Jeffrey de Zwaan Jeffrey de Zwaan (born 26 March 1996) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has won two PDC Players Championship events. He reached his first major semi-final at the 2018 World Matc ...

. In November 2022, he showed up at the PDC East Europe Qualifier for the

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and he lost in the final game against Sebastian Białecki. Two weeks later, he played for the first time in the 2022 Winmau World Masters. He lost in the fifth round to eventual winner

Wesley Plaisier Wesley Plaisier (born 4 March 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously participated in World Darts Federation (WDF) tournaments, winning the World Masters twice. He fini ...

. On 12 November, he won the qualification for the

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World Championship results

WDF

* 2023: First round (lost to James Richardson 1–2)

References

External links

* 1980 births Living people Austrian darts players 21st-century Austrian people {{Austria-sport-bio-stub