Danny van Trijp (born 24 December 1996) is a Dutch

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player currently playing in

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events.

Career

He attended European Q-School in 2019, but never got farther than the last 16, missing out on a Tour Card. He did then qualify as the one of the Association Member qualifiers for the

2019 European Darts Open The 2019 European Darts Open was the first of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2019 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Ostermann-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany, from 22–24 March 2019. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 i ...

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. However, he lost 6–3 to

Adam Hunt Adam Hunt (born 21 August 1993) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career Hunt began competing in PDC events in 2011 and won his first tournament in his second month, beating Josh Jon ...

in the first round. He also qualified for the 2019 Dutch Darts Masters. In the first round he won a 6–5 victory against

Keegan Brown Keegan Brown (born 5 November 1992) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2014 PDC World Youth Championship. Career Early career Brown began playing darts at the age of ni ...

, but was defeated 6–2 by Ricky Evans in the second round. Danny made his Players Championship debut on 3 August 2019. He lost in the first round to

David Pallett David John Pallett (born 8 February 1990) is an English professional darts player playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career In January 2013, Pallett entered PDC Q School and stood just one match from joining the tour in t ...

(6-5). A day later he won 6-3 against

Simon Stevenson Simon Stevenson (born 18 February 1972) is an English darts player, who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career Stevenson first rose to prominence after winning the Rileys Plymouth qualifier for the 2014 UK Open. He d ...

, then went down in the 2nd round against

Steve Beaton Steve Beaton (born 5 April 1964) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the BDO World Darts Championship in 1996 and is a former World No. 1. Background Beaton was born in Co ...

(6-5). In January 2020, Danny made another attempt to obtain a tour card. On the first day he lost in the first round to Hungarian

Patrik Kovács Patrik Kovács (born 3 June 1996) is a Hungarian professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is a two-time Budapest Classic champion. He has represented Hungary three-time during the PDC World Cup o ...

. On day two he lost the Last 16 to the Swede Daniel Larsson. On Day 3, he lost the last 64 to New Zealander Cody Harris. On the last day Danny reached the semi-finals where he lost to German

Steffen Siepmann Steffen Siepmann (born 16 September 1986) is a German professional darts player who currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events. Career Nicknamed "Sippi", Siepmann first qualified for a PDC European Tour in 2017, when he reached ...

. Danny made his

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debut on 6 March 2020. In the first round he got Russia's number 1

Boris Koltsov Boris Koltsov (russian: Борис Сергеевич Кольцов; born 10 September 1988) is a Russian darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career BDO In September 2014, Koltsov reached the semi-fin ...

. This match was won 6-4 with an average of 86. In the second round Danny was defeated 6-0 by the Scottish William Borland.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2023: Second round (lost to

Jonny Clayton Jonny Clayton (born 4 October 1974) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed The Ferret, he was half of the Welsh team that won the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts before winning his ...

0–3)

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* Dutch darts players Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders Living people 1996 births {{Netherlands-darts-bio-stub