David Cameron (born 15 September 1969) is a

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professional

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player, who mainly competes in the

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tournaments. He is the first and сurrent

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champion and triple Canadian champion.

Career

Cameron has appeared at the

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six times, but hasn't got past the first round in his first five appearances, his only win coming against Jimmy Hendriks in

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. In

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he reached the second round for the first time. He has also entered both editions of the PDC US Darts Masters in Las Vegas, qualifying both times. However, he hasn't won a stage match in the four events that this achievement entails. In 2017, he lost 6–5 to Dawson Murschell in the North American Championship before losing 6–3 to Raymond van Barneveld in the

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. Cameron only managed one leg in the two tournaments in 2018, going out to John Norman Jnr and Michael Smith in the respective events. Cameron took part in the

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where he was defeated in the 1st round by Ian Jones 2-1. Because of his early exit he was able to take part in the qualifiers for the

taking an

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to Reading from Lakeside on the Saturday where he qualified for the TV Event beating

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6-0 in the final game Cameron took part in the

after winning a qualifier. He beat

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4–3, Robert Thornton 4–2,

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4–2,

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5–2 and won the final 6–3 against 16-time World Champion Phil Taylor to become the inaugural winner of the event.

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

* 2014: Preliminary round (lost to

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1–3) * 2015: Preliminary round (lost to

Michel van der Horst Michel van der Horst (born 8 April 1975) is a Dutch professional darts player who currently playing in British Darts Organisation events. Career Van der Horst qualified for the 2015 BDO World Championship and played David Cameron of Canada in ...

2–3) * 2016: Preliminary round (lost to

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0–3) * 2017: First round (lost to

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1–3) * 2018: Preliminary round (lost to

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2–3) * 2019: Second round (lost to

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3–4) * 2020: Preliminary round (lost to

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1–3) * 2022: First round (lost to Ian Jones 1–2)

PDC

* 2023: Second round (Lost to

1–3)

Career finals

Seniors major finals: 1 (1 title)

External links

David Cameron's profile and stats on Darts Database

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, David Living people Canadian darts players British Darts Organisation players 1969 births People from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia Sportspeople from Nova Scotia 21st-century Canadian people