Göran Klemme (born 7 July 1964) is a

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darts Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small projectile point, sharp-pointed projectile, missiles known as dart (missile), darts at a round shooting target, target known as a #Dartboard, dar ...

player who plays in

British Darts Organisation The British Darts Organisation (BDO) was a darts organisation founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft. Made up of 66 member counties, it oversaw professional, semi-professional and amateur darts competitions in Britain. The BDO was a founder ...

events.

Career

Klemme made his name in the 2005

Winmau World Masters The World Masters is one of the longest-running and most prestigious of the BDO/WDF tournaments, which began in 1974. The tournament is sponsored by darts board manufacturer, Winmau. The World Masters was unusual in darts in that its sets are th ...

. He defeated

Bobby George Robert Francis George (born 16 December 1945) is an English television presenter and former professional darts player. He is widely recognised as one of the game's biggest personalities, known for his flamboyant entrances in which the "King ...

, Gary Robson and John Walton on the way to the final, where he played reigning BDO world champion

Raymond van Barneveld Raymond van Barneveld (born 20 April 1967) is a Dutch professional darts player. Nicknamed Barney, although originally known as The Man, he is one of the most successful darts players in history. Van Barneveld is a five-time World Darts Champ ...

. Klemme took the first three sets, but ultimately lost the final by 7 sets to 3. Klemme qualified for the

2007 BDO World Darts Championship The 2007 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 30th World Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO), and the 22nd to be held at the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Surrey. It ran from 6–14 January 2 ...

, but was beaten 3 sets to 0 by

Mike Veitch Michael Veitch (born 15 August 1960) is a Scottish former professional darts player. Career He made his televised debut at the 1990 Embassy World Championship losing in the first round to Brian Cairns, but it would be another 12 years before ...

in the first round. After a preliminary round exit from the

2007 International Darts League The 2007 Tropicana International Darts League was a darts tournament held at the Triavium in Nijmegen, Netherlands from May 4–12. The tournament was sponsored by Tropicana — a Dutch-based soft drink manufacturer. Raymond van Barneveld ente ...

, he took a break from darts. He returned to darts in 2010, beating Finland's

Veijo Viinikka Veijo Viinikka (born 27 March 1966) is a Finnish professional darts player. He competed in the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship, losing 4–2 to Roland Scholten in the preliminary round. He made his European Tour debut for German Darts Champi ...

to win the

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World Championship results

BDO

* 2007: 1st Round (lost to

0–3)

External links

Profile and stats on Darts Database
Living people Swedish darts players 1964 births British Darts Organisation players {{darts-bio-stub