Garry Thompson (born 9 January 1965) is a former

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professional

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player who played in the

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tournaments.

Darts career

Thompson reached the quarter finals of the 2004 British Open, beating

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and

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before losing to

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. He then reached the quarter finals of the 2007 Belgium Open, again beating Fitton along the way. He lost to

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. On 17 February 2008 Thompson caused a major surprise by winning the 2008 Scottish Open, with notable wins against

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champion Robert Thornton and former World Champion

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before beating

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in the final. He received £2,000 for his efforts and as a result, he shot up the BDO and WDF rankings. Thompson then won the unranked Welsh Classic, beating the

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in the final. Thompson earned automatic qualification for the 2009 BDO World Championship, entering the tournament as the number 14 seed. He was drawn against Northern Ireland's

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in the first round but lost 3-1. In 2009, Thompson reached the quarter final stage in the German Open, IDPA Lakeside Classic and the Denmark Open but his defense of the Scottish Open ended in the early stages of the competition. 2010 saw Garry reach the quarter-finals of the

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. He defeated

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, the sixth seed, in the decided set after Montgomery missed six darts to win the match. He then swept aside the previously impressive Martin McCloskey 4-1 with some much-improved finishing. In the quarter-final he took two sets off the eventual champion

but was ultimately outplayed. Thompson was seeded 10th for the 2011 BDO World Championship, and once again reached the quarter-final stage. He beat German teenager Arno Merk 3-1 in the first round, and Alan Norris 4-2 in the second round, but in the quarter-final he lost 5-4 to

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having led 3-0 and 4-2 in sets and missing nine darts at doubles to win the match. Had Thompson won the match and gone on to win his semi-final as well, he would have played the final on his 46th birthday. Thompson was unseeded for the 2012 BDO World Championship, and was defeated 3-1 by débutante Paul Jennings in the first round. Thompson was once again unseeded at the 2013 BDO World Championship, but this time won his first round match 3-1 over Gary Robson. In the second round, Thompson was once again defeated by Dekker in a deciding set, 4-3, having led 3-2. Thompson won the

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in 2013, arguably his biggest victory to date, beating

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in the final. Despite this, Thompson only qualified for the 2014 World Championship as a preliminary and lost his prelim match to

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after leading 2-1 in sets and having several chances to break Widmayer's throw in the deciding set.

World Championship Results

BDO

* 2009: 1st Round (lost to

1-3) * 2010: Quarter-Final (lost to

2-5) * 2011: Quarter-Final (lost to

4-5) * 2012: 1st Round (lost to Paul Jennings 1-3) * 2013: 2nd Round (lost to

3-4) * 2014: Last 40 (lost to

2-3)

Performance timeline

BDO

Personal life

Garry currently resides in Silsden, West Yorkshire, with his partner Tina and son Jack.

References

External links

Darts Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Garry 1965 births English darts players Living people British Darts Organisation players