Jamie Harvey (born 15 August 1955) is a Scottish former professional

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player who played in

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(PDC) and

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(BDO) tournaments. He used the nickname Bravedart for his matches – a play on the lead character from the film ''

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''. As darts began to introduce entrance tunes for its players during the 1990s, Harvey used to come to stage whilst the tune "

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" was played.

Career

Having made his World Championship debut in

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, Harvey was one of the players who started the

(then known as the World Darts Council, WDC) in 1993 and played at every PDC World Championship between 1994 and 2006. His best performance came in

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at the

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, when he reached the World Championship semi-finals but lost 1–5 to

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. Later that year he also reached the semi-finals of the World Matchplay – losing 9–13 to eventual champion

Peter Evison Peter Kenneth Evison (born 27 May 1964) is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. Nicknamed The Fen Tiger, his greatest achievements were th ...

. He never made the final of any of the major PDC tournaments, but has won the Antwerp Open and also the Scottish Masters in his home country. He remained one of the most popular players on the circuit throughout his career. Although he has reached the quarter finals of the World Championship in

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and the quarter finals of the World Matchplay as recent as

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, his ranking has slipped in the past few years. He started 2007 ranked 48 in the world, but failed to qualify for the World Championship for the first time that year. In the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship qualifiers, he won four matches before falling at the final hurdle to

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and he slipped to 73rd in the

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. He still competed at nine PDC Pro Tour non-televised events in 2007, but collected only £300 in prize money with a last 32 performance being his best. Harvey is now ranked 129th on the

. Harvey is currently battling throat cancer. On 2 September 2009, he underwent surgery to remove a cancerous growth in his throat and had his voice box removed.Throat Op For Harvey
PDC.tv In 2011, Harvey returned to the BDO and plays just Scottish events.

World Championship and League results

BDO

* 1992: 2nd round (lost to

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2–3) * 1993: 1st round (lost to

Mike Gregory Michael Keith Gregory (20 May 1964 – 19 November 2007) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for Warrington from 1982 to 1994, and won 20 caps fo ...

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PDC

* 1994: Group stage (lost to Phil Taylor 1–3) & (lost to Jim Watkins 2–3) * 1995: Quarter-final (lost to Rod Harrington 2–4) * 1996: Semi-final (lost to

1–5) * 1997: Quarter-final (lost to

3–5) * 1998: Group stage (Beat John Ferrell 3–0) & (lost to Rod Harrington 2–3) * 1999: 2nd round (lost to Bob Anderson 2–3) * 2000: 2nd round (lost to Dennis Priestley 2–3) * 2001: Quarter-final (lost to

Dave Askew Dave Askew (born 3 April 1963) is a former English professional darts player who competed in events of the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He is a two-time semi-finalist of the PDC World Championship ...

0–4) * 2002: 1st round (lost to Shayne Burgess 3–4) * 2003: 3rd round (lost to

John Part John Part (born June 29, 1966) is a Canadian former professional darts player and current commentator. Nicknamed Darth Maple, he is a three-times World Champion, having won the 1994 BDO World Darts Championship on his world championship debut, a ...

3-5) * 2004: 3rd round (lost to

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 ...

0–4) * 2005: 3rd round (lost to Roland Scholten 2–4) * 2006: 1st round (lost to

Tomas Seyler Tomas Seyler (born 16 July 1974), nicknamed "Shorty", is a German former professional darts player. Career Seyler reached the second round of the Winmau World Masters in 2003, beating Vincent van der Voort in the first round, but lost to Raymon ...

0–3)

Performance timeline

References

External links

Profile and stats on Darts Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Harvey, Jamie 1955 births Living people Sportspeople from Glasgow Scottish darts players Professional Darts Corporation founding players People from Barrhead Sportspeople from East Renfrewshire