Per Skau (born 22 May 1968) is a former

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professional

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player.

Career

At the 1992 Embassy World Championship, Skau defeated

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in the first round 3–1 only to be knocked out by eventual champion Phil Taylor 3–1 in the second. He repeated this performance in 1996, beating Eric Burden in the first round but losing in the second round to

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. He also reached the quarterfinals of the 1991

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, beating Les Delderfield and

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before losing to American Dave Kelly. Skau also won a number of open tournaments, winning the Finnish Open in 1991, the Swedish Open and the Swiss Open in 1993 and the German Open in 1994. It was during the 1993 Swiss Open where Skau hit a perfect nine-dart leg. In 2009, Skau made a comeback – reaching the final of JFM Championships, losing to

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Another visit to the oche, was made in 2013 – Skau played the Danish National Championships, which he won. Repeating his victories for almost 20 years ago, a feat he did repeat in 2016 and 2017 – Skau participated in some of the Scandinavian PDC events, just nearly missing out on one of the 2 World Championship spots.

World Championship Results

BDO

* 1991: 1st Round (lost to

1–3) * 1992: 2nd Round (lost to Phil Taylor 1–3) * 1993: 1st Round (lost to

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1–3) * 1994: 1st Round (lost to

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0–3) * 1995: 1st Round (lost to

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1–3) * 1996: 2nd Round (lost to

2–3)

Trivia

During his first round match at the 1993 Embassy World Championship against

, Skau won the first 4 legs of the match, and when Bristow won the fifth leg, Skau was nearly head-butted by Bristow.BBC.co.uk
/ref> Skau won just 3 more legs after that as Bristow cruised to a 3–1 in sets victory.

References

External links

Profile and stats on Darts Database
Danish darts players Living people British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation associate players 1968 births PDC World Cup of Darts Danish team Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-sport-bio-stub