Priscilla Steenbergen (born 25 July 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in

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(WDF) and

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(PDC) events. Her biggest achievement to date was playing in the quarter-finals at the

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. She was a silver and bronze medalist of the

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Career

After not being able to qualify for the BDO World Darts Championship from the qualifiers in 2016, she went to the third round at the 2016 Winmau World Masters, where she lost to Trina Gulliver by 1–4 in legs. In 2017, she was in the quarter-finals of the Hal Masters. In 2019, she advanced to the quarter-finals at the

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and made it to the

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via the play-off qualifiers. During this tournament, she lost in the first round match to

Aileen de Graaf Aileen de Graaf (born 25 April 1990) is a Dutch darts player playing in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF). She is member of the Dutch national team. She also plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career De Graaf ...

by 0–4 in legs. In 2020, Steenbergen made it to the quarterfinals at the 2020 Dutch Open and again lost match to

. In 2022, she took part in the

for the first time. She replaced Fallon Sherrock after her withdrawal, as the highest ranked

player which not already qualified. In the first round match she beat Darlene van Sleeuwen by 2–1 in sets. In the second round she beat

Anca Zijlstra Anja Carolina Zijlstra (born 3 September 1973) is a Dutch darts player who competes in events of the World Darts Federation (WDF). Career World Championship results BDO/WDF * 2016: Quarter-finals (lost to Aileen de Graaf 1–2) * 2017: First ro ...

with the same result. In the quarter-finals, she was defeated by

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by 1–2 in sets. After a very good result at the

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, she took part in the

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for the first time. During the series held in

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, Steenbergen reached the quarter-finals three times. At the Belfry Open, she advanced to the semi-finals of the senior tournament for the first time and finally lost to

by 2–4 in legs. At the 2022 Dutch Open she was eliminated in the second round. At the end of September 2022, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the

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. On the second day of the tournament, she advanced to the second round of the singles competition, where she lost to Aurora Fochesato by 2–4 in legs. On the third day, she advanced to the quarter-finals of the pairs competition, where she played together with Noa-Lynn van Leuven. They lost to

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and Maud Jansson from

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by 0–4 in legs. In the team tournament, she won a silver medal. They lost in the final match to

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by 1–9 in legs. They also took the bronze medal in the overall classification. On 26 November 2022, Priscilla picked up her 1st WDF title winning the Italian Grand Masters beating

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in the final 6-5.

World Championship results

WDF

* 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to

1–2) (sets) * 2023: Second round (lost to Lisa Ashton 1–2)

Performance timeline

References

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