Radosław Szagański (born 17 October 1979) is a Polish-Irish professional

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player who competes in

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(PDC) events. A

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holder since 2022, he won his first ranking title at 2023 PDC Players Championship 27. He formerly competed in

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(BDO) and

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(WDF) events, winning the 2011 Poznań Open.

Career

Szagański appeared independently from 2008 at various events, primarily in

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and

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where he lives. He reached semi-finals of the Limerick Classic. His first attempt to qualify for the

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in 2010 was not crowned with success. In October 2010, he qualified for the 2010 Winmau World Masters, when he won the first round match 3–1 in sets against Chris Scutt. In the second round he lost 1–3 in sets to

Andy Boulton Andrew Boulton (born 25 February 1973) is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "X-Factor", he has won four titles on the PDC Challenge Tour. Career BDO, UK Open appearances ...

. In August 2011, he played at the

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which his first and only international trophy of

. In the final he defeat Oto Zmelík. Good form influenced the results in the 2011 Winmau World Masters. On the first day of the competition, he defeated Loris Polese, Craig Robertson, Lee Whitworth and Jim Withers. In the fifth round he lost to

Christian Kist Christian Kist (born 21 April 1986) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2012, he won the BDO World Darts Championship, defeating Tony O'Shea in the final. Career BDO Kist reached ...

1–3 in sets. In the following years, Szagański's results at the

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differed from previous years. In the 2012 Winmau World Masters he lost to Harry Todman in his first match. In the 2013 Winmau World Masters he beat Cor Dekker in preliminary round, but lost to Gary Harding in the first round. In 2013, Szagański became the Polish Champion, defeating Tomasz Mikołajczyk in the final. In 2014, he was able to reach the quarter-finals of the Police Masters. Szagański attempted to qualify for the

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. He reached the final of the Irish Tom Kirby Memorial, a win in the tournament would have earned him a spot in the preliminary round of the

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. Unfortunately for him, he lost the match 2–6 in legs to

Daryl Gurney Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-five; he reached a peak ranking of world number thre ...

. He was just as close to qualifying in 2016, when he lost 5–6 in legs to Mick McGowan.

2022

After a few years of break in activity at the international level, Szagański successfully gained a two-year

at 2022 European Q-School by finishing sixth on the European Q-School Order of Merit. In his debut on

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stage in April at the

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, he lost to Danny Jansen 6–1 in the first round. A month later he played at the 2022 European Darts Grand Prix, he lost 1–6 to

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in the first round. In June, he was close to his first victory in a

tournament at the 2022 European Darts Matchplay, but he lost 6–5 to Scott Williams in the first round.

2023

In 2023 Szagański won Players Championship 27, winning matches against

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and

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before beating

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8–5 in the final.

2024

At the

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, Szagański won his first-round match 3–2 in sets against Marko Kantele. He was defeated in the second round by

Raymond van Barneveld Raymond van Barneveld (born 20 April 1967) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he was ranked world number one from January 2008 to June 2008. Nicknamed "Barney", he is a five-t ...

3–1. At European Q-School, Szagański regained his PDC Tour Card by finishing third on the European Q-School Order of Merit. In February, on the

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, Szagański achieved a surprise 6–5 victory over

Luke Littler Luke Littler (born 21 January 2007) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number two. Nicknamed "the Nuke", Littler is the rei ...

in the second round of Players Championship 2. He was defeated by

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6–2 in the third round.

Personal life

Szagański works as a bus driver for

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. He lives in

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World Championship results

PDC

* 2024: Second round (lost to

1–3)

Performance timeline

BDO PDC PDC European Tour PDC Players Championships

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Szagański, Radek 1979 births Living people Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders PDC ranking title winners PDC World Cup of Darts Polish team Sportspeople from Poznań Polish darts players