Roger A. Carter (born October 28, 1961, in
Sandusky, Ohio) is a former
American professional darts player who plays in
British Darts Organisation
The British Darts Organisation (BDO) was a darts organisation founded on 7 January 1973 by Olly Croft. Made up of 66 member counties, it oversaw professional, semi-professional and amateur darts competitions in Britain. The BDO was a founder ...
and
Professional Darts Corporation events.
Career
Carter appeared in the
BDO World Darts Championship
The WDF World Darts Championship is a world championship competition in darts, organised by the World Darts Federation. It would previously organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO), who held it 43 times from 1978 to 2020.
The champion ...
four times with his best run being in 1997 when he made it to the Quarter finals, where he lost to
Marshall James
Marshall James (born 4 October 1970 from Llanelli) is a retired Welsh professional darts
Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed missiles known as darts at a round t ...
. Since 2000, Carter has played in PDC tournaments, playing mainly in their North American events, including the
Las Vegas Desert Classic
The Las Vegas Desert Classic was a darts tournament, organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and was held each year in July from 2002 until 2009. Its original venue was the MGM Grand Casino and Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada from 2002 to ...
, the
World Series of Darts and the US Open which replaced the World Series in 2007. Carter hit a nine-darter during the Desert Classic qualifiers but eventually failed to qualify for the event.
He currently lives in
Auburn, Alabama
Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama, with a 2020 population of 76,143. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a population ...
.
World Championship Results
BDO
* 1996: 1st Round (lost to
Geoff Wylie
Geoffrey "Geoff" Wylie (born 23 September 1956 from Ballymena) is a retired Northern Ireland, Northern Irish professional darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events.
Darts career
Wylie played in three stages o ...
1–3) (sets)
* 1997: Quarter-Finals (lost to
Marshall James
Marshall James (born 4 October 1970 from Llanelli) is a retired Welsh professional darts
Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed missiles known as darts at a round t ...
3–4)
* 1998: 2nd Round (lost to
Roland Scholten 1–3)
* 1999: 1st Round (lost to
Ted Hankey
Edward Hankey (born 20 February 1968) is an English former professional darts player and convicted sex offender. Nicknamed "The Count", he won the BDO World Darts Championship in 2000, was runner-up in 2001, and won the title for a second time ...
1–3)
References
External links
Profile and stats on Darts Database
1961 births
Sportspeople from Sandusky, Ohio
American darts players
Living people
British Darts Organisation players
Professional Darts Corporation associate players
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