Richard Veenstra (born 10 July 1981) is a

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professional

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player who currently plays in

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(WDF) events. He is a Dutch Open champion,

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and Finder Darts Masters finalist. Multiple medalist of

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and WDF Europe Cup.

Career

In October 2014, Veenstra won the Luxembourg Open beating Mark Oosterhuis in the Final 6–4. He reached the semi-finals of the 2015 Denmark Masters and England Open. In October 2015, he won WDF World Cup Pairs with

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to beat Scott Mitchell and

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6–3.2015 WDF World Cup Pairs Results
DartsDatabase On his debut at the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, Veenstra caused an upset beating compatriot and third seed Jeffrey de Graaf 3–2 in the first round, before beating English player Martin Atkins comfortably 4–0 in the second round. Veenstra then defeated defending champion Scott Mitchell 5-3 to reach the semi-finals, which he narrowly lost to Jeff Smith 6-5. In September 2016, Veenstra won the WDF Europe Cup singles, He beat Jim Williams in the final 7-5 averaging 93.18. In September 2018, he won both the

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and

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in the same weekend. Veenstra has announced that he intends to compete for a tour card at the 2020 PDC Q School. In the Last 16 of the

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he recorded the highest three dart average in the venue's history with 104.91. In the Quarter Final he almost achieved a perfect 9 dart finish playing against Brian Raman but sadly missed double 12.

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

* 2016: Semi-finals (lost to Jeff Smith 5–6) * 2017: Second round (lost to

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0–4) * 2018: Quarter-finals (lost to Michael Unterbuchner 4–5) * 2019: Second round (lost to

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1–4) * 2020: Second round (lost to David Evans 2–4) * 2022: Semi-finals (lost to Neil Duff 2–5) * 2023:

Career finals

BDO major finals: 2 (2 runner-up)

Performance timeline

References

External links

Richard Veenstra's profile and stats on Darts Database
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