Richard George (born 18 December 1989) is a former English professional darts player. He was born in

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and is the son of former world championship finalist

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. They became the first father-and-son duo to play in the BDO version of the World Championship, when Richie played in the

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event.

Darting career

Richie played darts as a junior, but then left the game. He qualified for the televised stages of the 2012 Winmau World Masters, but lost to Thomas Junghans 3–1 in the last 32. George qualified for the 2013 BDO World Championship as the 15th seed. He played

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in the first round, and survived seven match darts en route to a 3-2 win. He then beat

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4-2 in the second round, and recovered from 3-1 down against

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to win 5-4 and reach the semi-finals, where he was beaten 6-1 by Scott Waites. Courtesy of his run at Lakeside, George qualified for the

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, where he was drawn in Group C alongside two-time PDC World Champion

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, former Lakeside winner

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, and another debutant in the Belgian

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. George finished bottom of the group, losing his opening match 5-2 to Lewis, before losing by the same scoreline to Kist to confirm his elimination. George ended his campaign with a 5-3 defeat to group winner Huybrechts. He has not played competitive darts since the

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, where he also lost all 3 group games. He only won 3 legs in the entire tournament.

World Championship Results

BDO

* 2013: Semi Final (lost to Scott Waites 1-6) * 2014: First Round (lost to Robbie Green 0-3)

References

External links

* Living people British Darts Organisation players Sportspeople from Colchester English darts players 1989 births {{UK-darts-bio-stub