Tomáš Houdek (born 25 November 2003) is a Czech professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and

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(PDC) events. He won a gold medal in the

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and was a Czech Youth Champion. He has represented his country at the WDF Europe Cup.

Career

Houdek started his darts career in August 2017 and in two years he won numerous international tournaments for youth players. In 2019, during the EDU European Darts Championship, he won the gold medal in the single youth competition, defeated Marcel Grossmann in the final match. In the same year, he played in the

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youth competitions and won two medals in the pairs competition. In the mixed pairs competition, together with Anna Votavová, he won the gold medal, defeated another pair from the Czech Republic,

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and Denisa Feklová, by 6–2 in legs. In the boys' pairs competition, together with

, won the silver medal, lost to Keelan Kay and Brad Phillips from England in the final match. In 2019, again together with

, won the silver medal in the pairs competition at the

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. They lost in the final match to

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and Luke van der Kwast from the Netherlands. In the team competition, the youth team from the Czech Republic slightly lost to the Netherlands and took bronze medal. The coronavirus pandemic has slowed down Houdek's career as he has maintained a regular game in his home country. In 2022, he was invited to participate in a special tournament held during the

. Due to the cancellation of tournaments in 2020–2021 because the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided to organize an additional tournament (WDF Europe U21 Cup) for players under 21 years of age. In the boys' under-21 singles event, he won the gold medal, defeated David Zaruba in the final by 6–5 in legs. The excellent result of the Czech national team in other competitions contributed to the victory in the general classification. Ultimately, Houdek returned from this tournament with four gold medals. At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the

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. On the second day of the tournament, he advanced to the second round of the pairs competition where he played together with Dalibor Šmolík. They were defeated by James Hurrell and Luke Littler from England by 3–4 in legs. On the third day of the tournament, he lost in the preliminary round match to

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by 3–4 in legs. In the team competition, Czech team advanced to the second round, where he lost to England by 7–9 in legs.

Performance timeline

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Houdek, Tomas 2003 births Living people Czech darts players