Tricia Wright (born 1 September 1958 in
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) is a female former professional
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darts player from
Mitcham
Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in South London, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross. Originally a village in the county of Surrey, today it is mainly a residential suburb, and includes Mitcham Common. It h ...
in
Surrey. Her nickname is The Wright Stuff.
Career
Wright competed in the first
PDC Women's World Championship final in 2010, losing 6-5 to
Stacy Bromberg despite having four darts to win it. She played at the
2010 Grand Slam of Darts
The 2010 Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts was the fourth staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 13–21 November 2010 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, W ...
, losing all 3 of her group matches to
Raymond van Barneveld,
Darryl Fitton
Darryl Fitton (born 5 May 1962) is an English professional darts player. He is nicknamed The Dazzler and comes to the stage dancing to the Madness song " One Step Beyond" wearing sunglasses; one of the most popular walk-ons with the audienc ...
and
Colin Lloyd.
Since 2001 she has won over 50 amateur titles.
Wright was due to be one of three ladies to play on the 2011 PDC ProTour, along with Bromberg and
Anastasia Dobromyslova
Anastasia Petrovna Dobromyslova-Martin (russian: Анастаси́я Петро́вна Добромы́слова; born 26 September 1984) is a professional darts player. She is a three-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the B ...
but after the PDC decided to drop the Women's World championship and thus its qualification to the Grand Slam of Darts she decided to go back to the BDO without playing a single PDC event.
World Championship results
PDC
* 2010: Runner-up (lost to
Stacy Bromberg 5–6)
BDO
* 2018: Last 16: lost to
Lorraine Winstanley 0–2)
Career finals
BDO major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
PDC premier event finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
External links
Tricia Wright Unicorn DartsProfile and stats on Darts Database
English darts players
1958 births
Living people
British Darts Organisation players
Sportspeople from London
Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders
Professional Darts Corporation women's players
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