Rhian O'Sullivan (

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Edwards; 20 January 1981) is a Welsh professional

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player who competes in both

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(PDC) and

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(WDF) events. She won her first WDF ranking major title at the 2025 Dutch Open. She has finished as the runner-up at the BDO Women's World Championship in

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

and at the 2024 WDF World Masters.

Darts career

O'Sullivan was a quarter finalist in the 2009 Women's World Masters. She qualified for her first BDO Women's World Championship in

. She defeated fellow Welshwoman Julie Gore 2–0 in the quarter-finals, and Karen Lawman 2–0 in the semi-finals. In the final, she was beaten 0–2 by Trina Gulliver. In

, she again reached the World Championship final after victories over Gore in the quarter-finals and Deta Hedman in the semi-finals. She was beaten 0–2 by Gulliver for the second final in a row. In

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, O'Sullivan was defeated in the first round by top seed and eventual runner-up Hedman. She hit the highest checkout (155) recorded in the history of the women's world finals. The record was beaten in

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

. In 2023 O'Sullivan qualified for the Women's World Matchplay for the first time. She lost in the quarter-finals 3–4 to Robyn Byrne.

Personal life

O'Sullivan is not a full-time professional darts player, and works as a childcare nursery nurse.

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

* 2010: Runner-up (lost to Trina Gulliver 0–2) (sets) * 2011: Runner-up (lost to Trina Gulliver 0–2) * 2012: First round (lost to Deta Hedman 1–2) * 2022: Semi-finals (lost to Kirsty Hutchinson 2–3) * 2023: Semi-finals (lost to Beau Greaves 0–3) * 2024: Second round (lost to Lerena Rietbergen 0–2)

References

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* Living people Welsh darts players 1981 births British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation women's players {{UK-darts-bio-stub