Pavel Drtíl Explained

Pavel Drtíl
Birth Date:18 February 1973
Birth Place:Trutnov, Czechoslovakia
Hometown:Trutnov, Czech Republic
Since:2006
Laterality:Right-handed
Bdo:2006–2014
Pdc:2015–2020
Wdf:2006–2014
World Masters:Last 64: 2012

Pavel Drtíl (born 18 February 1973) is a Czech professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who played in World Darts Federation (WDF), Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and soft-tip international events. He is a two-time gold medalist in singles competitions at the EDU European Darts Championship. He also represented his country at the PDC World Cup of Darts, WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup.

Career

Since 2006, Drtíl has participated four times in the Winmau World Masters. The best result was recorded in 2012, when he advanced to the third round.[1] He recorded his first significant success during the EDU European Darts Championship in 2010, when he won a gold medal in single cricket competition. On his way to the final, he defeated Boris Krčmar and in the final match he beat Kurt van de Rijck.[2]

In 2010, he was invited to participate in the 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts as a Czech Republic representative together with Martin Kapucian. Unfortunately, due to unfavorable weather conditions in Prague, they were unable to get to the tournament in England.[3] He got another chance to play in the Professional Darts Corporation tournament during 2016 PDC World Cup of Darts. This time he represented his country together with Michal Kočík. They ended their participation in the first round, lost to Yuanjun Liu and Wenge Xie from China, by 3–5 in legs.[4] In 2016, he won another medal at the EDU European Darts Championship in cricket singles competition.[5] In 2018, he won the gold medal in the singles competition, defeated El Abbas El Amri in the final match.[6]

In the following years, he took part in the qualifiers for the PDC European Tour tournaments several times, but without success.[7]

Performance timeline

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
WDF Ranked televised events
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PDC Non-ranked televised events
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pavel Drtil. World Darts Federation. 21 November 2022.
  2. Web site: Posledních 21 let ME EDU na jednom místě . Unie šipkových organizací. 27 September 2022.
  3. Web site: Czechs Out Of World Cup. PDC. https://web.archive.org/web/20120915031226/http://www.pdc.tv/page/PDCWorldCupArticle/0%2C%2C10180~2235932%2C00.html. 21 November 2022. 15 September 2012.
  4. Web site: Čeští šipkaři na Čínu nestačili, favorit z Anglie se pořádně nadřel!. 4 June 2016. nova.cz. 21 November 2022.
  5. Web site: EM 2016 . European Dart Union. 27 September 2022.
  6. Web site: EM 2018 . European Dart Union. 27 September 2022.
  7. Web site: Pavel Drtil. mastercaller.com. 21 November 2022.