Benjamin Pratnemer (born 31 March 1979) is a Slovenian professional darts player.
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| Nickname | "The Star" | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1979[1][2] Maribor, Slovenia | |||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Maribor, Slovenia | |||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 20 Gram | |||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" by AC/DC | |||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2017–2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2019–2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2021– | |||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (WDF) 30  17 (14 November 2023)[3](PDC) 179  (31 October 2024)[4] | |||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 48: 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 32: 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editPratnemer won the PDC Eastern Europe World Championship qualifier in 2019, defeating János Végső of Hungary 6–1 in the final, which meant he qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship. He became the second Slovenian after Osmann Kijamet in 2010 to qualify for the event.
On 7 February 2020, he qualified for his first PDC European Tour event. He played in the 2020 Belgian Darts Championship, where he lost 5–6 in the first round against Wesley Plaisier. Since 2021 Pratnamer has been playing on the WDF Circuit picking up a couple of wins in Slovenia & Hungary.
In 2023, Pratnemer participated in the PDC 2023 Q-School, in an attempt to get a tourcard. He got to the final phase, where he finished 28th with 3 points.
World Championship results
editPDC
edit- 2020: First round (lost to Justin Pipe 2–3)
WDF
edit- 2023: First round (lost to Davie Kirwan 0–2)
Performance timeline
editBDO
| Tournament | 2019 |
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| Winmau World Masters | L32 |
PDC
| Tournament | 2020 |
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| PDC World Championship | 1R |
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| DNP | Did not play in the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References
edit- ^ "Benjamin Pratnemer – Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller.
- ^ "Dart Profis – Benjamin Pratnemer". Dartn.de.
- ^ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
External links
edit- Player profile for Benjamin Pratnemer from Dartsdatabase
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