Almudena Fajardo

Almudena Fajardo Ayuso (born 11 August 1996) is a Spanish female professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) events. She is a two-time EDU European Darts Champion and first Spanish female player who played in the final of the WDF Europe Cup competition. She was qualified for the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship.

Almudena Fajardo
Personal information
Full nameAlmudena Fajardo Ayuso
Born (1996-08-11) 11 August 1996
Spain
Home townHellín, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Darts information
LateralityRight-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2023–
WDF2022–
Current world ranking(WDF W) NR (5 September 2022)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 24: 2023
World MastersRunner Up: 2022
Other achievements
Medal record
Women's Darts
Representing  Spain
WDF Europe Cup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Gandía Women's singles
EDU European Ch'ship
Gold medal – first place 2022 Benidorm Women's cricket
Gold medal – first place 2023 Benidorm Women's cricket
Silver medal – second place 2022 Benidorm Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Caorle Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Caorle Women's cricket
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Caorle Women's cricket
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Benidorm Women's singles

Career

Fajardo is one of the most successful players from Spain. In 2017, she won two bronze medals in singles and cricket competition at the EDU European Darts Championship in Caorle. A year later, she repeated her success in the cricket competition. In subsequent international competitions, she maintained a good level, however, she was more successful only in the national competitions. In 2022, she was advanced to the EDU European Darts Championship finals for the first time and won her first gold medal in cricket competition, defeated Josipa Brzić. In the singles competition, she lost to Lucia Jankovská in the final.[2]

At the end of September 2022, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup held in her country. This is her first international competition on the steel-tip darts organised by World Darts Federation. On the second day of the tournament, she advanced to the finals of the singles competition, defeating the favorites Deta Hedman, Monique Lessmeister and Veronika Ihász.[3] In the final, she lost to Beau Greaves by 4–7 in legs and winning the first medal for Spain.[4][5]

In late February 2023, Fajardo made her debut in the 2023 PDC Women's Series.[6]

World Championship results

WDF
  • 2023:

Performance timeline
Tournament20222023
WDF Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ
World Masters RU

Career finals

WDF major finals: 2 (2 runners-up)
Legend
World Masters (0 – 1)
WDF Europe Cup (0 – 1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[7]
Runner-up 1. 2022 WDF Europe Cup  Beau Greaves 4 – 7 (l)
Runner-up 2. 2022 World Masters  Beau Greaves 0 – 6 (l)

References
  1. "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. "Almudena Fajardo reconquista Benidorm con un oro y una plata en el Nacional de Dardos". radiohellin.com. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. "WDF Europe Cup Women Singles". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  4. "Greaves and Fajardo to women's singles final at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. "Labre and Greaves capture gold medal in singles at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  6. "Participants for PDC Women's Series 1-4 confirmed including Ashton, Dobromyslova, Greaves, Hedman, Sherrock and de Graaf". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  7. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
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