David Cameron (darts player)
David Cameron (born 15 September 1969) is a Canadian professional darts player, who mainly competes in the World Darts Federation tournaments. He is the first and сurrent 2022 World Seniors Darts Masters champion and triple Canadian champion.
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | David Cameron | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Excalibur" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 September 1969 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Fall River, Nova Scotia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 22g Cosmo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Shoot to Thrill" by AC/DC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 1998–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2022– | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 1998–2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WSDT | 2022– | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 80: 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Last 32: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open/WSoD | Last 128: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WSDT major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Winner (1): 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Champions | Semi Final: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
Cameron has appeared at the BDO World Darts Championship six times, but hasn't got past the first round in his first five appearances, his only win coming against Jimmy Hendriks in 2017. In 2019 he reached the second round for the first time.
He has also entered both editions of the PDC US Darts Masters in Las Vegas, qualifying both times. However, he hasn't won a stage match in the four events that this achievement entails. In 2017, he lost 6–5 to Dawson Murschell in the North American Championship before losing 6–3 to Raymond van Barneveld in the 2017 US Darts Masters. Cameron only managed one leg in the two tournaments in 2018, going out to John Norman Jnr and Michael Smith in the respective events.
Cameron took part in the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship where he was defeated in the 1st round by Ian Jones 2-1. Because of his early exit he was able to take part in the qualifiers for the 2022 World Seniors Darts Masters taking an Uber to Reading from Lakeside on the Saturday where he qualified for the TV Event beating Paul Hogan 6-0 in the final game
Cameron took part in the 2022 World Seniors Darts Masters after winning a qualifier. He beat Kevin Painter 4–3, Robert Thornton 4–2, Colin Monk 4–2, Richie Howson 5–2 and won the final 6–3 against 16-time World Champion Phil Taylor to become the inaugural winner of the event.
World Championship results
BDO/WDF
- 2014: Preliminary round (lost to Martin Adams 1–3)
- 2015: Preliminary round (lost to Michel van der Horst 2–3)
- 2016: Preliminary round (lost to Ted Hankey 0–3)
- 2017: First round (lost to Danny Noppert 1–3)
- 2018: Preliminary round (lost to Michael Unterbuchner 2–3)
- 2019: Second round (lost to Kyle McKinstry 3–4)
- 2020: Preliminary round (lost to Nick Fullwell 1–3)
- 2022: First round (lost to Ian Jones 1–2)
PDC
- 2023: Second round (lost to Danny Noppert 1–3)
WSDT
- 2023: First round (lost to Richie Howson 2–3)
Career finals
Seniors major finals: 1 (1 title)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 2022 | World Seniors Darts Masters |  Phil Taylor |
6–3 (s) |