Leo Laurens

Leo Laurens (born 30 July 1952) is a professional Belgian former darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. At the end of 1993, he was number one in the WDF world rankings after all of the BDO's top players broke away to form the World Darts Council (now the Professional Darts Corporation, PDC). Despite his new accolade, Laurens never won a major title.

Leo Laurens
Personal information
NicknameThe Lion of Antwerp
Born (1952-07-30) 30 July 1952
Antwerp, Belgium
Home townItegem, Belgium
Darts information
Playing darts since1972
Darts21g
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Good Times" by Jimmy Barnes and INXS
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO1988–1999
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipQuarter Finals: 1997
World MastersLast 32: 1988, 1993, 1995
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Belgium Gold Cup
Belgium National Championship
Antwerp Open
Dutch Open
French Open
North Holland Open		1988, 1993, 1996
1989, 1990, 1992
1990
1990, 1992
1992
1995

Career

Laurens made his World Championship debut in 1989, losing in the first round to American Rick Ney. He returned a year later, beating Canada's Bob Sinnaeve,[1] before losing to Mike Gregory. His best performance came in 1997, where he reached the quarter-finals after beating Ritchie Davies and Richie Burnett. He lost to reigning champion Steve Beaton. Laurens also holds the record for most 180's scored in a first-round match at the World Championship, with nine, although John Henderson holds the record for a best of 5 sets match with 12.

He also played in the Winmau World Masters in 1988, 1993, and 1995, losing in the first round on each occasion.

World Championship performances

BDO

References
  1. "Embassy World Professional Darts Championship 1990". Dartnet.nl. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
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