Per Skau
Per Skau (born 22 May 1968) is a former Danish professional darts player.
| Per Skau | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | PerFect |
| Born | 22 May 1968 Farum, Denmark |
| Home town | Middelfart, Denmark |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1988 |
| Darts | Per Skau darts |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | "No Limit" by 2 Unlimited |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1989–1996 |
| PDC | 2012–2017 |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 16: 1992, 1996 |
| World Masters | Quarter Final: 1991 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Finnish Open German Open Swedish Open Swiss Open Viking Masters Nordic Cup Open Nordic Ch'ship | 1991 1994 1993 1993 1992, 1993 1990, 1994 1990, 1992, 1993 |
| Updated on April 5, 2008. | |
Career
At the 1992 Embassy World Championship, Skau defeated Dave Whitcombe in the first round 3–1 only to be knocked out by eventual champion Phil Taylor 3–1 in the second. He repeated this performance in 1996, beating Eric Burden in the first round but losing in the second round to Colin Monk. He also reached the quarterfinals of the 1991 Winmau World Masters, beating Les Delderfield and Mike Gregory before losing to American Dave Kelly.
Skau also won a number of open tournaments, winning the Finnish Open in 1991, the Swedish Open and the Swiss Open in 1993 and the German Open in 1994. It was during the 1993 Swiss Open where Skau hit a perfect nine-dart leg.
In 2009, Skau made a comeback – reaching the final of JFM Championships, losing to Per Laursen
Another visit to the oche, was made in 2013 – Skau played the Danish National Championships, which he won. Repeating his victories for almost 20 years ago, a feat he did repeat in 2016 and 2017 – Skau participated in some of the Scandinavian PDC events, just nearly missing out on one of the 2 World Championship spots.
World Championship Results
BDO
- 1991: 1st Round (lost to Dave Whitcombe 1–3)
- 1992: 2nd Round (lost to Phil Taylor 1–3)
- 1993: 1st Round (lost to Eric Bristow 1–3)
- 1994: 1st Round (lost to Martin Adams 0–3)
- 1995: 1st Round (lost to Paul Hogan 1–3)
- 1996: 2nd Round (lost to Colin Monk 2–3)
Trivia
During his first round match at the 1993 Embassy World Championship against Eric Bristow, Skau won the first 4 legs of the match, and when Bristow won the fifth leg, Skau was nearly head-butted by Bristow.[1] Skau won just 3 more legs after that as Bristow cruised to a 3–1 in sets victory.