Vladimir Andersen
Vladimir Kim "Valle" Andersen (born 24 April 1989) is a professional Danish darts player.
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| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Full name | Vladimir Kim Andersen | ||||||||||
| Nickname | Valle | ||||||||||
| Born | 24 April 1989 Vejle, Denmark | ||||||||||
| Home town | Vejle, Denmark | ||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2003 | ||||||||||
| Darts | 21g | ||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "My Life Is a Party" by ItaloBrothers | ||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||
| BDO | 2009–2018 | ||||||||||
| PDC | 2018– (Tour Card: 2022-) | ||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 130  2 (15 October 2023)[1] | ||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 24: 2009 | ||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 160: 2022 | ||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||
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Career
He has been picked 11 times for the Danish national team at the age of 24.
He won the German Gold Cup and Dortmund Open in 2012, beating respectively Tobias Muller and Dominik Wiegmann.
In 2012, at the Nordic invitational, he won the pairs event together with Frede Johansen beating Daniel Larsson and Johan Engström from Sweden in the final.
He partnered Per Laursen in the 2010 World Cup of Darts losing in the first round to Austria.
Andersen was scheduled to play Sweden's Peter Sajwani at the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship but was removed from the field on 27 November 2015 after being suspended by the Danish Darts Union.[2]
At the 2022 PDC Q-School, Andersen became the first Dane to qualify for a tour card via Q-School ever, securing a 2-year tourcard for the 2022 & 2023 season. He finished 10th in the European Order of Merit, with a total of 6 points.
Performance timeline
PDC
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011–2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | DNQ | ||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 1R | 1R | ||
| Non-major televised events | |||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | 1R | DNP | 2R | 2R | |
| Career statistics | |||||
| Year-end ranking | - | - | 181 | ||
BDO
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | DNP | DNQ | DNP | WD | |||
| Winmau World Masters | L40 | L24 | DNP | L136 | L272 | DNP | L80 | DNP | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | IDO DNP |
GDC DNP |
GDG DNP |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
BDO DNP |
GDT DNP |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNP |
GDG DNP |
ADO DNP |
DDC DNP |
BDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNP |
EDM DNP |
GDO DNQ |
HDT 1R |
GDC DNQ |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||
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| DNP | Did not play at the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | NYF | Not yet founded | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, 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
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- "Vladimir Andersen Out of Lakeside - Sam Hewson In". BDO. Retrieved 27 November 2015.