Draft:Paul Knighton

Paul Knighton
Paul Knighton
Personal information
Full name	Paul Knighton
Born	10 June 1971 (age 53); Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England
Home town	Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	1980
Darts	24g
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Parklife" by Blur
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1994–2007
PDC	2007–2010
WDF	1994–2007
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 1995
World Masters	Last 64: 2004
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Preliminary round: 1997
UK Open	Last 96: 2009
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
Finnish Open	2010

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Paul Knighton (born June 10, 1971) is an former English professional darts player who has played in the World Darts Federation (WDF) & Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

Knighton played in the 1995 BDO World Darts Championship, before losing in the last 32 to John Part of Canada by 3–2 sets.

Knighton played in the 1997 WDC World Darts Championship in Circus Tavern, before losing to Englishman Graeme Stoddart by 3–1 sets.

Knighton played three staged of the UK Open darts in 2007 until 2009, before losing to Ken Dobson of England by 6–5 legs.

Knighton won the 2010 Finnish Open champion defeating by Jonny Nijs of Netherlands by 5–2 legs.

World Championship performences results

BDO

1995: First round (lost to John Part 2–3)

PDC

1997: Preliminary round (lost to Graeme Stoddart 1–3)

References