Petri Korte
| Petri Korte | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | "Kalle" | ||
| Born | 12 December 1966 Lahti, Finland | ||
| Home town | Lahti, Finland | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 1990 | ||
| Darts | 17g Unicorn Phase 5 | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "Up Around the Bend" by Creedence Clearwater Revival | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| BDO | 2002–2011, 2014–2015 | ||
| PDC | 2012–2014, 2015–2018 | ||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||
| World Masters | Last 64: 2002 | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2012 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Petri Korte (born 12 December 1966) is a Finnish former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was known for his highly unorthodox throwing action, where he uses his non-throwing hand as a guide by holding it up in front of him whilst throwing.
Career
[edit]Korte attempted to qualify for the 2010 BDO World Darts Championship but lost in the final round of international qualifiers to Jan Dekker.
He won the Nordic Invitational Singles in 2011.[1] Korte and Sami Sanssi lost in the 2011 BDO British Open Pairs final, 1–3, to Garry Thompson and Scott Waites.[2]
He qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, where he beat Per Laursen 4–3 (legs) in the preliminary round.[3] He played world number 3, James Wade, in the first round. Korte went 0–2 down before pulling back a set and then had two darts to level the match. He missed and Wade wrapped up the match 3–1.[citation needed]
Korte represented Finland with Marko Kantele in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 4–5 by Croatia in the first round.[4] He lost in two quarter-finals on the Scandinavian tour in the rest of 2012 to finish 17th on the SDC Order of Merit.[5][6]
World Championship results
[edit]PDC
[edit]- 2012: First round (lost to James Wade 1–3) (sets)
References
[edit]- ^ "WINMAU WORLD MASTERS 2011: QUALIFIERS". Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ^ "BDO British Open Pairs Report". BDO. Archived from the original on 24 December 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ^ "World Championship – Night Five". PDC. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ^ "Cash Converters World Cup RD1". PDC. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ^ "SDC Season Ends On High". PDC. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ "Petri Korte 2012". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
External links
[edit]- Player profile for Petri Korte from Dartsdatabase
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