Tony David is a darts player and is the only Australian player to have been a senior singles world champion. David won the 2002 Embassy World Championship. He plays with the nickname The Deadly Boomerang. He started playing darts at the age of 25 and progressed into the Queensland State team in 1995. Four years later, he made the Australian WDF World Cup team for the first time. Tony has haemophilia, which requires regular medication.

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  • Tony David is a darts player and is the only Australian player to have been a senior singles world champion. David won the 2002 Embassy World Championship. He plays with the nickname The Deadly Boomerang. He started playing darts at the age of 25 and progressed into the Queensland State team in 1995. Four years later, he made the Australian WDF World Cup team for the first time. Tony has haemophilia, which requires regular medication. On top of this, his throwing action is slightly limited by the condition, as he cannot bring his arm back as far as most players due to the blood circulation. He made his first trip to the Lakeside Country Club in 2001 to play in the Embassy World Championship, losing to Andy Fordham 0-3 in the first round. In only his second attempt at the World Championship, and as a 66/1 outsider before the tournament began, he went all the way to the title beating Ritchie Davies, Marko Pusa, Bob Taylor and a tight semi-final against Martin Adams 5-4. He was a slight favourite for the title going into the final due to his results, and went on to beat Mervyn King 6-4 in the final. He became the first Australian player to win the title. Later in 2002, he won the World Darts Trophy in the Netherlands, one of the British Darts Organisation's other Grand Slam titles. He also reached the semi-finals of the WDT in 2003 and 2004 losing both times to Raymond van Barneveld. The defence of his world title in 2003 started creditably, but ended with a heavy loss 0-5 at the quarter-final stages to Welshman Davies. After that defeat, David has failed to win another match at the Lakeside event. He went out in the first round in 2004 to Darryl Fitton and in 2005 to Tony Eccles. He failed to qualify for the 2006 or 2007 events. He returned to Lakeside in 2008 but lost in the first round to Gary Robson. On February 21, 2009, David was rushed to hospital to undergo an emergency liver transplant. However, the transplant was a successful one and David is progressing well. Whilst an 'emergency' generally relates to unforeseen circumstances, David was on the Liver Transplant Waiting List due to complications from Hepatitis C and B which he contracted many years ago in the 80s (as many haemophiliacs did prior to better blood screening practices in Australia), and was fortunate to have a matching donor liver become available - requiring his attendance at hospital ASAP as is required for such a procedure.
  • Tony David, bijgenaamd The Deadly Boomerang, is een Australische dartspeler die momenteel actief is in de rangen van de BDO. Tony David beoefent darts vanaf 1993 en is samen met landgenoot Simon Whitlock de meest succesvolle darter van Oceanië. In 2002 werd de Australiër Wereldkampioen Darts door de Embassy-finale van 2002 winnend af te sluiten. In de finale in het Engelse Frimley Green versloeg David favoriet Mervyn King met 6-4. Later dat jaar won hij eveneens de World Darts Trophy, na winst op Tony O'Shea (6-0). Na het slechte jaar 2005, waar David op de grandslamtoernooien er meestal in de eerste of tweede ronde uitging, had David zich niet gekwalificeerd voor de grandslamtoernooien van 2006. Wel won hij dat jaar onder andere de New Zealand Open en de Central Coast Classic, waardoor The Deadly Boomerang weer de rankings beklom. In 2007 maakte David zijn terugkomst op een grandslamtoernooi, hij plaatste zich namelijk voor de Bavaria World Darts Trophy. Tony werd al in de eerste ronde uitgeschakeld door Gary Robson op Lakeside 2008, het toernooi waar hij in 2005 voor het laatst aan deelnam. De dartsprestaties van David zijn des te opmerkelijker vanwege het feit dat hij lijdt aan een bloedziekte. Dit belemmert zijn dagelijks leven en carrière dusdanig dat hij een strak schema van rust dient te respecteren.
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  • 1996 to present
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  • Winner 2002
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  • 87 (WDF)
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  • 23g Formula Sports Tony David
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  • Australia
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  • Townsville, Queensland
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  • Finalist 2004
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  • Right-handed
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  • The Deadly Boomerang
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  • Tony David
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  • 2002 1996, 2000, 2001 2002, 2008 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2006 2006
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  • 1993 (xsd:integer)
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  • Doeland Grand Masters
    Australian Masters
    Australian Grand Masters
    Pacific Masters
    French Open
    Coronation Open
    Queensland Zone 7 Open
    Coolbellup Open
    Central Coast Classic
    New Zealand Open
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  • Winner 2002
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  • Semi-Finalist 2004
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  • Tony David is a darts player and is the only Australian player to have been a senior singles world champion. David won the 2002 Embassy World Championship. He plays with the nickname The Deadly Boomerang. He started playing darts at the age of 25 and progressed into the Queensland State team in 1995. Four years later, he made the Australian WDF World Cup team for the first time. Tony has haemophilia, which requires regular medication.
  • Tony David, bijgenaamd The Deadly Boomerang, is een Australische dartspeler die momenteel actief is in de rangen van de BDO. Tony David beoefent darts vanaf 1993 en is samen met landgenoot Simon Whitlock de meest succesvolle darter van Oceanië. In 2002 werd de Australiër Wereldkampioen Darts door de Embassy-finale van 2002 winnend af te sluiten. In de finale in het Engelse Frimley Green versloeg David favoriet Mervyn King met 6-4.
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  • Tony David
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