Dariusz Marciniak (born 19 December 1982) is a Polish professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He has represented Poland at the WDF Europe Cup. He is the first Polish medalist of this event, together with Sebastian Białecki.
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Full name | Dariusz Marciniak | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Pink Panther" | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 December 1982 Zielona Góra, Poland | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Zielona Góra, Poland | ||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| WDF | 2022– | ||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | NR (24 November 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| World Masters | Last 256: 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editMarciniak is one of the leading players from the Lubuskie Voivodeship. Thanks to his good performances in domestic Grand Prix tournaments, at the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup.
On the second day of the tournament, he advanced to the finals of the pairs competition where he played together with Sebastian Białecki. On the way to first medal of this event for Poland, they defeated, among others rivals from Switzerland (Thomas Junghans and Stefan Bellmont) and Wales (Sam Cankett and Nick Kenny).[2] Ultimately, on October 1, they were defeated by the England pairs Joshua Richardson and Scott Williams by 2–6 in legs.[3][4] On the third day of the tournament, he lost in the first round match against József Rucska by 1–5 in legs.[5] In the team competition, he did not make it to the final phase.[6]
In early December, he made his debut in the 2022 World Masters, but he ended his competition at the group stage, lost all matches.[7]
Performance timeline
edit| Tournament | 2022 |
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| World Masters | RR |
References
edit- ^ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Bialecki/Marciniak and Williams/Richardson reach men's pairs tournament final at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "England win men's and ladies pairs tournaments at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Singles". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Teams". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Dariusz Marciniak". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 28 May 2023.