Teemu Harju (born 25 May 1992) is a Finnish professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Championship (WDF) events. He won a silver medal at the WDF Europe Cup and represented Finland during the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup.
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Full name | Teemu Harju | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 May 1992 Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Harjavalta, Finland | ||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2007–2010, 2013–2020 | ||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2011–2013 | ||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2007–2010, 2013– | ||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (WDF) 879  (14 November 2023)[1](PDC) 182  3 (17 November 2024)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 256: 2013 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editHarju was a prospective Finnish player. He took part in the PDC World Youth Championship three times as a qualifier from Scandinavia. His best result was at the 2012 PDC World Youth Championship, where he defeated Ryan Harrington in the first round match by 5–1 in legs. In the second round he lost to Rhys Dudley by 3–5 in legs.[3]
At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the finals of the singles competition, defeating Nick Kenny, Jan McIntosh and Danny van Trijp on the road to the final.[4] In the final, he lost to Jacques Labre by 2–7 in legs and becoming the first singles medalist from Finland since Ulf Ceder in 2012.[5][6] In the team competition, advanced with his team to the quarter-finals, where they lost to the team from Netherlands.[7] In the pair competition, he was eliminated in the first phase.[8]
Performance timeline
edit| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014–2023 | 2024 | |
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| WDF Ranked televised events | ||||||
| World Masters | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | NH | DNQ | RR | |||
| World Youth Championship | 1R | 2R | 1R | DNP | ||
References
edit- ^ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Teemu Harju". dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Singles". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Surprising men's singles final set at WDF Europe Cup between Labre and Harju". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Labre and Greaves capture gold medal in singles at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Teams". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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