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Tomas Seyler (known as Shorty; 16 July 1974 – 11 July 2024) was a German professional darts player.
| Tomas Seyler | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Nickname | "Shorty" | ||||
| Born | 16 July 1974 Bremerhaven, Bremen, West Germany | ||||
| Died | 11 July 2024 (aged 49) | ||||
| Darts information | |||||
| Playing darts since | 1990 | ||||
| Darts | 21g Datadart | ||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
| Walk-on music | "Whatever You Want" by Status Quo | ||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
| BDO | 1993–2005 | ||||
| PDC | 2005–2019 | ||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||
| World Masters | Last 16: 2003 | ||||
| World Trophy | Quarter Final: 2004 | ||||
| Int. Darts League | Last 32 Group: 2004 | ||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2006 | ||||
| UK Open | Last 128: 2013 | ||||
| European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2010, 2012, 2013 | ||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||
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Career
editSeyler reached the second round of the Winmau World Masters in 2003, beating Vincent van der Voort in the first round, but lost to Raymond van Barneveld. He also reached the Quarter-Finals of the World Darts Trophy in 2004, beating Bob Taylor and Tony West before losing to Martin Adams. He won the German Gold Cup in 2005.
Seyler made his PDC debut at the 2006 PDC World Darts Championship,[1] where he beat crowd favourite Jamie Harvey of Scotland in the first round but lost to the Netherlands' Roland Scholten in round two.[2] He returned to Purfleet for the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship but the German number one lost in the first round to World number one Colin Lloyd.[3]
He also frequently appeared on German television channel Sport1 and streaming service DAZN as co-commentator on PDC darts tournaments.
Death
editSeyler died on 11 July 2024 at the age of 49.[4]
World Championship results
editPDC
edit- 2006: 2nd round (lost to Roland Scholten 2–4)
- 2007: 1st round (lost to Colin Lloyd 0–3)
- 2010: Last 72 (lost to Jan van der Rassel 1–4 in legs)
- 2014: 1st round (lost to Kevin Painter 0–3)
References
edit- ^ "Ladbrokes.com World Championship - International Representatives". PDC.
- ^ "Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship Results". PDC.
- ^ "Day Two Reports". PDC.
- ^ "SPORT1 trauert um Darts-Pionier Tomas „Shorty" Seyler". Sport1.de (in German). 12 July 2024.
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