Cliff Lazarenko
| Cliff Lazarenko | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | Big Cliff |
| Born |
16 March 1952 Liss, England |
| Home town |
Wellingborough England |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1970s |
| Darts | 20g Golden Unicorn |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | "All Right Now" by Free |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1977-1993 |
| PDC | 1993-2007 (Founding Member) |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Third Place: 1981 |
| World Masters | Third Place: 1978 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 1999 |
| World Matchplay | Semi Final: 1995 |
| World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2001, 2002 |
| UK Open | Last 16: 2003 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| British Matchplay British Open Denmark Open Flowers Dartsathlon WDF Europe Cup Pairs WDF World Cup Pairs |
1979 1980, 1984 1981, 1983 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 1984 1981 |
Cliff Lazarenko (born 16 March 1952 in Liss, Hampshire) is a former English professional darts player who competed for the British Darts Organisation and the Professional Darts Corporation. Nicknamed Big Cliff, due to his height (6 feet 4 inches) and weight (over 20 stone at his peak) he is well known for being a very colourful character on and off the stage.
Lazarenko was born in Hampshire, growing up in Greatham, where his parents ran a garage. He honed his darts skills in his local pub, The Queen. He later moved to Wellingborough. Before becoming a professional darts player in 1975, he worked as a labourer.
Lazarenko first appeared in a televised match on the show Indoor League in the 1970s. He went on to win several singles and pairs titles. He won the British Open in 1980, winning it again later in the decade, and reached the semi-finals of the World Championship four times. In 1980, he lost out to Bobby George; the next year he gained revenge on George by beating him in the quarter-finals, eventually losing to world champion Eric Bristow. In 1985, he reached the semi-finals again, this time without losing a single set en route, winning the opening round against Singapore's Paul Lim (2-0), the second round against the Swede Stefan Lord (3-0), and the quarter-finals against Northern Irish player Fred McMullan (4-0), but was narrowly defeated in the semi-finals by fellow Englishman John Lowe 5-3. He reached the semis again in 1990, but once again fell short of the final, losing 5-0 to eventual winner Phil Taylor.
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