Peter Wright (darts player)
| Peter Wright | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Snakebite | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
10 March 1970 Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland |
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| Home town | Mendham, Suffolk England |
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| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 20g Snakebite euro 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | Don't Stop the Party by Pitbull preceded by intro to Baba O'Riley by The Who | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 1995-2004 | ||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2004– | ||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| BDO majors - best performances | |||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 64: 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
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| World Ch'ship | Runner-up: 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Semi-finals: 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Last 16: 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Semi-finals: 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| Premier League | 5th: 2014, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| Desert Classic | Last 32: 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
| European Ch'ship | Semi-finals: 2015, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Winner: 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
| US Open/WSoD | Last 64: 2009, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
| Players Ch'ship Finals | Semi-finals: 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Masters | Quarter-finals: 2015, 2016, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
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European Tour events
Players Championships
UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers
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2013 Breaks into the world's top 16 for the first time 2014 PDPA Player of the Year 2015 Throws first nine-dart finish of his career 2016 Reaches a career high ranking of world number three 2017 Sets his highest televised average and the second highest of all-time at 119.50 |
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European Tour events
Players Championships
UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers
2013 Breaks into the world's top 16 for the first time
2014 PDPA Player of the Year
2015 Throws first nine-dart finish of his career
2016 Reaches a career high ranking of world number three
Peter Wright (born 10 March 1970 in Livingston, West Lothian) is a Scottish professional darts player who plays in PDC tournaments. Wright was the runner-up in the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship and is the 2017 UK Open champion. He currently resides in Mendham, Suffolk, England, and although he was largely brought up in England, he chooses to represent the country of his birth.
He is known for his mohawk hairstyle which changes colour each tournament and is made by his wife who is a hairdresser. His nickname is derived from the name of his favourite drink, the Snakebite.
Wright competed at the 1995 BDO World Darts Championship, where he was beaten by three sets to one by eventual champion Richie Burnett in the first round. He spent the next ten years playing in local leagues in England. It took his wife Joanne to persuade Wright to restart his professional career after they had been watching the Grand Slam of Darts and Wright said that he had beaten some of the players that were playing in the event.
Wright's first major in Professional Darts Corporation events came at the 2005 UK Open where he lost in the third round 5–4 to Dave Smith. He did not play the full schedule of events until 2008 with little success as he earned just £1,200 in prize money during the year.
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