Shaun Griffiths | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | The Miracle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
England |
24 November 1991 ||||||||||||||||||||
Home town |
Partington England |
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Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Darts | Shaun Griffiths 23 gram Red Dragon | ||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | Jock Jam | ||||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||
BDO | 2007–2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2011– | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 129 | ||||||||||||||||||||
BDO majors - best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Last 136: 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Last 64: 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Shaun Griffiths (born 24 November 1991) is an English darts player.
Griffiths won consecutive Winmau World Youth Masters titles in 2007 and 2008. In 2010, he won the British Teenage Open, and reached the quarter-finals of the 2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship, losing 4–3 to Michael van Gerwen. Griffiths qualified for the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship by defeating John Henderson, John Lakeman and Andy Boulton. In the first round he lost 0–3 in sets to Joey ten Berge.
Griffiths qualified for the 2011 PDC Pro Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the first day of the Q School. His best result of the year came at the Bobby Bourn Memorial Players Championship, where he lost to James Wade in the last 16.
He is sponsored by Sky Sports darts commentator John Gwynne. He works as a sales assistant at the Trafford Centre, and supports Manchester City F.C.