Ted Hankey
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| Full name | Edward Hankey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Count | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
20 February 1968 Stoke-on-Trent, England |
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| Home town |
Telford England |
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| Playing darts since | 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 16g Winmau Ted Hankey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | Be On Your Way by DJ Zany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 1996–2012, 2014– | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2012–2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (BDO) 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO majors - best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Winner: 2000, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Semi-finals: 1997, 2003, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Darts Trophy | Quarter-finals: 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Int. Darts League | Quarter-finals: 2003, 2004, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Zuiderduin Masters | Runner-up: 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grand Slam | Quarter-finals: 2011, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Edward "Ted" Hankey (born 20 February 1968 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is an English Professional Darts player who is a two-time World Professional Darts Champion. His nickname is The Count and his walk on music is the 2002 song Be On Your Way by DJ Zany. He plays for the British Darts Organisation.
In the 2000 BDO World Darts Championship, after beating Bob Taylor, Steve Douglas, Kevin Painter and Chris Mason, he whitewashed Ronnie Baxter 6–0 in the final, winning the match with a spectacular 170 checkout – the highest three-dart finish achievable. The final lasted only 46 minutes, the shortest in the tournament's history. In the semi-final v Chris Mason, he scored a championship record 22 x 180s in a match. (The next highest are 15 and 14, which he also holds, in matches v Tony O'Shea in the final and Martin Adams in the semi-finals respectively, both in 2009.) He also scored a record 48 x 180s during the 2000 tournament. Hankey reached the final again in 2001, but lost to John Walton 6–2. After this Hankey went through a fairly barren spell at the Lakeside and did not reach another major final or World Championship semi-final until his victory in the 2009 BDO World Championships.
In 2002, he was knocked out in the second round by Wayne Jones and suffered a first round exit in 2003 to 'Silverback' Tony O'Shea. Ranked number two for the 2004 tournament, he was defeated in the quarter-finals, again losing to O'Shea 5–1. This was a huge disappointment for a man who had won four Open events that year. Hankey again reached the quarter finals in 2005, this time falling to England captain Martin Adams 5–3, despite at one stage in the contest having led by 3–1 in sets. In the 2006 tournament, Hankey had an uncharacteristic "bad day at the office", crashing out at the first hurdle to Dutchman Albertino Essers.
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