Boris Krčmar

Boris Krčmar (born 13 September 1979) is a Croatian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Boris Krčmar
Personal information
NicknameThe Biggest
Born (1979-09-13) 13 September 1979
Croatia
Home townZagreb
Darts information
Playing darts since1999
Darts16 Gram
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2008–
Current world ranking94 7 (3 January 2021)[1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 72: 2011
Players Ch'ship FinalsLast 64: 2020
Other tournament wins
Apatin Open 2014, 2015, 2019
PDC World South European Qualifying Event 2010
Soft Tip Dartslive China 2014
Soft Tip Dartslive Las Vegas 2014
Soft Tip EDU European Championship 2009
Soft Tip FECS European Championship 2010
Soft Tip IDF World Championship 2009, 2011, 2015

Career

Boris Krčmar is an accomplished soft-tip darts player and won the IDF World Championship in 2009, 2011 and 2015. He started his career in 2005 and from 2007 to present he was the winner of more than 400 official and unofficial tournaments in soft tip darts. From 2007 to present he is the captain of the Croatian national team. In 2010 he was the first Croat who qualified and played in PDC World Championship.

Krčmar qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the Eastern European qualifier.[2] In the preliminary round, he lost 4–2 to Denmark's Per Laursen.

He qualified for the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts where he partnered Tonci Restovic in the Croatian team. After defeating Finland in the first round, they faced Wales in the second round. In his singles match, Krčmar forced Richie Burnett into a last leg decider before losing 4–3.[3][4] In April, Krčmar earned a place in the Austrian Darts Open in Vienna by defeating Kurt van de Rijck and Antonio Alcinas in the European qualifier.[5] He played Wes Newton in the first round and lost 6–4.[6]

Krčmar had a very good year in soft tip events in 2014 by winning the Chinese and Las Vegas Dartslive events.[7] He came very close to reaching his second World Championship when he lost in the final of the East European Qualifier for the 2015 edition 10–7 against Robert Marijanović.[8]

On 19 January 2020, Krčmar won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing sixth on the European Q School Order of Merit. He will play on the ProTour in 2020 and 2021.

World Championship results

PDC

References
  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDC.tv. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. Madhoo & Krčmar Qualify Archived 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine Professional Darts Corporation
  3. "Preview, Draw & Results from the World Cup of Darts". Sports News Ireland. 2012-02-03.
  4. "Cash Converters World Cup RD2". Professional Darts Corporation. 2012-02-03. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  5. "European Qualifiers Win Austria Spots". PDC. 8 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-04-10. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  6. "Austrian Open Day One". PDC. 27 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-04-30. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  7. "Boris Krčmar 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  8. "2014 PDC World East European Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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