Dave Askew | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname | "Diamond Dave" |
Born | 3 April 1963 Redhill, Surrey, England |
Home town | Redhill, Surrey, England |
Darts information | |
Darts | 19 Gram Phil Taylor |
Laterality | Right-handed |
Walk-on music | "Diamonds Are Forever" by Shirley Bassey |
Organisation (see split in darts) | |
BDO | 1988–2000 |
PDC | 2000–2010 |
WDF major events – best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 1995 |
World Masters | Quarter Final: 1993 |
PDC premier events – best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2001, 2002 |
World Matchplay | Last 16: 2001, 2002, 2005 |
World Grand Prix | Quarter Final: 2001 |
UK Open | Last 16: 2005 |
US Open/WSoD | Last 64: 2007 |
Other tournament wins | |
Tournament | Years |
Denmark Open French Open Cockney Classic WDF World Cup Windy City Open British Internationals Scandinavian Open Mill Rythe Darts Festival | 1988 1989 1989 1993 2000 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002 |
Other achievements | |
Nine dart finish PDPA Players Championships Germany, 2008 |
Dave Askew (born 3 April 1963) is a former English professional darts player who competed from 1988 to 2010 in events of the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He is a two-time semi-finalist of the PDC World Championship (2001 and 2002), losing to eventual winner Phil Taylor on both occasions.
Askew was never a full-time professional and earned his living as a bricklayer.