| Devon Petersen | |||||||||||
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 Petersen in 2022 | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Nickname | "The African Warrior" | ||||||||||
| Born | 4 June 1986 Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||
| Home town | Bradford, England | ||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2004 | ||||||||||
| Darts | 22 Gram Shot Darts Signature | ||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" by Shakira ft. Freshlyground | ||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||
| PDC | 2009– | ||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) NR | ||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||
| World Masters | Preliminary Round: 2010 | ||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2014, 2019, 2021 | ||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 32: 2021 | ||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Last 16: 2020 | ||||||||||
| UK Open | Quarter Final: 2015, 2021 | ||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Last 16: 2020 | ||||||||||
| European Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2020 | ||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 64: 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 | ||||||||||
| Masters | Last 24: 2022 | ||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Last 24: 2015, 2022 | ||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||
European Tour Events
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Devon Petersen (born 4 June 1986) is a South African professional darts player and pundit for Sky Sports. He qualified for the PDC World Championship on seven occasions with his best result coming in 2014, 2019 and 2021 when he reached the last 16. Petersen become popular for dancing on to the stage to Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" before his matches.