Julio Barbero Gonzalez (born 2 September 1970) is a Spanish professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
| Julio Barbero | |||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||
| Full name | Julio Barbero Gonzalez | ||||||
| Born | 2 September 1970 Cuenca, Spain | ||||||
| Home town | Cuenca, Spain | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 1990 | ||||||
| Darts | 20g Powercore | ||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
| Walk-on music | "Macarena" by Los del Rio | ||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
| BDO | 2017–2020 | ||||||
| PDC | 2008–2017, 2023– | ||||||
| WDF | 2017–2022 | ||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
| World Masters | Last 128: 2017 | ||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2014 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Career edit
In 2008, Barbero won the Spanish Federation Cup by beating Antonio Alcinas.[1] His first PDC premier event was the 2009 German Darts Championship where he lost 6–2 to Mervyn King in the third round.[2] Barbero came within a game of reaching the 2010 PDC World Championship, but was defeated 6–2 by Francisco Ruiz in the final of the Spanish Qualifier.[3]
Barbero qualified for the 2014 PDC World Championship after winning the Western European qualifier, beating Gibraltar's Dylan Duo in the final.[4] Barbero beat Germany's Andree Welge 4–1 in the preliminary round before losing 3–1 in a credible performance against England's Andy Hamilton.[5] He came close to playing in the 2016 event, but was knocked out in the semi-finals of the South European Qualifier 6–3 by John Michael.[6] Barbero won the 2016 Alcalas Open Darts and the Spanish Federation Cup as well as losing to Michael in the semi-finals of the World Championship qualifier for the second successive year.[7][8][9]
World Championship results edit
PDC edit
- 2014: First round (lost to Andy Hamilton 1–3) (sets)
References edit
- ^ "2008 Spanish Federation Cup Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "2009 PDC German Darts Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "2009 PDC World Spain Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "2013 PDC World Iberian Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ^ "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ^ "2015 PDC World South European Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ "2016 Alcalas Open Darts Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "2016 Spanish Federation Cup Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "2016 PDC World South European Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
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