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Aurora Fochesato (born 1 January 2006) is an Italian female professional darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF), where she is the current WDF girls' world darts champion, and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She is also a first gold medalist from Italy in the World Darts Federation international tournament, and also EDF European Champion.
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| Full name | Aurora Fochesato | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Aury" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 2006 Pordenone, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Pordenone, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 20g Winmau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "The Nights" by Avicii | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| PDC | 2022– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2021– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (WDF W) NR (5 September 2022)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dutch Open | Last 32: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career edit
Aurora's career in darts began in 2017, when she started to participate in local darts tournaments in Italy. In 2021, she reached the final of Malta Open, but was defeated 4–5 to Paula Jacklin in a last-leg decider. In 2022, she took a part in the WDF Europe Cup Youth, where she defeated Amy Evans 5–1 and won a gold medal in singles girls competition.[2] In pairs competition with Elisa Bolzicco, she achieved bronze medal, lost 1–3 in semi-finals match to eventual champions Tamara Kovács and Krisztina Turai from Hungary.
In 2023, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2023 WDF Europe Cup Youth. On the first day of the pairs competition, she won the bronze medal for the second time in her career. Her partner was Giada Macchi. In the semi-finals, after an extremely tight match, they finally lost to the England team (Hannah Meek and Paige Pauling).[3] In the singles competition final game against Zehra Gemi, she won a second gold medal by 5–2 in legs.
Performance timeline edit
| Tournament | 2022 |
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| Dutch Open | 4R |
References edit
- ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Prachtige Prestaties Van Nederlands Team Op De Europe Cup Youth 2022". NDB. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "WDF Europe Cup Youth 2023 - Singles & Pairs • Girls Pairs KO Semi-final". DartConnect. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.