Grant Sampson (born 26 January 1982) is a South African professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and other national events. He qualified for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the African Qualifier to make his first appearance at the Worlds.
| Grant Sampson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | "The Samurai" | ||
| Born | 26 January 1982[1] Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Home town | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2020 | ||
| Darts | 22g Red Dragon | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "I Believe" by Yolanda Adams | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2022– | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2023 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
| |||
Career edit
In October 2022, Sampson defeated Laezeltrich Wentzel to win the African Qualifier (after earlier beating heavy favourite Devon Petersen) and qualify for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, his debut year at the competition.[2] He was defeated by 31st seed Kim Huybrechts 0–3 in the second round,[3] having defeated Keane Barry 3–1 in his first round match.[4]
World Championship results edit
PDC edit
- 2023: Second round (lost to Kim Huybrechts 0–3) (sets)
Performance timeline edit
| Tournament | 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||
| World Championship | 2R | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Year-end ranking (PDC) | 119 | |||
References edit
- ^ "Grant Sampson". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ "Sampson joins list of World Championship International Qualifiers". www.pdc.tv. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ "Smith stars on Day Two at Cazoo World Championship". www.pdc.tv. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ "Wright opens title defence with Mansell demolition". www.pdc.tv. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  | This South African biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |