Veronika Ihász (born 20 September 1985) is a Hungarian professional darts player who plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) events. She is a seven-time Apatin Open Champion and first Hungarian player who qualified for the WDF World Darts Championship.
| Veronika Ihász | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 September 1985 Csorna, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Nyúl, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 21g Harrows | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Ezt Egy Életen Át Kell Játszani" by Tamás Hevesi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2009–2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2009– | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (WDF W) 23  9 (5 September 2022)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2022, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 16: 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editIhász started playing darts before 2009. In 2009, she took her first triumph at the Hungarian Open where she beat Viktória Kiss. In the following years, she maintained a high position in the national ranking of women. In 2011, she won another international tournament Carinthian Open. She also advanced to the quarter-finals in Belgium Open and Czech Open.
In 2021, she won Budapest Classic and Budapest Masters. With these good results, Ihász qualified for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship for the first time in her career. There she won first match against Paula Murphy with a whitewash.[2] Then in the second round match, she hit the biggest outshot for a female competitor in World Professional Darts Championship history with a 164, but lost 1–2 in sets to Beau Greaves.[3]
World Championship results
editWDF
edit- 2022: Second round (lost to Beau Greaves 1–2) (sets)
- 2023: Second round (lost to Lorraine Winstanley 0–2)
Performance timeline
edit| Tournament | 2017 | 2018–2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
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| World Championship | DNQ | 2R | 2R | |||
| World Masters | 3R | DNP | ||||
References
edit- ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Burt dumps out pre-tournament favourite Scutt, Parletti produces comeback to deny McDonald". dartsnews.com. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Ihasz produces highest checkout ever hit in women's world championship at 2022 WDF Lakeside". dartsnews.com. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.