Stefan Lord

Stefan Lord (born 4 December 1954) is a retired Swedish professional darts player,[1] who competed in British Darts Organisation 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and is one of the country's most successful players.

Stefan Lord
Personal information
Born (1954-12-04) 4 December 1954
Sweden
Home townThailand
Darts information
Playing darts since1970
Darts24g
LateralityRight-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO1975–1991
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipThird Place: 1982
World MastersSemi Final: 1981
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Denmark Open
News of the World Tournament
WDF Europe Cup Pairs		1977
1978, 1980

1980, 1982, 1988
Updated on 29 March 2019.

Darts career

He competed at ten BDO World Darts Championships with his best run coming in 1982 where he finished in third place, beating Bobby George 2-1. He played in the first ever World Championship in 1978, reaching the semi finals, losing to John Lowe. His final World Championship appearance came in 1988, losing in the first round to Paul Lim.

He also reached in semi finals of the Winmau World Masters in 1981 and won the News of the World Darts Championship twice in 1978 and 1980,[2] becoming the first (and only) overseas player to win the tournament and one of seven players to win it more than once. He finished runner-up in the 1983 North American Open.

World Championship results

BDO

Career finals

Independent major finals: 2 (2 titles)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 1978 News of the World Championship (1) John Coward 2–0 (l)
Winner 2. 1980 News of the World Championship (2) Dave Whitcombe 2–0 (l)

References
  1. Darts Database: Stefan Lord, accessed 2010-10-06
  2. The News of the World Darts Championship


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