Full name Deta Hedman BDO 1987-1996, 2010- Nickname The Dark Destroyer Name Deta Hedman | Darts 28g target Deta Hedman Home town Witham Laterality Right-handed | |
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Born 14 November 1959 (age 64)
Jamaica ( 1959-11-14 ) Walk-on music Hot Hot Hot by The Merrymen | ||
Rhian Speed vs Deta Hedman 1990 Winmau World Masters Women's Final
Deta Hedman (born 14 November 1959) is a Jamaican-born English darts player currently ranked World No. 1 by the WDF she is currently playing in British Darts Organisation events.
Contents
- Rhian Speed vs Deta Hedman 1990 Winmau World Masters Womens Final
- Deta hedman v anastasia dobromyslova darts ladies world trophy 2017 semi final
- Career
- BDO
- Personal life
- References
Deta hedman v anastasia dobromyslova darts ladies world trophy 2017 semi final
Career
Hedman reached the Women's World Masters final for the first time in 1990, losing to Rhian Speed. She won the Women's World Masters in 1994. When she retired from darts in 1997 due to work commitments, she had been Women's World Number 1 since 1994.
Hedman returned to darts in 2002 with the Professional Darts Corporation. She qualified for the UK Open in 2004, and more famously in 2005, when she defeated Aaron Turner and Norman Fletcher before losing to Wayne Atwood in the last 64. Her win over Turner was the first time that a female darts player had beaten a male player in a televised major.
Due to work commitments, Hedman retired again in 2007, but returned to the BDO in 2010. After winning numerous open titles in 2009, she qualified for the BDO Women's World Championship for the first time in 2010. She defeated Irina Armstrong 2-0 in the quarter-finals, but was beaten 2-0 by eventual champion Trina Gulliver in the semi-finals.
Hedman also competed in the first PDC Women's World Darts Championship in 2010, but lost to Fiona Carmichael in the quarter-finals.
At the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, Hedman defeated Belgium's Patricia De Peuter 2-1 in the quarter-finals before being whitewashed 2-0 by Rhian Edwards in the semi-finals.
Hedman's best run at the BDO World Darts Championship came in 2012, where she beat Rhian Edwards and Lorraine Farlam to reach the final. In the final, she led Anastasia Dobromyslova by a set and threw for the championship, but was broken and ultimately lost 2-1. This was equalled by her 2016 run where she lost in the final to Trina Gulliver.
Despite being ranked No.1 for the 2013 BDO World Darts Championship Hedman was knocked out in the first round 0-2 by Lisa Ashton. The following season, Hedman won 14 titles and once again reached the world final, but lost once again this time from 2-0 in sets and 2-1 in legs having yet again thrown for the title. Hedman eventually lost the final 3-2 to Lisa Ashton despite having a checkout percentage over 75%.
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Personal life
Hedman was born in Jamaica, and arrived in the United Kingdom in January 1973, when she was 13.
Her nephew Graham is a 400-metre runner.
Hedman was previously in a relationship with Colin Lloyd.