Full name Leo Laurens Tournament Years Nickname The Lion of Antwerp Name Leo Laurens | BDO 1988-1999 Home town Iteghem World Ch'ship Quarter Final 1997 | |
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World Masters Last 32 1988, 1993, 1995 Similar Frans Devooght, Stefan Eeckelaert, Kim Huybrechts | ||
Leo Laurens (born 30 July 1952) is a retired Belgian darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation events. By the end of 1993, Laurens became number one in the WDF world rankings after all of the BDO's top players broke away to form the World Darts Council (now the Professional Darts Corporation). Despite his new accolade, Laurens never managed to win a major title.
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Career
Laurens made his World Championship debut in 1989, losing in the first round to American Rick Ney. He returned a year later, beating Canada's Bob Sinnaeve, before losing to Mike Gregory. His best performance came in 1997, where he reached the quarter finals after beating Ritchie Davies and Richie Burnett. He lost to reigning champion Steve Beaton. Laurens also holds the record for most 180's scored in a first round match at the World Championship, with nine, although John Henderson holds the record for a best of five sets match with 12.
He also played in the Winmau World Masters in 1988, 1993 and 1995, losing in the first round on each occasion.