# Graeme Stoddart > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Graeme_Stoddart > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Graeme_Stoddart.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Stoddart > Source revision: 1324412637 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English darts player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox darts player | name = Graeme Stoddart | image = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = "Shark" | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|7|30|df=yes}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.mastercaller.com/players/graeme-stoddart | title=Graeme Stoddart - Mastercaller }} | birth_place = [Newcastle](/source/Newcastle_upon_Tyne), England | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = Newcastle, England | since = 1975 | darts = 15g Copper Tungsten | laterality = Right-handed | music = "[Fog on the Tyne](/source/Fog_on_the_Tyne)" by [Paul Gascoigne](/source/Paul_Gascoigne) | BDO = 1983–1994 | PDC = 1994–2013 | currentrank = | BDO World = | World Masters = Last 64: 1984 | World Darts Trophy = | Int. Darts League = | Zuiderduin Masters = | PDC World = Last 16: 1999, 2000, 2001 | Matchplay = Last 16: 1994, 1996 | Grand Prix = Quarter Finals: 1998 | Grand Slam = | UK Open = Last 32: 2006 | Vegas = | European = | Premier League = | US Open = | tournament = Amsterdam Open | resultyears = 2003 }} '''Graeme Stoddart''' (born 30 July 1959) is an English former professional [darts](/source/darts) player who played in [Professional Darts Corporation](/source/Professional_Darts_Corporation) (PDC) events. His nickname was '''Shark'''. ==Career== Stoddart represented Holland in the 1984 European Cup. He came to prominence after being invited from the WDC rankings for the inaugural [WDC World Darts Championship](/source/PDC_World_Darts_Championship) in [1994](/source/1994_WDC_World_Darts_Championship). He was drawn in Group 8, where he defeated [Jocky Wilson](/source/Jocky_Wilson), before being knocked out in the final group match by the eventual champion, [Dennis Priestley](/source/Dennis_Priestley). He entered many majors in the early years of the WDC/PDC, eventually reaching the quarter-finals of the [1998 World Grand Prix](/source/1998_World_Grand_Prix_(darts)), beating [Paul Lim](/source/Paul_Lim), and where he lost to [Rod Harrington](/source/Rod_Harrington). He hit a 9-dart finish in the Swiss Open in 2000 (with a set of borrowed darts after leaving his set at home), which was the 2nd recorded in the PDC, after Ronnie Baxter had hit the first in the 1999 Antwerp Open. In 2001, history was created: it was the first year a lady, [Gayl King](/source/Gayl_King) from Canada, entered the WC; she lost 1–3 against Stoddart. Stoddart won the 2003 Amsterdam Open defeating [Bert Vlaardingerbroek](/source/Bert_Vlaardingerbroek) of Netherlands. His last appearance at a PDC event was at a Players Championship event in Scotland in 2009. Stoddart retired from the PDC in 2013 for health reasons. ==World Championship results== ===PDC=== * 1994: Last 24 Group (beat [Jocky Wilson](/source/Jocky_Wilson) 3–1 & lost to [Dennis Priestley](/source/Dennis_Priestley) 0–3) (sets) * 1995: Last 24 Group (lost to [Peter Evison](/source/Peter_Evison) 2–3 & lost to [Cliff Lazarenko](/source/Cliff_Lazarenko) 2–3) * 1996: Last 24 Group (lost to [Alan Warriner-Little](/source/Alan_Warriner-Little) 2–3 & lost to [Steve Brown](/source/Steve_Brown_(darts_player%2C_born_1962)) 2–3) * 1997: Last 24 Group (lost to [Alan Warriner-Little](/source/Alan_Warriner-Little) 2–3 & beat [Larry Butler](/source/Larry_Butler_(darts_player)) 3–1) * 1998: Last 24 Group (lost to [Keith Deller](/source/Keith_Deller) 1–3 & beat Mick Manning 3–0) * 1999: 2nd Round (lost to [Peter Manley](/source/Peter_Manley) 0–3) * 2000: 2nd Round (lost to [Phil Taylor](/source/Phil_Taylor_(darts_player)) 0–3) * 2001: 2nd Round (lost to [Rod Harrington](/source/Rod_Harrington) 0–3) ==References== {{reflist}} * https://www.pdc.tv/players/pdc-nine-dart-club * http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/1092774.stm ==External links== *{{Dartsdatabase|id=1450|name=Graeme Stoddart}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stoddart, Graeme}} Category:Living people Category:English darts players Category:Professional Darts Corporation former pro tour players Category:1959 births Category:Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne Category:British Darts Organisation players Category:20th-century English sportsmen Category:21st-century English sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Graeme Stoddart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Stoddart) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Stoddart?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.