Karin Krappen

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'''Karin Krappen''' (born 10 December 1973) is a Dutch former [[darts]] player. She is a former winner of the Women's [[World Darts Trophy]] and the Women's [[Winmau World Masters|World Masters]]. She was nicknamed '''Dolphin'''.<ref name=Overview>{{cite web|title=Karin Krappen|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=4009|publisher=Darts Database|accessdate=30 December 2013}}</ref>

==Career==

Krappen made her World Championship debut in 2003, losing in the quarter-finals to [[Francis Hoenselaar]]. She went one step further in 2004, beating [[Anne Kirk]] in the quarter-finals but lost in the semis to [[Trina Gulliver]]. She then suffered quarter final exits the next three years, losing in 2005 again to Hoenselaar, 2006 to [[Jan Robbins]] and 2007 to [[Apylee Jones]]. She reached the semi-finals in 2008, defeating [[Rilana Erades]] in the quarter-finals but lost to Gulliver once more.

Krappen won the 2005 Women's World Darts Trophy, beating all the previous former champions along the way, defeating 2002 champion [[Mieke de Boer]] in the quarter-finals, 2003 champion Gulliver in the semis and 2004 champion Hoenselaar in the final. The ladies competition was discontinued afterwards, making Krappen its last winner.<ref name=Competing>{{cite web|title=Francis Hoenselaar V Karin Krappen Head To Head|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/HeadToHead.aspx?plaKey=4007&plbKey=4009|publisher=Darts Database|accessdate=30 December 2013}}</ref>

She reached the final of the Women's World Masters in 2006, beating [[Julie Gore]], [[Clare Bywaters]] and [[Carla Molema]] before losing once more to Hoenselaar. Krappen won the title in 2007, avenging her defeat of Jones in the World Championships by beating her in the quarter-finals and then defeated Gulliver before beating [[Karen Lawman]] in the final.<ref name="2007 Competition">{{cite web|title=2007 BDO World Masters Ladies|url=http://www.mastercaller.com/en/tournaments/bdo/world-masters-ladies/2007|publisher=Master Caller|accessdate=30 December 2013|archive-date=30 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235300/http://www.mastercaller.com/en/tournaments/bdo/world-masters-ladies/2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Krappen originally entered the 2009 Women's World Championship as a non-seeded qualifier, however after [[Anastasia Dobromyslova]] withdrew and defected to the [[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] Krappen was made the number 4 seed. She defeated qualifier Kirk in the quarter-finals before losing to Gulliver again.

==World Championship results==

===BDO===

* 2003: Quarter-finals (lost to [[Francis Hoenselaar]] 1–2) * 2004: Semi-finals (lost to [[Trina Gulliver]] 0–2) * 2005: Quarter-finals (lost to [[Francis Hoenselaar]] 0–2) * 2006: Quarter-finals (lost to [[Jan Robbins]] 0–2) * 2007: Quarter-finals (lost to [[Apylee Jones]] 1–2) * 2008: Semi-finals (lost to [[Trina Gulliver]] 0–2) * 2009: Semi-finals (lost to [[Trina Gulliver]] 0–2) * 2014: 1st round (lost to [[Anastasia Dobromyslova]] 1–2)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.karinkrappen.nl/ Personal website] *[http://www.DartsDatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=4009 Profile and stats on Darts Database]

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