Keith Deller

  • BDO World Championship: 1983.

Keith Deller ( born December 24, 1959 in Ipswich ) is a former English darts player.

Deller won the 1983 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship. He was the first qualifier, ever to win the World Cup, and for a long time the youngest world champion in history. In tight and exciting final he beat Eric Bristow 6-5.

The following year he reached the finals at the World Masters. 1998 was another very successful year for him with the semi-finals at the World Championships and the World Matchplay.

He is currently the manager of the two -time world champion Adrian Lewis and works for Sky Sports as a spotter along with his former World Cup final opponents Eric Bristow.

Special

In the World Cup final in 1983 Deller showed extreme mental strength, because he, with the score at 5-5 sets, rest 138 points for match-winning checked, as opponents Bristow had 32 points remaining, by triple -20, triple -18, double -12 played. This finish has since according to him, Keith Deller finish, called.

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