Vladimir Andersen

Vladimir Kim "Valle" Andersen (born 24 April 1989) is a professional Danish darts player.

Vladimir Andersen
Vladimir Kim Andersen
Personal information
Full nameVladimir Kim Andersen
NicknameValle
Born (1989-04-24) 24 April 1989
Vejle, Denmark
Home townVejle, Denmark
Darts information
Playing darts since2003
Darts21g
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"My Life Is a Party" by ItaloBrothers
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2009–2018
PDC2018–
Current world ranking131 Decrease 1 (14 May 2023)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 24: 2009
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 160: 2022
Other tournament wins
German Gold Cup2010
Danish National Championship2009
Dortmund Open2012
PDCNB Denmark2022
PDCNB Iceland2023

Career

He has been picked 11 times for the Danish national team at the age of 24.

He won the German Gold Cup and Dortmund Open in 2012, beating respectively Tobias Muller and Dominik Wiegmann.

In 2012, at the Nordic invitational, he won the pairs event together with Frede Johansen beating Daniel Larsson and Johan Engström from Sweden in the final.

He partnered Per Laursen in the 2010 World Cup of Darts losing in the first round to Austria.

Andersen was scheduled to play Sweden's Peter Sajwani at the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship but was removed from the field on 27 November 2015 after being suspended by the Danish Darts Union.[2]

At the 2022 PDC Q-School, Andersen became the first Dane to qualify for a tour card via Q-School ever, securing a 2-year tourcard for the 2022 & 2023 season. He finished 10th in the European Order of Merit, with a total of 6 points.

Performance timeline


PDC

Tournament20102011–202120222023
PDC World Championship DNQ
UK Open DNQ 1R 1R
Non-major televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts 1R DNP 2R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking - - 181

BDO

Tournament200820092010201120122013201420152016
BDO World Championship DNP DNQ DNP DNQ DNP WD
Winmau World Masters L40 L24 DNP L136 L272 DNP L80 DNP
Performance Table Legend
DNP Did not play at the event DNQ Did not qualify for the event NYF Not yet founded #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF lost in the quarter-finals SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament

References
  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  2. "Vladimir Andersen Out of Lakeside - Sam Hewson In". BDO. Retrieved 27 November 2015.


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