Almudena_Fajardo
Almudena Fajardo
Spanish darts player
Almudena Fajardo Ayuso (born 11 August 1996) is a Spanish female professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) events. She is a two-time EDU European Darts Champion and first Spanish female player who played in the final of the WDF Europe Cup competition. She was qualified for the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship.
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| Full name | Almudena Fajardo Ayuso | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-08-11) 11 August 1996 (age 27) Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Hellín, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| PDC | 2023– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2022– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (WDF W) NR (5 September 2022)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Ch'ship | Last 24: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Runner Up: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Fajardo is one of the most successful players from Spain. In 2017, she won two bronze medals in singles and cricket competition at the EDU European Darts Championship in Caorle. A year later, she repeated her success in the cricket competition. In subsequent international competitions, she maintained a good level, however, she was more successful only in the national competitions. In 2022, she was advanced to the EDU European Darts Championship finals for the first time and won her first gold medal in cricket competition, defeated Josipa Brzić. In the singles competition, she lost to Lucia Jankovská in the final.[2]
At the end of September 2022, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup held in her country. This is her first international competition on the steel-tip darts organised by World Darts Federation. On the second day of the tournament, she advanced to the finals of the singles competition, defeating the favorites Deta Hedman, Monique Lessmeister and Veronika Ihász.[3] In the final, she lost to Beau Greaves by 4–7 in legs and winning the first medal for Spain.[4][5]
In late February 2023, Fajardo made her debut in the 2023 PDC Women's Series.[6]
WDF
- 2023: First round (lost to Paula Murphy 1–2)
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 |
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| World Championship | DNQ | |
| World Masters | RU | |
WDF major finals: 2 (2 runners-up)
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| World Masters (0 – 1) |
| WDF Europe Cup (0 – 1) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[7] |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 2022 | WDF Europe Cup |  Beau Greaves |
4 – 7 (l) |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2022 | World Masters | Beau Greaves |
0 – 6 (l) |
- "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- "Almudena Fajardo reconquista Benidorm con un oro y una plata en el Nacional de Dardos". radiohellin.com. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- "WDF Europe Cup Women Singles". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- "Greaves and Fajardo to women's singles final at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- "Labre and Greaves capture gold medal in singles at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- "Participants for PDC Women's Series 1-4 confirmed including Ashton, Dobromyslova, Greaves, Hedman, Sherrock and de Graaf". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
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