| Daniele Petri | |||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Pedro" | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1980-09-03)3 September 1980 (age 45) Udine, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Udine, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Darts | 23g customs | ||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Virtual Insanity" byJamiroquai | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation (seesplit in darts) | |||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2013– | ||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2010– | ||||||||||||||
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Daniele Petri (born 3 September 1980) is anItalian professionaldarts player who currently plays inWorld Darts Federation (WDF) andProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He represented his country during theWDF World Cup,WDF Europe Cup andPDC World Cup of Darts. Together withAlex Bassetti, he won a historic gold medal forItaly in the pairs competition at theWDF World Cup.[1]
Petri has stated that he first began playing darts after playing for fun in a pub in 2002.[2]
He first made his mark when he played in the2013 PDC World Cup of Darts with Matteo dal Monte and failed to get out the group stages, losing to Spain (Carlos Rodriguez andAntonio Alcinas) 5-3 and then Wales (Mark Webster andRichie Burnett) 5-0.[3] He then played in the2014 PDC World Cup of Darts and2015 PDC World Cup of Darts, teaming up with Marco Brentegani, losing to Netherlands (Michael van Gerwen andRaymond van Barneveld) 5-2 and Gibraltar (Dyson Parody and Manuel Vilerio) by the same score.
In the2016 PDC World Cup of Darts campaign,[4] teaming up Michel Furlani, they were whitewashed by Austria (Mensur Suljović andRowby-John Rodriguez) 5-0, only averaging 76.93. Petri did have some success in the PDC when he played in the2016 European Darts Open, become the first Italian to qualify for a European Tour event, taking legs offJames Richardson, eventually losing 6-3.[5][6]
In 2017, he again played in the2017 PDC World Cup of Darts event, playing with Gabriel Rollo. They lost to the United States (Darin Young andLarry Butler) 5-1, averaging 83.48.[7]
In 2020, he again played in the2020 PDC World Cup of Darts events, played with Andrea Micheletti.[8]
