| Leighton Bennett | |||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Nickname | Boom Boom | ||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 2005 Lincoln, England | ||||||||||||
| Home town | Lincoln, Lincolnshire | ||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Darts | 18g Target Darts | ||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Boom Boom Boom" by The Outhere Brothers | ||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||
| BDO | 2019–2020 | ||||||||||||
| PDC | 2021– | ||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | NR (3 January 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||
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Leighton Bennett (born 31 December 2005 in Lincoln, England) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He won the final of the 2019 BDO World Youth Darts Championship.
Career
BDO
In August 2018, Bennett won the Cambridgeshire Open, aged 12; in the semi-final, he beat Ricky Evans, before seeing off Rhys Hayden in the final.[2] In October 2018, he booked his place in the final of the 2019 BDO World Youth Darts Championship. He beat Nathan Girvan 3–0 in the Final to become 2019 BDO World Youth Champion. In 2019, Bennett started competing on the men's BDO tour. He reached the Final of the Luxembourg Open and was also a Semi-finalist in the Welsh Open, French Open, German Open, Antwerp Open and Polish Open. Bennett qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship, becoming the youngest player ever to compete in the Men's tournament. He also became the first player to compete in the Men's tournament and Youth final in the same year.
PDC
Bennett entered the UK Q-School 2024. He made it to stage 2 after making a quarter-final on the third day of stage one. He would go on to automatically win a tour card after beating Thomas Cromwell 6–3 in the final on the third day of stage 2, securing his card for the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
World Championship results
BDO
- 2020: First round (lost to Scott Mitchell 1–3) (sets)
BDO (Youth)
- 2019: Winner (beat Nathan Girvan 3–0) (sets)
- 2020: Runner-up (lost to Keane Barry 0–3)
WDF (Boys)
- 2022: Semi-finals (lost to Charlie Large 1–2)
References
- ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ↑ "Leighton Bennett: 12-year-old darts prodigy wins £1,000 first prize at BDO event". BBC Sport. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.