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James Richardson (born 7 January 1974) is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events. He is best known for defeating five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld in the first round of the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship. ==Career== Richardson joined the PDC Pro Tour in 2011, after winning a tour card on the first day of Q School.〔(Qualifying School Day One ) PDC.tv〕 He reached his first Pro Tour final in Gladbeck on 23 October 2011, losing 6–2 to Colin Osborne.〔(Osborne Claims German Triumph ) PDC.tv〕 Richardson caused one of the biggest upsets in the history of the PDC World Championship by beating five-time World Champion, Raymond van Barneveld, 3–0 in the first round of the 2012 Championship. Van Barneveld led both the first and third sets 2–0 and had six darts at a double to win the third, but Richardson hit two 145 finishes to break Barneveld's throw in both sets. Richardson stated afterwards that the victory was "an absolute dream". He then faced Belgian Kim Huybrechts in the second round, but couldn't find the form he showed in the first round as he was beaten 4–1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=World Championship - Day Ten )〕 In April, he earned a place in the Austrian Darts Open in Vienna by defeating Stuart Kellett in the UK qualifier. He received a bye through the first round after Adrian Lewis pulled out of the event and then beat Peter Wright 6–3. He saw off Michael van Gerwen in round three, before losing 6–3 to Dave Chisnall in the quarter-finals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2012 PDC European Tour Vienna Results )〕 He also reached the German Darts Masters and defeated Wright 6–3 once more in the first round in Stuttgart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=German Darts Masters - Day One )〕 Richardson played Wes Newton in round two and lost 6–4.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=German Darts Masters - Day Two )〕 Richardson qualified for his second World Championship by finishing 43rd on the 2012 ProTour Order of Merit, claiming the 12th of 16 spots that were available for non-qualified players.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2013 PDC World Championship Qualifiers )〕 He threatened to cause a major shock for the second successive year by taking the opening set of his first round match against Andy Hamilton, but went on to lose 3–1 as he missed three darts to extend the match to a deciding set.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ladbrokes WDC Day Three )〕 Richardson failed to qualify for the 2013 UK Open as he finished 142nd on the Order of Merit, outside of the top 96 who claimed their places.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Van Gerwen's Five Alive With Whitewash! )〕 His best result of 2013 was in the fifth Players Championship where he was edged out 6–5 by Peter Wright in the last 16.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Wright Brilliant In Crawley )〕 He failed to qualify for any of the European Tour events during 2014 and could only record a best of three last 32 defeats in his other events. Richardson lost the £6,000 from his ranking he earned at the World Championships two years ago and dropped to world number 102, outside the top 64 who remain in the PDC. He played in Q School and only reached the last 32 once during the four days to fail short of earning a new tour card, but he still had entry into UK Open and European Tour qualifiers as well as the Challenge Tour in 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=PDC Qualifying School Day Four )〕 Richardson reached the third round of the UK Open for the first time by seeing off Johnny Haines and Dean Stewart, but then lost 9–4 to Nathan Aspinall.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Coral UK Open Third Round )〕 He reached the semi-finals of the seventh Challenge Tour event and was defeated 5–1 by Scott Dale.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2015 PDC Challenge Tour England Results )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Richardson (darts player)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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