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Richard "Richie" Burnett (born 7 February 1967) is a Welsh former professional darts player who is the 1995 Embassy World Darts Champion and played in Professional Darts Corporation events until November 2014, when he was banned from all sports for 18 months due to testing positive for cocaine. His nickname is the Prince of Wales. ==BDO career== Burnett was born in Cwmparc, Rhondda, and first came to prominence shortly after the split in the game, after the WDC and the BDO players went their separate ways. Burnett began to win many titles in the BDO in 1994, which included the Dutch Open, Welsh Open, British Matchplay and the Denmark Open. He then added one of the two BDO major titles, the Winmau World Masters beating Steve Beaton in the final. Although the 1995 BDO World Darts Championship was his debut, he had risen in the rankings to become number two seed, and eventually went on to win the title, beating Raymond van Barneveld 6–3 (sets) in the final. Burnett would also reach the final of the BDO World Championship on two more occasions, losing in 1996 to Steve Beaton, and in 1998 to Raymond van Barneveld. His 1996 final defeat was his first match loss at Lakeside and ended a run of nine consecutive match wins. The 1998 final went into the 11th and deciding set, and into a tiebreak. Burnett had had an out-shot for the title, but narrowly missed his second dart at treble-14 which would have left him on double 20, and did not get another opportunity to win the match. In the two years after winning the 1994 Winmau World Masters title, Burnett suffered upset losses in the Winmau World Masters finals of 1995 and 1996, losing to Erik Clarys and Colin Monk respectively. After a first round defeat in the 1999 BDO World Championship to Ronnie Baxter, Burnett switched to compete on the PDC circuit. However, Burnett continued playing at the Winmau World Masters until 2001, reaching the semi finals in 2001, where he lost to his old rival, Raymond van Barneveld. 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「Richie Burnett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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