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Robert Thornton (born 17 July 1967) is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation. Thornton is a three-time major winner between the BDO and PDC, having won the World Masters in 2007, UK Open in 2012, and World Grand Prix in 2015. He is also a former finalist at the Players Championship Finals in 2009 and Grand Slam of Darts in 2013. In addition, Thornton has reached three World Championship quarter-finals across both organisations and was a participant in the Premier League in 2013 and 2014. ==BDO career== Thornton returned to playing darts in 2002, having given up the game for two decades to raise his children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Return to work finally pays off for Robert Thornton in Masters victory )〕 He qualified for the BDO World Championship for the first time in 2005. He beat Martin Atkins and Tony West before losing to Darryl Fitton in the quarter-finals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2005 BDO World Championship Results )〕 He then failed to qualify for the 2006 and 2007 events. Thornton's first professional title came in the Central Scotland Open in April 2007, beating Mike Veitch in the final.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Robert Thornton )〕 He also won the Scottish Masters by defeating Ross Montgomery.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2007 Scottish Masters Player Prize Money )〕 He failed to make it through the qualifying event for the 2008 World Championship, but did make it to the televised stages of the 2007 Winmau World Masters in the same weekend.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2008 BDO World Championship Qualifiers Results )〕 Thornton then beat Co Stompé, BDO world champion Martin Adams, and Atkins to reach the final.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2007 World Masters Results )〕 He managed to avenge his defeat by Fitton at the 2005 Lakeside World Championship to claim his first major title by 7 sets to 5 and win the £25,000 first prize and also a place in the 2008 World Championship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Another Wonderful Winmau World Masters in Bridlington )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Thornton captures Masters title )〕 His appearance at the World Championship was only his second visit to Lakeside and he matched his previous appearance by reaching the quarter-finals. Having beaten John Walton and Tony O'Shea, he lost to defending champion Adams.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2008 BDO World Championship Results )〕 Thornton's good form continued into 2008 when he won the Dutch Open in February and reached the last eight of the Scottish Open a week later to achieve a career high of third in the WDF world rankings and was top of the BDO rankings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2008 Dutch Open Results )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Thornton makes PDC move )〕 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「Robert Thornton (darts player)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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