Leo Laurens

Leo Laurens
Personal information
Full name	Leo Laurens
Nickname	The Lion of Antwerp
Born	Belgium
Home town	Itegem Belgium
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1988-1999
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter Final 1997
World Masters	Last 32 1988, 1993, 1995
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
Belgium Gold Cup Belgium National Championship Antwerp Open Dutch Open French Open North Holland Open	1988, 1993, 1996 1989, 1990, 1992 1990 1990, 1992 1992 1995
Updated on 21 June 2008.

Leo Laurens is a retired Belgian darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation events. By the end of 1993, Laurens became number one in the WDF world rankings after all of the BDO's top players broke away to form the World Darts Council (now the Professional Darts Corporation). Despite his new accolade, Laurens never managed to win a major title.

Laurens made his World Championship debut in 1989, losing in the first round to American Rick Ney. He returned a year later, beating Canada's Bob Sinnaeve, before losing to Mike Gregory. His best performance came in 1997, where he reached the quarter finals after beating Ritchie Davies and Richie Burnett. He lost to reigning champion Steve Beaton. Laurens also holds the record for most 180's scored in a first round match at the World Championship, with nine, although John Henderson holds the record for a best of five sets match with 12.

He also played in the Winmau World Masters in 1988, 1993 and 1995, losing in the first round on each occasion.

World Championship performances

BDO

• 1989: First Round (lost to Rick Ney 1-3)
• 1990: Second Round (lost to Mike Gregory 1-3)
• 1994: Second Round (lost to Magnus Caris 0-3)
• 1996: First Round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 0-3)
• 1997: Quarter-Finals (lost to Steve Beaton 3-4)

External links

• Stats on Darts Database