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Martin Adams
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| Birthday: |
4. June 1956 |
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| Lives in: |
Deeping St.James, Lincolnshire, England |
| Born in: |
Sutton, London, England |
| Nickname: |
Wolfie |
| Darts: |
22 g Datadart M3 |
| Walk-On-Music: |
Hungry Like the Wolf (Duran Duran) |
| Organisation: |
BDO |
| Ranking: |
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| Internet-Site: |
Martin Adams plays since 1982 for the BDO and since this time he is a full time professional. From the time of the split in 1993
he´s captain of the English national team. Adams did win a lot of Open tournaments and two times the WDF World Cup singles. He was not always
as successful in the Major tournaments though he is the BDO World Champion 2007, 2010 and 2011 and the Winmau World Masters Winner of
2008 and 2009.
Adams is seen as a 100 percent BDO player, he even turned down the PDC invitations to play the Grand Slam though Adams even played a short
time between 1999 and 2001 the PDC circuit. He even reached the semi finals of the World Matchplay in 2001 and the quarter
finals of the World Grand Prix the same year. 2015 he finally accepted the invitation to the Grand Slam and reached the Last 16. 2016 Adams was diagnosed with prostata cancer. Though
he was given the all-clear at the end of the year he never again reached his top form. In 2016 he celebrated his last tournament win so far at the Dutch Open, 2017 he reached the quarterfinals of the
BDO World Championship.
Results
Major Tournaments
| BDO World Championship | Winner | 2007, 2010, 2011 |
| World Masters | Winner | 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| World Matchplay | Semifinals | 2001 |
| World Grand Prix | Quarterfinals | 2001 |
| Grand Slam of Darts | Last 16 | 2015 |
| Zuiderduin Masters | Winner | 1996, 2000 |
| WDF World Cup | Winner | 1995, 2001 |
| WDF Europe Cup | Winner | 1996 |
| World Darts Trophy | Winner | 2007 |
| International Darts League | Semifinals | 2003, 2005 |
