George Killington
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| George Killington | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | George Alan Killington | ||||
| Nickname | Killer | ||||
| Born | 23 May 1996[1] Tottenham, England | ||||
| Home town | Harlow | ||||
| Darts information | |||||
| Playing darts since | 2010 | ||||
| Darts | 24 Gram Signature Mission | ||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
| Walk-on music | "Omen" by The Prodigy | ||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
| PDC | 2012– (Tour Card: 2018-2019, 2022-) | ||||
| Current world ranking | 117  2 (31 October 2024)[2] | ||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2023 | ||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||
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George Alan Killington (born 23 May 1996) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.
After entering the Youth Tour in 2012, he won his first title in 2014 in Wigan, defeating Germany's Max Hopp 4–2 in the final.
After taking time off darts to look after his ill mother, Killington returned in 2017, and entered UK Q-School in 2018, winning a two-year Tour Card on the third day, by defeating England's Gary Eastwood 5–3 in the final.
Darts career
[edit]At the 2018 UK Open, Killington defeated Andy Jenkins 6–4 in the first round but lost to Keegan Brown 6–3 in the second round. At the 2019 UK Open, Killington beat Ted Evetts 6–3 in the second round before losing to Madars Razma 6–4 in the third round.
Performance timeline
[edit]| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| UK Open | DNP | 2R | 3R | DNP | 2R | 4R | 3R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC Non-major televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Youth Championship | 2R | 2R | 1R | DNP | RR | RR | 3R | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | - | - | - | - | - | 130 | 121 | - | - | 118 | 88 | |||||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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| 2018 | EDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | GDO DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM DNQ | GDT DNQ | DDO DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDC DNQ | DDC DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDT 1R |
| 2019 | EDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | GDO DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM DNQ | DDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | ADC DNQ | EDM DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2020 | Did not play | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Did not play | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO DNP | GDC 1R | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC DNQ | EDM DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDO DNQ | BDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC 1R | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | EDM 1R | GDO 1R | HDT DNQ | GDC 3R |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | BSD DNQ | DDC DNQ | EDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | FDT DNQ | HDT DNQ | SDT DNQ | CDO DNQ |
| Performance timeline legend | |||||||
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| DNP | Did not play in the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | WD | Withdrew from the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) |
| QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References
[edit]- ^ "George Killington - Mastercaller".
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Player profile for George Killington from Dartsdatabase