Florian Hempel
Florian Hempel | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Florian Hempel |
Born | [1][2] Dessau, East Germany | April 10, 1990
Home town | Cologne, Germany |
Darts information | |
Playing darts since | 2017 |
Darts | 24g Bull's Germany Signature |
Laterality | Right-handed |
Walk-on music | by Brings |
Organisation (see split in darts) | |
PDC | 2018– |
Current world ranking | 63 1 (27 March 2022)[3] |
PDC premier events – best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2022 |
UK Open | Last 64: 2022 |
European Ch'ship | Last 16: 2021 |
Florian Hempel (born 10 April 1990) is a professional German darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events, and a former handball player.
Hempel began his sporting career in handball, playing as a goalkeeper for PDC European Tour debut in the 2019 Dutch Darts Masters, and gained his tour card in 2021.
, where he made his professional debut in 2010, and later played for . Achieving little success, Hempel quit the sport and began playing darts. He made hisEarly life and career[]
Born in Dessau, East Germany,[4] Hempel was a goalkeeper in handball, beginning his career with SG Kühnau,[5] before moving to in the 2010–11 2. Handball-Bundesliga season.[6] This proved to be his only appearance in the division,[7] and made a further two appearances in the third tier.[5] In 2016, Hempel ended his handball career in Cologne with ,[8] where he had moved to advance his educational studies;[5] he eventually qualified as a fitness coach and nutritionist.[9]
Darts[]
Hempel began playing darts in his flat in 2017,[6][7] and in 2018 quit his job, registered for unemployment benefits, and took on darts as a full-time job.[10] On his PDC European Tour debut in the Dutch Darts Masters in May 2019, he defeated Ryan Harrington 6–0.[11] Having previously attempting to achieve his Tour Card in both 2018 and 2020,[12] Hempel won his PDC Tour Card during the 2021 European Q-School event.[13] In March, he withdrew from the UK Open due to family reasons.[14] In April, he completed his first nine-dart finish during a European Super League whitewash victory over Marco Obst.[15]
Hempel made his PDC televised début in October in the European Championship, eliminating reigning champion Peter Wright 6–3.[16] The following week, he reached his first semi-final on the PDC Pro Tour before losing 7–3 to Michael Smith.[17] Ahead of his PDC World Darts Championship début, Hempel featured as a guest commentator on Sport1 for the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts.[4] During the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, Hempel caused a "major upset" when he defeated fifth seed Dimitri Van den Bergh in the second round, averaging 98.37,[9] and described it as "madness".[18] He would go on to lose 4–1 to Australia's Raymond Smith in the third round.
World Championship results[]
PDC[]
- 2022: Third round (lost to Raymond Smith 1–4)
Performance timeline[]
Tournament | 2021 | 2022 |
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PDC World Championship | DNQ | 3R |
UK Open | WD | |
European Championship | 2R |
References[]
- ^ "Florian Hempel - Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Dart Profis - Florian Hempel". Dartn.de. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ a b Csányi, Béla (17 November 2021). "Dank Hoffnungsträger Hempel, Kölner Kult-Hit läuft jetzt auch bei der Darts-WM in London" [Thanks to Hope Bearer Hempel, Cologne cult hit now also runs at the Darts World Championships in London]. Express.de (in German). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Florian Hempel gelingt Darts-Überraschung gegen van den Bergh" [Florian Hempel succeeds in darts surprise against van den Bergh]. Infowelt (in German). 21 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ a b Bürkmann, Silvia (27 December 2021). "Ex-Torwart Florian Hempel mischt die Darts-Welt auf - Mama Hempel drückt in Dessau die Daumen" [Ex-goalkeeper Florian Hempel stirs up the darts world - Mama Hempel keeps her fingers crossed in Dessau]. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ a b Landwehr, Tobias (27 December 2021). "Die zweite Chance des Handballtorwarts" [The second chance of the handball goalkeeper]. Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ Eisele, Florian (22 December 2021). "Florian Hempel: Aus dem Handball-Tor zur Darts-WM" [Florian Hempel: From the handball goal to the Darts World Cup]. Augsburger Allgemeine. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ a b Gorton, Josh (22 December 2021). "World Darts Championship: Former Handball star Florian Hempel making his mark at Alexandra Palace". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ Flottmeyer, Lukas (24 February 2021). "Florian Hempel: When one career is not enough…". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Dutch Darts Masters: Hopp, Hempel und Rodriguez in Runde 2" [Dutch Darts Masters: Hopp, Hempel and Rodriguez in Round 2]. Dartn (in German). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ Hudd, Ben (16 January 2020). "From professional handball to Qualifying School: the story of Germany's Florian Hempel". Darts Planet. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "PDC Q-School: Florian Hempel and Jake Jones win Tour Cards as Raymond van Barneveld stumbles". Sky Sports. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (4 March 2021). "Reyes and Hempel withdraw from UK Open due to family reasons". Darts News. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (19 April 2021). "Hempel hits first nine-dart finish of 2021 PDC Europe Super League". Darts News. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Peter Wright crashes out of European Darts Championship to German Florian Hempel". Sky Sports. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Super Series: Michael gewinnt Smith-Finale, Hempel unter den Top 4" [Super Series: Michael wins Smith final, Hempel in the top 4]. Dartn (in German). 22 October 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Debütant Hempel wirft Mitfavorit raus" [Debutant Hempel throws out co-favourite]. Der Spiegel (in German). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
External links[]
- Player profile on Florian Hempel from Dartsdatabase
- 1990 births
- Living people
- German male handball players
- German darts players
- Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders
- People from Dessau-Roßlau