Aurora Fochesato (born 1 January 2006) is an Italian female professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. She was the first gold medalist from Italy in the World Darts Federation Europe Cup, and also an EDF European Champion, and was the first Italian to win the WDF Youth Girls World Darts Championship in 2023.
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| Full name | Aurora Fochesato | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Aury" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 2006 Pordenone, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Pordenone, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 20g Winmau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "The Nights" by Avicii | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| PDC | 2022– | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2021– | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (WDF W) 68  (8 December 2024)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dutch Open | Last 32: 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editAurora's career in darts began in 2017, when she started to participate in local darts tournaments in Italy. In 2021, she reached the final of the Malta Open, but was defeated by Paula Jacklin 5–4 in a last-leg decider. In 2022, she took a part in the WDF Europe Cup Youth, where she defeated Amy Evans 5–1 and won a gold medal in the singles girls competition.[2] In the pairs competition with Elisa Bolzicco, she achieved a bronze medal, but lost 3–1 in the semi-finals to eventual champions Tamara Kovács and Krisztina Turai from Hungary.
In 2023, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2023 WDF Europe Cup Youth. On the first day of the pairs competition, she won the bronze medal for the second time in her career. Her partner was Giada Macchi. In the semi-finals, after an extremely tight match, they finally lost to the England team (Hannah Meek and Paige Pauling).[3] In the singles competition final against Zehra Gemi, she won a second gold medal after a 5–2 victory.
In 2023, she became the first Italian to win the WDF Youth Girls World Darts Championship, defeating the Hungarian Krisztina Turai in the final 2 - 0.[4]
She played on the 2024 PDC Women's Series, and reached the last 16 at event 22. She lost there to Noa-Lynn van Leuven 4–2.
Performance timeline
edit| Tournament | 2022 |
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| Dutch Open | 4R |
References
edit- ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Prachtige Prestaties Van Nederlands Team Op De Europe Cup Youth 2022". NDB. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "WDF Europe Cup Youth 2023 - Singles & Pairs • Girls Pairs KO Semi-final". DartConnect. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "2023 At a Glance = WDF World Champions - Aurora Fochesato - Andy Baetens - Beau Greaves - Bradley van der Velden". nzdarts.com. Retrieved December 25, 2024.