Dmitriy Gorbunov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Gorbunov.

Dmitriy^[2] Alexandrovich Gorbunov (Russian: Дмитрий Александрович Горбунов; born 16 September 1977 in Novouralsk) is a Russian professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.

Dmitriy Gorbunov
Personal information
Nickname	Uncle Sam
Born	(1977-09-16) 16 September 1977 (age 47) Novouralsk, Russian SFSR
Home town	Novouralsk
Darts information
Playing darts since	2015
Darts	19g Harrows Assassin
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"In the Heat of the Night" by Star Pilots
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2020
WDF	2021–
Current world ranking	809 (14 November 2023)[1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 96: 2021
Other tournament wins
Russian Cup 2020 EADC Qualifier 2020 EADC Pro Tour 2021 (x4)

Darts career

In Russia

In March 2015, Gorbunov got the first experience in his career. He decided to take part in the Novouralsk Darts Cup (local amateur tournament), where four people played, and took third place. At the beginning of 2016, Dmitry won the Ural Darts League, a prestigious local russian tournament.^[3]

PDC

He entered the 2020 PDC Q-School, but only won two matches in four events, and got into the last 256.^[4][5][6][7] He then entered the Eurotour qualification and reached the semifinals.^[8]

Gorbunov qualified for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the EuroAsian Darts Corporation Qualifier tournament, defeating Roman Obukhov 3-1 in sets in the final.^{[9] [10]}

In 2021, he won the first two events on the EADC Tour, defeating Evgeniy Izotov in both finals 6–3 and 6–5 respectively. He won two further events on the EADC Tour, defeating Vitaliy Khohryakov 6-3 and Evgeniy Izotov 6-3. Gorbunov topped the rankings on EADC Tour and will partner Tour Card Holder Boris Koltsov in the 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts to represent Russia.

World Championship Results

PDC

• 2021: First round (lost to Jason Lowe 1–3)

References

1. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
2. On Dartsdatabase and in some articles on PDC.tv: - Dmitrii, because of the alternate transliteration used in russian transborder passport)
3. "Видеоблогер-атомщик сыграет на чемпионате мира по дартсу. Мотивирующая история Дмитрия Горбунова". Sports.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
4. "2020 PDC Tour Card European Qualifying School Results Event 1". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
5. "2020 PDC Tour Card European Qualifying School Results Event 2". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
6. "2020 PDC Tour Card European Qualifying School Results Event 3". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
7. "2020 PDC Tour Card European Qualifying School Results Event 4". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
8. "East Europe Qualifiers confirmed for ETs 1-5". PDC.tv. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
9. "QUALIFICATION FOR PDC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". Euroasian Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
10. "Gorbunov joins list of World Championship International Qualifiers". PDC.tv. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

External links

• Player profile for Dmitrii Gorbunov from Dartsdatabase
• Uncle Sam's channel on YouTube
• Dmitriy Gorbunov on Twitter