30 Facts About Anastasia Dobromyslova

Anastasia Dobromyslova is a three-time Women's World Professional Darts Champion of the British Darts Organisation.

Anastasia Dobromyslova uses the song "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence.

Anastasia Dobromyslova carries the name From Russia with Love, although she has stated herself that it is not an official nickname.

Anastasia Dobromyslova is more commonly known as just Anastasia due to the difficulty English-speaking commentators and announcers have pronouncing her surname.

Anastasia Dobromyslova started to play darts at the age of 12, and has won the Russian National Championship a total of 10 times.

Anastasia Dobromyslova won the Girls' World Masters title in 2001 and won the WDF Europe Youth Cup singles title in 2001 and 2002.

Anastasia Dobromyslova made her professional major debut at the 2004 Bavaria World Darts Trophy, where she beat Trina Gulliver in the quarter-final, averaging 90.

In 2007, Anastasia Dobromyslova made her debut in the BDO World Championship at Lakeside, as the number 4 seed, reaching the semi-finals.

Anastasia Dobromyslova defeated Dee Bateman in the first round and Stephanie Smee in the semi-finals, before defeating Trina Gulliver in the final by two sets to nil, ending Gulliver's seven-year unbeaten run as world champion.

Anastasia Dobromyslova was named the number one seed for the 2008 Zuiderduin Masters, but was excluded from playing by the Dutch authorities after problems with her visa, and was forced to withdraw.

Anastasia Dobromyslova received an invitation from the PDC to play in the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts, as BDO Ladies' world champion.

Anastasia Dobromyslova became the second female player to play in a men's world darts championship, after Canadian Gayl King played in the 2001 event.

Anastasia Dobromyslova was drawn in the preliminary round against Remco van Eijden, and lost 5 legs to 3.

Anastasia Dobromyslova lost in the semi-finals to Stacy Bromberg, who went on the beat Tricia Wright in the final.

At the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts, Anastasia Dobromyslova was drawn with Phil Taylor, Vincent van der Voort, and Mark Webster.

Anastasia Dobromyslova failed to qualify for the PDC World Championship in 2010 and 2011, despite entering the Russian PDC qualifying events.

Anastasia Dobromyslova represented Russia in the first ever PDC World Cup of Darts along with Konchikov.

On 24 December 2010, it was rumoured amongst several darts internet forums that Anastasia Dobromyslova had resigned from the PDC and returned to play in BDO and WDF events.

On 1 January 2011, during the BBC's broadcast of the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, commentator David Croft announced that Anastasia Dobromyslova was indeed returning to play in the BDO circuit.

Anastasia Dobromyslova herself confirmed over a week later, via her Twitter page, that she had left the PDC and was preparing for the Dutch Open.

Anastasia Dobromyslova later said she moved back to the BDO for monetary reasons.

Anastasia Dobromyslova then recovered from losing the first set and needing to break her opponent Deta Hedman's throw to stay in the match to win her second world championship two sets to one.

Anastasia Dobromyslova plays soft tip darts competitively, as well as steel-tip darts, having represented Russia at the International Darts Federation World Cup and European Darts Union European Championship.

Anastasia Dobromyslova is a former world and European champion in the sport.

Anastasia Dobromyslova became the 2011 European singles champion in Benidorm.

At the IDF World Cup in 2011, Anastasia Dobromyslova won the Pro Singles Cricket event, but lost the Pro Singles event final, and won the Pro Mixed Pairs event.

At the 2012 IDF World Cup, Anastasia Dobromyslova beat Stacy Bromberg to win the Pro Singles event.

Anastasia Dobromyslova lost the Pro Cricket Singles event final to Bromberg, but won the team event with Russia.

Anastasia Dobromyslova is married to Tony Martin, who qualified for the 2005 BDO World Darts Championship and resides in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England.

Anastasia Dobromyslova is the first and the only darts player to date to be awarded the honorary title "Merited Master of Sport of Russia".