Tony O'Shea was born on 9 May 1961 and is an English professional darts player.
12 Facts About Tony O'Shea
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Tony O'Shea acted as a regular commentator for televised BDO coverage.
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Tony O'Shea managed to achieve a televised nine dart finish against Adrian Lewis during the International Darts League on 9 May 2007 which made the tournament the first in darts history to witness two perfect legs.
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Tony O'Shea won the 2008 Welsh Masters, only his second tournament victory.
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Tony O'Shea then won the WDF World Cup men's singles title with victory over ten Berge in the final, in what was arguably his most significant win to date.
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Tony O'Shea entered the 2010 BDO World Championship as the number one seed.
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In contrast in 2010 where he was world number one, Tony O'Shea came into the 2011 BDO World Champsionship as the number eight seed and suffered a shock first round loss to Ross Smith.
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Tony O'Shea was seeded at the 2012 BDO World Championship, Tony O'Shea put his successful run in the tournament down to his work with professional sports mind coach and hypnotherapist Stephen McKibben from Belfast.
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Tony O'Shea beat Steve West in the first round, hitting a 140 checkout and 142 checkout in consecutive legs at the end of the match, before defeating Ross Montgomery in the second round.
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In October 2012, Tony O'Shea reached his sixth major final at the 2012 Winmau World Masters, and was beaten by Stephen Bunting.
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Tony O'Shea reached his third World Championship final in 2013 after a high quality run.
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Tony O'Shea became the first man to lose his first three BDO World Championship finals, and only the second player to lose his first three world finals in either the BDO or PDC after Peter Manley.