Tomas Seyler

German darts player (1974–2024)

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Darts player

Tomas Seyler

Personal information
Nickname| "Shorty"
Born| (1974-07-16)16 July 1974
Bremerhaven, Bremen, West Germany
Died| 11 July 2024(2024-07-11) (aged 49)
Hanover, Germany
Darts information
Playing darts since| 1990
Darts| 21g Datadart
Laterality| Right-handed
Walk-on music| "Whatever You Want" by Status Quo
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO| 1993–2005
PDC| 2005–2019
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters| Last 16: 2003
World Trophy| Quarter Final: 2004
Int. Darts League| Last 32 Group: 2004
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship| Last 32: 2006
UK Open| Last 128: 2013
European Ch'ship| Last 32: 2010, 2012, 2013
Other tournament wins
|  German Gold Cup|  2005, 2012

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PDC World Germany Qualifying Event|  2009

Tomas Seyler (known as Shorty; 16 July 1974 – 11 July 2024) was a German professional darts player.

## Career

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Seyler reached the second round of the Winmau World Masters in 2003, beating Vincent van der Voort in the first round, but lost to Raymond van Barneveld. He also reached the Quarter-Finals of the World Darts Trophy in 2004, beating Bob Taylor and Tony West before losing to Martin Adams. He won the German Gold Cup in 2005.

Seyler made his PDC debut at the 2006 PDC World Darts Championship,[1] where he beat crowd favourite Jamie Harvey of Scotland in the first round but lost to the Netherlands' Roland Scholten in round two.[2] He returned to Purfleet for the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship but the German number one lost in the first round to World number one Colin Lloyd.[3]

He also frequently appeared on German television channel Sport1 and streaming service DAZN as co-commentator on PDC darts tournaments.

## Death

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Seyler died on 11 July 2024 at the age of 49.[4]

## World Championship results

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### PDC

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* 2006: 2nd round (lost to Roland Scholten 2–4)
* 2007: 1st round (lost to Colin Lloyd 0–3)
* 2010: Last 72 (lost to Jan van der Rassel 1–4 in legs)
* 2014: 1st round (lost to Kevin Painter 0–3)

## References

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1. ^ "Ladbrokes.com World Championship - International Representatives". PDC.
2. ^ "Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship Results". PDC.
3. ^ "Day Two Reports". PDC.
4. ^ "SPORT1 trauert um Darts-Pionier Tomas „Shorty" Seyler". Sport1.de (in German). 12 July 2024.

## External links

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* Profile and stats on Darts Database

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