Dennis Nilsson

Dennis Nilsson
Dennis Nilsson
Personal information
Nickname	"Strongman"
Born	21 March 1976 (age 48); Vålberg, Sweden
Home town	Vålberg, Sweden
Darts information
Darts	24g Superdarts
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Heaven's on Fire" by Kiss
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2006–2018
PDC	2018–
WDF	2006–2018, 2022–
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Semi Final: 2023
World Masters	Last 16: 2013
World Trophy	Last 32: 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 72: 2012
Other tournament wins
Baltic Cup Open	2016
Finnish Masters	2016
Lithuania Open	2017
Riga Open	2022
Sweden Ch'ship	2011
PDC Challenge Tour	2018
PDC NB Pro Tour	2019, 2022
PDC Sweden Qualifier	2011
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Sweden
WDF World Cup
WDF Europe Cup

Dennis Nilsson (born 21 March 1976) is a Swedish professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In the past, he competed as a strongman, hence his nickname "Strongman". He represented his country many times during the PDC World Cup of Darts, WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup. In total, he won five bronze medals in the team competition. He took part in the PDC World Darts Championship and WDF World Darts Championship.

Career

Nilsson qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, where he lost 4–2 to Japan's Haruki Muramatsu in the preliminary round. He represented Sweden with Magnus Caris in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 3–1 by Belgium in the second round, having defeated Japan in round one.^[1] He progressed through to the last 16 of the 2013 World Masters and was defeated 3–0 by Danny Noppert.^[2] A win over Steve Lennon saw Nilsson claim the 2016 Finnish Masters.^[3]