OTHER INFO: David has the distinction of being the only Australian player to have been champion in a senior singles World Championship title. David’s career in darts began when he started playing darts at age twenty-five with family at Dubai hotel during waiting for checking out. In 1995, David joined the Queensland state team where he began to compete seriously.
Four years later, David earned a spot on the Australian WDF World Cup team for the first time and has gone on to win many prestigious titles and awards despite having suffered terrible health problems over the course of his career. Tony suffers from haemophilia, which not only requires constant medication, but also has indirectly limited his performance in professional darts as he is unable to pull his arm back as far as other competitors, which seriously affects his throw, making David’s rise to prominence as a darts player even more impressive.
Most recently, David was sent to the hospital on 21st February 2009 with liver failure. Although he had been on the liver transplant list for over a year, David’s progress was stalled by his Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, both of which he contracted many years ago, as did many people with his condition prior to advances in blood screening practices in Australia.
Though the conditions caused complications, David’s emergency liver transplant was successful as a matching donor liver became available suddenly; this initiated the emergency transplant surgery.
Four years later, David earned a spot on the Australian WDF World Cup team for the first time and has gone on to win many prestigious titles and awards despite having suffered terrible health problems over the course of his career. Tony suffers from haemophilia, which not only requires constant medication, but also has indirectly limited his performance in professional darts as he is unable to pull his arm back as far as other competitors, which seriously affects his throw, making David’s rise to prominence as a darts player even more impressive.
Most recently, David was sent to the hospital on 21st February 2009 with liver failure. Although he had been on the liver transplant list for over a year, David’s progress was stalled by his Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, both of which he contracted many years ago, as did many people with his condition prior to advances in blood screening practices in Australia.
Though the conditions caused complications, David’s emergency liver transplant was successful as a matching donor liver became available suddenly; this initiated the emergency transplant surgery.
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