Mario Vandenbogaerde
Mario Vandenbogaerde (born 1 June 1973) is an Belgian professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the semifinals of the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship. Career. In 2005, Vandenbogaerde won the Belgium National Championships. In 2018, he won the Luxembourg Masters. In 2019, he won the German Open, before reaching the semi-finals of the World Masters. In September 2019, he qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship, which turned out to be the event's last edition, as the 11th seed, and got to the semi-finals on debut . He was first Belgian man to reach the semi-finals of a World Championship and the only to do so at the BDO World Championship. In January 2022, he competed in the Professional Darts Corporation's Q school and successfully secured a tourcard during the third day of its final phase.