Kurt van de Rijck

Kurt van de Rijck (born 28 November 1972) is a Belgian darts player.

Van de Rijck reached the semi-finals of a PDC Pro Tour event in Nuland in September 2011. This result helped him to qualify for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship via the European Order of Merit. He lost 3-0 to Wes Newton in the first round, but averaged an impressive 93.84

Van de Rijck entered the 2012 PDC Q School, and earned a PDC Pro Tour card with a 6-5 win over Andrew Gilding on the second day. He represented Belgium with Kim Huybrechts in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and reached the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by Australia 1–3, having beaten Sweden in the second round. In August, van de Rijck beat Roland Scholten in the European Qualifier for the European Tour Event 4, but then lost 4–6 to James Wade in the first round in Stuttgart.

World Championship performances

PDC

  • 2012: First round (lost to Wes Newton 0-3)