Aurora Fochesato

Aurora Fochesato (born 1 January 2006) is an Italian female professional darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She is a first gold medalist from Italy in the World Darts Federation international tournament. She is an EDF European Champion.

Aurora Fochesato
Personal information
Full nameAurora Fochesato
Nickname"Aury"
Born (2006-01-01) 1 January 2006
Pordenone, Italy
Home townPordenone, Italy
Darts information
Playing darts since2017
Darts20g Winmau
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"The Nights" by Avicii
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2022–
WDF2021–
Current world ranking(WDF W) NR (5 September 2022)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
Dutch OpenLast 32: 2022
Other tournament wins
International Youth Challenge 2022, 2023
Italian Ch'ship 2021
Medal record
Women's Darts
Representing  Italy
EDF European Ch'ship
Gold medal – first place 2023 Podčetrtek Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Podčetrtek Women's singles
WDF Europe Cup Youth
Gold medal – first place 2022 Budapest Girls singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Vienna Girls singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest Girls pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Vienna Girls pairs

Career

Aurora's career in darts began in 2017, when she started to participate in local darts tournaments in Italy. In 2021, she reached the final of Malta Open, but was defeated 4–5 to Paula Jacklin in a last-leg decider. In 2022, she took a part in the WDF Europe Cup Youth, where she defeated Amy Evans 5–1 and won a gold medal in singles girls competition.[2] In pairs competition with Elisa Bolzicco, she achieved bronze medal, lost 1–3 in semi-finals match to eventual champions Tamara Kovács and Krisztina Turai from Hungary.

In 2023, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2023 WDF Europe Cup Youth. On the first day of the pairs competition, she won the bronze medal for the second time in her career. Her partner was Giada Macchi. In the semi-finals, after an extremely tight match, they finally lost to the England team (Hannah Meek and Paige Pauling).[3] In the singles competition final game against Zehra Gemi, she won a second gold medal by 5–2 in legs.

Performance timeline
Tournament2022
WDF Ranked televised events
Dutch Open 4R

References
  1. "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. "Prachtige Prestaties Van Nederlands Team Op De Europe Cup Youth 2022". NDB. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. "WDF Europe Cup Youth 2023 - Singles & Pairs • Girls Pairs KO Semi-final". DartConnect. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
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