Tapani Uitos is a retired Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 professional

Professional

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 darts

Darts

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 player who competed in the 1980s.

A winner of the 1983 Finnish Open, he competed in the 1985 BDO World Darts Championship

1985 BDO World Darts Championship

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 but was defeated by Sweden

Sweden

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's Stefan Lord

Stefan Lord

Stefan Lord is a retired Swedish professional darts player, who competed in British Darts Organisation events, and is one of the country's most successful players....

 in the first round. He returned to Lakeside in 1987

1987 BDO World Darts Championship

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 and beat Scotland

Scotland

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's Robert MacKenzie

Robert MacKenzie

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 but lost in the second round to Cliff Lazarenko

Cliff Lazarenko

Cliff Lazarenko is an English professional darts player who competed for the British Darts Organisation and the Professional Darts Corporation...

. In 1988

1988 BDO World Darts Championship

-The results:Malcolm Davies of Wales who broke his hand was replaced by Terry O'Dea of Australia in the first round-References:...

, Uitos lost in the first round to Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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's Fred McMullan

Fred McMullan

Fred McMullan is a retired Northern Irish professional darts player who competed in the 1980s.McMullan played at the World Darts Championship three times. In 1985, he beat Peter Locke of Wales in the first round and then beat Bobby George to reach the quarter-finals but was defeated by Cliff...

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Uitos also played in the 1986 Winmau World Masters

Winmau World Masters

The Winmau World Masters is one of the longest running and most prestigious professional darts tournaments, which began in 1974 - even before the current World Professional Championship...

, but lost in the first round to Chris Johns

Chris Johns (darts player)

Chris Johns is a former Welsh darts player. He played county darts for Glamorgan and played in the BDO World Darts Championship on five occasions, but will be best remembered as a controversial figure in an acrimonious split in the game between 1992 and 1994....

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External links

• Profile and stats on Darts Database