Cameron Carolissen

Cameron Carolissen
Personal information
Full name	Cameron Carolissen
Nickname	"The Javelin"
Born	(1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 (age 28) Cape Town, South Africa
Home town	Cape Town, South Africa
Darts information
Playing darts since	2008
Darts	24 Gram
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Ocean Drive" by Duke Dumont
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2020–
Current world ranking	145 (3 January 2025)[1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2021
Other tournament wins
PDC African Qualifier 2020, 2024 African Continental Tour 2023

Cameron Carolissen (born 16 January 1996) is a South African professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

2021: PDC debut

Carolissen qualified for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the PDC African Qualifier, beating two-time World Championship participant Charles Losper 7–4 in the final.^[2] He received a bye into the second round of the tournament after his opponent Martijn Kleermaker withdrew due to contracting COVID-19 and his replacement, Josh Payne, was also ruled out after he had to self-isolate due to coming into contact with someone with COVID-19.^[3] In the second round, he was beaten 3–1 by Danny Noppert.

2024–present: African Continental Tour, return to PDC

Thanks to his success on the African Continental Tour, Carolissen made his PDC World Cup of Darts debut at the 2024 PDC World Cup of Darts for the South African team,^[4] partnering fellow debutant Johan Geldenhuys.

Carolissen qualified for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the African Darts Group Qualifier. He overcame Kenya's Peter Wachiuri in the final 8-7 in legs, surviving a match dart for a 154 checkout from Wachiuri.^[5] At the World Championship, Carolissen was drawn to play Wessel Nijman, one of the favourites to win the tournament. Nijman took a 2–0 lead but Carolissen won the next two sets to level the match at 2–2. They entered a sudden death leg, where Nijman won the match 3–2.^[6]

World Championship results

PDC

• 2021: Second round (lost to Danny Noppert 1–3)
• 2025: First round (lost to Wessel Nijman 2–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	2R	DNQ			1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup of Darts	DNP			RR

References

1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
2. "Carolissen joins list of World Championship International Qualifiers". Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
3. "Cameron Carolissen gets bye after opponent's positive Covid-19 test". BBC Sport. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
4. Esack, Fuad (8 May 2024). "Giving darts players a shot at the big league". Plainsman. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
5. Gorton, Josh (30 September 2024). "Carolissen confirms Ally Pally return with epic win over Wachiuri". PDC. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
6. Gill, Samuel (20 December 2024). "World Championship outsider Wessel Nijman through sudden-death leg in the nick of time". DartsNews. Retrieved 21 December 2024.