Steve Gittins

Steve Gittins
Personal information
Born 16 August 1963
England
Died 20 February 2013
Home town Chesterfield, Derbyshire
England
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1985-1990
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 16 1989, 1990
World Masters Quarter Finals 1985
PDC premier events - best performances
UK Open Last 190 2005
Other tournament wins
Tournament Years
Welsh Open
Swedish Open
Finnish Open
1988
1988
1989
Updated on 18 June 2008.

Steve Gittins (16 August 1963 – 20 February 2013) was a darts player from England.

Gittins played twice at the BDO World Darts Championship. In 1989, he beat Finland's Kexi Heinäharju in the first round but lost in the second round to five-time World Champion Eric Bristow. He returned to the Lakeside a year later and again reached the second round, beating Australian Wayne Weening in round one, but again lost in the second round to Bristow.

Gittins also played twice at the Winmau World Masters, reaching the quarter-finals in 1985. Gittins also won three open tournaments, winning the Welsh Open and Swedish Open in 1988 and then the Finnish Open in 1989.

Gittins disappeared from the scene after the 1990 BDO World Darts Championship but briefly made a comeback at the 2005 PDC UK Open. Winning through the preliminaries he lost in the first round.

On 20 February 2013 Gittins died.

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