John Lowe MBE born 21 July 1945 is an English former professional darts player Along with Eric Bristow and Jocky Wilson he was known for dominating darts during the 1980s Lowe was world champion on three occasions in 1979 1987 and 1993 He was also a twotime winner of the Winmau World Masters and a twotime World Cup singles champion In total Lowe won 15 BDO and WDF majors He held the World No 1 ranking on four occasions In October 1984 he became the first player to hit a televised ninedart finish Lowe is one of only six players to have won the World Championship three or more times and was the first person to win it in three separate decades along with Phil Taylor he remains one of only two players to achieve this Amidst growing dissatisfaction with the British Darts Organisation Lowe was also one of 16 players who in 1993 broke away to form their own governing body the World Darts Council now known as the Professional Darts Corporation From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
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