Irina Armstrong () née Loginova (born 6 December 1970) is a Russian-born German professional darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Her biggest achievement to date was advanced to semi-finals in the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship. She is a gold medalist in pairs competitions during the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup.
Career Armstrong started out playing ten-pin bowling until she was pregnant and decided to pick up darts. She picked up wins in the singles and pairs events in the Belgium Open and Finland Open, and followed it up with a win in the German Open pairs with Carina Ekberg of Sweden. Armstrong's greatest achievement to date came at the 2007 WDF World Cup in Rosmalen, Netherlands, where she won the women' pairs title with Anastasia Dobromyslova.
Armstrong's performances in 2008 included wins in the French Open, Dortmund Open, German Gold Cup, Open Holland, and the Primus Masters. She was also the runner-up of the England Open, Swiss Open, and the Danish Open, and moved to as high as third in the world rankings.
Armstrong was overlooked for a place in the Zuiderduin Masters, a BDO major held in the Netherlands. Having missed out initially on an automatic place for the tournament by just one place, a spot was made available after Anastasia Dobromyslova withdrew from the competition, but it was given to Lisa Ashton. Still hoping for a wild card, the card was handed to German player Monique Lessmeister, who at the time was ranked 66 places below Armstrong in the world rankings.
Armstrong secured qualification for the Lakeside World Championship by winning the England Open. She also made up for last year's disappointment by ensuring qualification for the Zuiderduin.
International appearances Armstrong started her international career with her native Russia where she won a gold medal in the Ladies Pairs with Anastasia Dobromyslova. Armstrong always felt though that it was not right playing for Russia as she never played in any Russian ranking events in order to qualify for the team. Having lived in Germany for many years, and with the German organisation asking her on several occasions, Armstrong took time out from international appearances in order to be eligible for the German team. In 2013, she made her debut at the WDF World Cup singles for Germany in Canada where she finished runner up to England's Deta Hedman. This was not her debut for Germany though she had previously played in the Lorna Croft Friendship Cup, helping Germany to win it for the first time in its history. She also played for Germany in the WDF Europe Cup.
Personal life
Armstrong is married, with two children.
World Championship results BDO/WDF 2010: Quarter-finals (lost to Deta Hedman 0–2) (sets) 2011: Semi-finals (lost to Trina Gulliver 0–2) 2013: Quarter-finals (lost to Sharon Prins 1–2) 2014: Quarter-finals (lost to Deta Hedman 0–2) 2015: First round (lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova 0–2) 2024: Second round (lost to Sophie McKinlay 1–2) 2025: First round (lost to Maria Carli 1–2)
PDC 2010: First round (lost to Deta Hedman 0–4) (legs)
Performance timeline Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024BDO/WDF Ranked televised events DNQQFSFDNQQFQF1RDNQ2R 2R4RQF2R4R4R1RQF4RDNQNH2RNHSF NHSF1RDNQNH NHDNQSFDNQRRDNQNH DNPSFQF6RDNPQFDNP6RQFNHSFDNP4RPDC Non-ranked televised events NH1RNH
References
External links Official Website