Hannes Schnier

Johannes Schnier (born 23 March 1977) is an Austrian darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events.

Hannes Schnier
Personal information
Full name	Johannes Schnier
Nickname	"The Ram"
Born	(1977-03-23) 23 March 1977 (age 48) Vienna, Austria
Home town	Vienna, Austria
Darts information
Playing darts since	1992
Darts	21g Bull's
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2012–2017
PDC	2007–2012, 2018–
WDF	2012–2017, 2023–
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Last 32: 2024
World Masters	Last 64: 2012
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 70: 2009
European Championship	Last 32: 2008
Other tournament wins
Balaton Classics 2023 Balaton Masters 2023 Lakitelek Classic 2024
Medal record Men's Darts Representing  Austria EDF European Ch'ship 2016 Podčetrtek Men's cricket WDF World Cup 2023 Esbjerg Men's Pairs

Career

In June 2006, Schnier won the Austrian National Championship, beating Dietmar Burger in the final. Since 2007, Schnier has played in tournaments sanctioned by the German Darts Corporation, an affiliate of the PDC where its highest ranked player earns automatic qualification for the PDC World Darts Championship. He has made numerous quarter final and semi final appearances but has so far only managed to win one GDC ranked event in Niedernhausen in May 2008.

Schnier made his televised debut in the inaugural European Darts Championship in Frankfurt, Germany where he lost in the first round to Adrian Lewis.

Schnier finished 2nd in the GDC rankings in 2008 and as the top GDC player Mensur Suljović qualified as one of the four top ranked Europeans on the PDC Order of Merit, Schnier earned qualification for the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship but lost to China's Shi Yongsheng 6-4 in the preliminary round.

Schnier signed a sponsorship deal with UK darts manufacturers Showtime Darts in 2016.

Schnier represented Austria at the 2023 WDF World Cup in Denmark and won a Bronze medal alongside Markus Straub in the Men's Pairs.^[1]

Schnier won his first two WDF titles in 2023, winning the Balaton Classic and Masters in Hungary. He added another title in 2024, the Lakitelek Classic, which led to him qualifying for a first WDF World Championship.^[2] At Lakeside, Schnier won his opening game 2-1 against Laszlo Kadar with a 90.91 average before losing 3-0 to Jason Brandon in the Last 32.

World Championship results

PDC

• 2009: Last 70 (lost to Shi Yongsheng 4–6) (legs)

WDF

• 2024: Last 32 (lost to Jason Brandon 0-3) (sets)