Thibault Tricole
| Thibault Tricole | |||||||||||||||||
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Tricole in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "The French Touch" | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 October 1989 Auray, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Malguénac, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 23g Winmau Signature | ||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Essentielles" by Ibrahim Maalouf | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2010–2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2021–present (Tour Card: 2024–present) | ||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2010–2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 59 (8 March 2026) | ||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Runner-up: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 32: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dutch Open | Semi-final: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 64: 2024, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 96: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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Thibault Tricole (born 11 October 1989) is a French professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "the French Touch", Tricole was the runner-up at the 2022 WDF World Championship, where he lost to Neil Duff in the final. Regarded as the best French player in the sport's history, he is the holder of several milestones for French darts: the first French player to reach a World Championship final, the first French player to compete at the PDC World Championship, and the first French player to win a match on the PDC European Tour. He was also the second French player to earn a PDC Tour Card after Jacques Labre.