Education
He attended and graduated high school in Ocala, Florida, and currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
He attended and graduated high school in Ocala, Florida, and currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
In addition to playing darts he is a professional exotic animal handler and trainer. He started his career in 1991 at Jungle Larry"s Caribbean Gardens in Naples, Florida, working with a variety of animals including big cats, elephants, reptiles and primates among others and is currently employed as an elephant trainer at the Nashville Zoo in Tennessee. Pankow is also a member and President of the Greater Nashville Darting Association.
Also on the team were, Gary Mawson, Brenda Roush and Marilyn Popp.
In October 2010 Pankow competed in the Winmau World Masters and BDO International World Championship Qualifier in Hull, England. Pankow lost in the 3rd round of the BDO International World Championship qualifier to Lourence Ilagan (Philippines) and lost in the 1st round of the World Masters to Vincent van der Meer (Netherlands).
Pankow is sponsored by L-Style, the Millenium Maxwell House Hotel and Monster Barrels Design.
Pankow started playing the American dart circuit in 2008 and won several singles titles including Shoot for the Moon (cricket) and the Music City Classic (501). In 2009 he was a semi finalist in the Personal Digital Cellular"s North American Championships defeating #1 seed Gary Mawson before losing to eventual winner Scott Burnett. In October of that year he won the ADO United States. Team Nationals to earn a position on the team representing the United States at the WDF Americas Cup in 2010 hosted by the Bahamas. Although the United States team lost the overall Cup to Canada, Pankow won the singles title defeating team mate and defending champion Gary Mawson in the final.
