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| Personal information | ||
| Nickname | Mighty Mike | |
| Date of birth | April 25, 1989 | |
| Place of birth | Boxtel, Netherlands | |
| Home town | Boxtel, Netherlands | |
| Darts information | ||
| Playing darts since | 2003 | |
| Darts | 25. The majority of professional Darts players now have a Sobriquet or Nickname, a trend which seemingly began when Eric Bristow, the most successful player Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Boxtel is a Municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Boxtel is a Municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands 3g Michael van Gerwen darts | |
| Walk-on music | Tribal dance 2006 2006 by DJ Glenn B | |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||
| BDO | 2003 to January 2007 | |
| PDC | January 2007 to present | |
| Current World Ranking | 37 | |
| BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | 1st Round 2007 | |
| World Masters | Winner 2006 | |
| World Darts Trophy | SF 2006 | |
| Int. Darts League | QF 2006 | |
| PDC Majors - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64 | |
| World Matchplay | Last 16, 2007 | |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ 2007 | |
| UK Open | Last 32, 2007 | |
| Desert Classic | DNQ 2007 | |
| Other Televised PDC events - Best Performances | ||
| Other Tournament Wins | ||
| Tournament | Years | |
| Norway Open Northern Ireland Open |
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| Other Achievements | ||
| Youngest ever winner, Winmau World Masters (2006) Youngest ever player at BDO World Championship (2007) |
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Michael van Gerwen (born April 25, 1989 in Boxtel, Netherlands) is a Dutch professional darts player. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Boxtel is a Municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands He is nicknamed Mighty Mike. In January 2007, van Gerwen became the youngest player ever to compete at the BDO version of the World Professional Darts Championship at the age of 17 years, 257 days. The World Professional Darts Championship is the most important tournament in the Darts calendar He was seeded third but lost to Gary Robson in the first round.
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Youth career
Van Gerwen reached the final of the Primus Masters Youth event at the age of just 14 in 2003. He then started to amass youth titles in 2005 including the German Open, German Gold Cup, Norway Open, Northern Ireland Open, Swedish Open and the Dutch National Youth Championship which he also defended in 2006. He also won the Men's events in the Norway and Northern Ireland Opens in the same year that he took the youth titles.
BDO career
He picked up several Open titles and rose up the BDO & WDF World Rankings having climbed as high as third, even before he reached his 18th birthday. Darts world rankings are a system which should determine a list of the best dart players in the world based on their performances in tournaments
Van Gerwen reached the semi-finals of the Bavaria World Darts Trophy in 2006. The Bullit World Darts Trophy was a darts tournament held each September at De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht, Netherlands between 2002 and 2007 Despite losing to Martin Adams, the Dutch youngster came within one dart of the perfect nine dart finish, just missing double twelve. Martin Adams (born June 4, 1956) is an English international Darts player A nine dart finish is the ultimate checkout in the game of Darts, constituting a perfect game He did manage the highest possible checkout of 170 during the tournament.
He managed to eclipse that performance at the 2006 Winmau World Masters by becoming the youngest ever champion. The 2006 Winmau World Masters was a darts tournament held at Leisure World in Bridlington between October 13 and October 16, 2006. Having trailed 1-4 and 2-5 to Martin Adams he came back to win the title and take Eric Bristow's record as the youngest ever winner at the age of 17 years 174 days. Eric Bristow MBE ( "The Crafty Cockney ") (born Hackney, London, 25 April 1957)is a British
His early career success led to inevitable speculation that he may join the other professional circuit of darts, the Professional Darts Corporation. The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC is a Professional Darts organisation established in the United Kingdom during 1992 which split from However, during the 2006 World Darts Trophy, van Gerwen held a press conference to make it clear that he wanted to stay with the BDO/WDF. [1] He also finished top of the DDF (Dutch Darts Federation) Rankings - which would have secured him a place at the PDC World Championship if he chose to accept. He had already committed to playing at Lakeside, so the place went to Rico Vonck who finished second in the rankings. Rico Vonck (born March 12, 1987, in Roermond, Holland) is a Dutch darts player from Posterholt in the The Netherlands
Van Gerwen was the bookmakers pre-tournament favourite to win the 2007 Lakeside World title, but his hopes were ended in the first round.
On the night of the 2007 BDO World Championship Final it was announced on Dutch television that van Gerwen, along with Jelle Klaasen and Vincent van der Voort would be switching to the Professional Darts Corporation. Jelle Klaasen (born 17 October, 1984) is the youngest darts player ever to win the World Darts Championship Vincent van der Voort (born December 18, 1975 in Purmerend) is a Darts player from The Netherlands.
PDC career
Van Gerwen started at 88 in the PDC World Rankings. Darts world rankings are a system which should determine a list of the best dart players in the world based on their performances in tournaments Although he was a BDO player he was eligible for certain PDC events in his home country even before he switched to the PDC. This included the Open Holland in 2006, in which he took the title. [1]
Van Gerwen made his PDC debut on January 20 at the Stan James Players Championships in Gibraltar and beat Andy Hamilton before losing in the last 16 to fellow countryman Roland Scholten. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. The Professional Dart Players Association (PDPA is an organsation for professional dart players Roland Scholten (born January 11, 1965 in The Hague) is a Dutch darts player and former publican who with partner Raymond In the second Players Championship the following day, he beat Raymond van Barneveld in the early rounds only to lose to Alan Warriner-Little in the quarter finals. Raymond van Barneveld (born April 20 1967 in The Hague, Netherlands) nickname Barney and The Man, is a professional Alan Warriner-Little (born March 24 1962 in Lancaster) is an English professional darts player.
He followed up his victory over van Barneveld by beating 13 times World Champion Phil Taylor by 3 sets to 0 on the opening night of the Masters of Darts tournament. Philip Douglas Taylor (born August 13 1960 is a 13 time world champion English darts player whose nickname is The Power. The Masters of Darts has a unique place in darts history as it was the first televised tournament featuring the darts players of the two rival organisations the British All three sets went to a deciding leg which van Gerwen clinched with 14, 12 and 12 darts. He went on to reach the semi-final of the tournament and achieved a perfect nine dart finish against Raymond van Barneveld, but lost the match. A nine dart finish is the ultimate checkout in the game of Darts, constituting a perfect game [2]
Van Gerwen has yet to deliver any success on Sky Television, having made his debut at the 2007 UK Open falling in the last 32 to Colin Osborne. The 2007 Blue Square UK Open was the fifth year of the PDC darts tournament where following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain players competed in a single Colin Osborne (born 19 June 1975) is an English darts player who was born in Middlesbrough and is nicknamed The Wizard He failed to qualify for the 2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic and was defeated in round two of the World Matchplay in Blackpool by Ronnie Baxter 12-14, having been one leg from victory at 12-10. The 2007 Stan James World Matchplay was the 14th annual staging of a professional darts tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. He has yet to progress beyond the quarter-finals of the various non-televised Pro-Tour events, having reached the last eight of two events but has made some progress to reach the top 50 in the PDC world rankings (Order of Merit). Darts world rankings are a system which should determine a list of the best dart players in the world based on their performances in tournaments
One of van Gerwen's more impressive achievements on Sky however came in a first round defeat to Phil Taylor; notably he had 1 dart to win the match and ultimately knock out the 13 time world champion, and end a phenomenal record of Taylor of reaching every PDC World Championship Final. Philip Douglas Taylor (born August 13 1960 is a 13 time world champion English darts player whose nickname is The Power. However Taylors record was later ended in the Quarter Final losing 5-4 in sets to Wayne Mardle.
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