Michael van Gerwen

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Michael van Gerwen (born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is ranked world number twelve; he was ranked world number one from 2014 to 2021. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, van Gerwen is a three-time PDC world champion, having won the title in 2014, 2017 and 2019, and has won 48 PDC major singles titles, placing him second in the all-time list behind Phil Taylor. Van Gerwen began playing darts at the age of 13. At age 17, he won the 2006 World Masters and threw a televised nine-dart finish at the 2007 Masters of Darts. However, after this initial burst onto the darting scene, Van Gerwen struggled for consistent form, losing the final of the PDC World Youth Championship in both 2011, and 2012, his breakthrough year. Improving from world number 38 at the start of 2012 to number four at the beginning of 2013, he won his first PDC major title at the World Grand...

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