Michel van der Horst

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Michel van der Horst
Personal information
NicknameThe Invisible Man
Born (1975-04-08) 8 April 1975 (age 47)
Deventer
Home town Deventer
Darts information
Playing darts since1997
DartsGrand Slam Signature
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music The Invisible Man by Queen
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2009–2016, 2017–
PDC 2016–2017
Current world ranking (BDO) 139
WDF Platinum – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2015
World Masters Last 40: 2009
Finder Masters Quarter-Final: 2013, 2014
PDC premier events – best performances
Grand Slam Group Stages: 2015

Michel van der Horst (born 8 April 1975) is a Dutch professional darts player who currently playing in British Darts Organisation events.

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Career

Van der Horst qualified for the 2015 BDO World Championship and played David Cameron of Canada in the preliminary round winning 3–2 in sets, but was beaten 3–1 by Jamie Hughes in the first round. [1] He qualified for the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts, but lost each of his games against James Wade, Keegan Brown and Mark Webster to finish bottom of Group F. [2]

Van der Horst switched to the PDC in 2016 and played in his first European Tour event at the European Darts Matchplay and recovered from 4–1 down to Rowby-John Rodriguez in the first round to level at 4–4, but was beaten 6–4. [3]

World Championship results

BDO

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References

  1. "2015 BDO World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. "2015 Grand Slam Of Darts Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. "HappyBet European Matchplay Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.