Mike van Duivenbode | |||
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Personal information | |||
Nickname | "The Pigeon" | ||
Born | [1] 4 January 1999 Dordrecht, Netherlands | ||
Home town | Dordrecht, Netherlands | ||
Darts information | |||
Playing darts since | 2012 | ||
Darts | Winmau Stratos 24 Grams | ||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||
Walk-on music | "Narcotic" by Liquido | ||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
BDO | 2014-2016 | ||
PDC | 2016– | ||
Current world ranking | NR (22 October 2021) | ||
WDF major events – best performances | |||
Dutch Open | Last 16: 2024 | ||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||
UK Open | Last 128: 2020 | ||
Other tournament wins | |||
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Mike van Duivenbode (born 4 January 1999) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
In 2017 he won two Development Tour events, in which he beat Dimitri Van den Bergh 5–3 and Adam Hunt 5–0 in the respective finals.
He won a PDC Tour Card at the second day of the 2019 European Q-School by beating Madars Razma 5–4 in the final, which coincidentally came on his 20th birthday.
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