“I try to watch a movie to relax, talk with the people close to me. But I look at other games to see what I can change, see what I can do better.”

Dutch professional darts player

Michael van Gerwen is a Dutch professional darts player, active in Professional Darts Corporation events. He was born in 1989 and is best known for reaching the top of the sport, including a long spell as world number one. He won the PDC world championship in 2014, 2017 and 2019, and has collected 48 PDC major singles titles, second only to Phil Taylor. His career is defined by sustained success at the highest level, and by the consistency that kept him among darts’ leading names for years.