“If I was English, oh my God! Do you know what I mean? What it would have been like over the years. That's the way. You have to accept it. You have to battle it. You have to face it. And you have to answer it. That's what you do. Winning the battles.”

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.