John Michael (born Yannis Michail, 20 March 1974) is a Cypriot-born Greek

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player playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

PDC

He joined the PDC in 2009, and began competing in PDC Europe events a year later. He qualified for the 2011 European Championship, therefore becoming the first Greek player to qualify for a major PDC tournament. He was beaten 3-6 by defending champion Phil Taylor in the first round, with Taylor averaging 107.83.

BDO

He joined the BDO in 2012. Michael has won numerous WDF-ranked darts tournaments, including the Cyprus Open (four times), the Greek Open (four times) and the Hellinikon Open (three times). He qualified for the

2015 PDC World Darts Championship The 2015 William Hill World Darts Championship was the 22nd World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event was held at the Alexandra Palace, London between 18 D ...

while still playing in

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events. He played

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in the preliminary round winning 4–1 in legs, in the first round he played Ian White losing 3–1 in sets.

Return to the PDC

Michael rejoined the PDC in 2015. After beating South Africa's Warrick Scheffer 2-0 in sets in the preliminary round of the

2016 PDC World Darts Championship The 2016 William Hill World Darts Championship was the 23rd World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event was held at the Alexandra Palace, London, between ...

, he was whitewashed by seventh-seed James Wade, 3-0 in sets. He entered the PDC's qualifying school that year, and his performance was good enough for second place on the Q School Order of Merit, earning him a Tour Card. Being unable to enter all the events meant that Michael was unable to retain his Tour Card, but he went to European Q-School in January 2019 and was able to regain his card, finishing fifth on the Order of Merit. After ending 2020 ranked 106th, Michael had to attend Qualifying School but successfully retained his Tour Card at the first time of asking.

World Championship results

BDO

* 2014: Preliminary round (lost to

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2–3)

PDC

* 2015: First round (lost to Ian White 1–3) * 2016: First round (lost to James Wade 0–3) * 2017: First round (lost to Alan Norris 2–3) * 2022: First round (lost to

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Personal life

Michael works as a

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.John Michael, Darts

References

External links

* 1974 births Living people Cypriot emigrants to Greece Greek darts players Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders British Darts Organisation players Sportspeople from Athens PDC World Cup of Darts Greek team {{Greece-sport-bio-stub