Martin Schindler (born 16 August 1996) is a German professional

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player who plays in

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(PDC) events.

Career

Schindler won a PDC Tour Card at Qualifying-School (Q-School) in January 2017. He represented Germany along with

Max Hopp Max Hopp (born 20 August 1996) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Hopp reached the final of the 2011 WDF World Cup boys' singles, and won the boys' singles event at the 2012 ...

at the

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, reaching the quarter-finals, before losing to the Dutch pair of

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and

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. In the same year he debuted on a ranking major, playing 2017 European Championship, where he lost to Rob Cross 0–6. He qualified for

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and faced Australian

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in the first round, losting 1–3 on sets. After that he made his first appearance also on 2018 UK Open, making it to the 4th round. Along with Max Hopp he represented Germany in

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and once again they made it to the quarter-finals. For the second time in a row he qualified for 2018 European Championship, where he lost to

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3–6 in the first round. Later on in the year he was a runner-up in

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, in the final he lost 3–6 to

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. Schindler qualified for 2018 Grand Slam of Darts, playing in a group with

Stephen Bunting Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Nicknamed The Bullet, Bunting won the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship and is a twice former Worl ...

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and Scott Mitchell. He lost the first two matches against Bunting and Mitchell, in the last match he defeated Suljovic in the deciding leg. In spite of that, he placed 4th in the group and did not qualify for the second round. He made his debut on 2018 Players Championship Finals, where he lost to

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1–6 in the first round. He finished the season in top 50 of PDC Order of Merit. Via Pro Tour Order of Merit Schindler qualified for

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and faced New Zealand qualifier Cody Harris to whom he lost 2–3 on sets in the first round. In 2019 UK Open he made it to the fifth round, during the year he struggled to qualify for European Tour events, making only two appearances this year and failed to qualify for European Championship. With Hopp they again represented Germany on

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, they lost to Belgium in the second round. Still eligible to play

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Schindler made it to querter-finals of the event, losing to

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. As the runner-up of

he qualified for 2019 Grand Slam of Darts, playing in the group with Michael Smith,

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and

. Unable to win any of the three matches, he was eliminated after the round robin. He faced Michael Smith again in

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and lost in the first round. Despite not qualifying for

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, Schindler was able to secure his Tour card and continued on the professional tour. The season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Martin repeated the fifth round in

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, but was unable to qualify for any other major event this season. He dropped down the rankings and his spot in Germany team for World Cup of Darts was taken by

Gabriel Clemens Gabriel Clemens (born August 16, 1983) is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career In 2017, Clemens made the semi-finals of the 2017 World Masters (darts), World Masters, and missed matc ...

. Schindler made his final appearance on

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, repeating the quarter-finals, where he lost to the later youth world champion,

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. After four years on the tour, Schindler lost his Tour Card after the

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, where he did not qualify. He won his Tour Card immediately back at the 2021 European Q School via the Order of Merit. He made it to the third round of

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, his other big event was

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, to where he qualified via PDC Qualifying Event in November. He played in the group with

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and

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, lost first two matches against Ratajski and Rafferty. He won over Price in the last match, but placed 4th in the group and was eliminated. Schindler secured his first win on 2021 Players Championship Finals, where he defeated Ian White, losing to Price in the second round. Schindler then won the 2021 PDC Europe Super League to qualify for the

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. After two-year break Schindler played

, but lost to fellow German

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0–3 in the first round. In

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he made it to the fifth round, later on he made his debut on two other majors, qualifying for

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and 2022 World Grand Prix. Schindler returned to the Germany squad for 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts and with Clemens by his side they made it to the quarter-finals, where they lost to

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. For the first time since 2018 he qualified for 2022 European Championship.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2018: First round (lost to

1–3) * 2019: First round (lost to Cody Harris 2–3) * 2022: First round (lost to

0–3) * 2023: Third round (lost to Michael Smith 3–4)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schindler, Martin Living people German darts players 1996 births PDC World Cup of Darts German team Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders People from Strausberg Sportspeople from Brandenburg 21st-century German people