Michel van der Horst (born 8 April 1975) is a Dutch professional

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player who currently playing in

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events.

Career

Van der Horst qualified for the 2015 BDO World Championship and played David Cameron of

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in the preliminary round winning 3–2 in sets, but was beaten 3–1 by Jamie Hughes in the first round. He qualified for the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts, but lost each of his games against James Wade,

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and Mark Webster to finish bottom of Group F. Van der Horst switched to the PDC in 2016 and played in his first European Tour event at the European Darts Matchplay and recovered from 4–1 down to

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in the first round to level at 4–4, but was beaten 6–4.

World Championship results

BDO

* 2015: First round (lost to Jamie Hughes 1–3)

External links

Michel van der Horst's profile and stats on Darts Database

References

1975 births Living people Dutch darts players British Darts Organisation players Sportspeople from Deventer 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-darts-bio-stub