1. Gerwyn Price was born on 7 March 1985 and is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player.
36 Facts About Gerwyn Price
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Gerwyn Price competes in Professional Darts Corporation events, where he is currently ranked world number twelve; he was ranked world number one on three occasions from 2021 to 2022.
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Gerwyn Price has won two PDC World Cups representing Wales alongside Jonny Clayton.
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Gerwyn Price has won three World Series of Darts titles.
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Gerwyn Price has won a total of forty PDC titles in his professional career.
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Gerwyn Price broke into the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit in 2016 and soon afterwards won his first Pro Tour title.
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Gerwyn Price finished as runner-up in his first major final at the 2017 UK Open.
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Gerwyn Price won his first major title at the 2018 Grand Slam of Darts, a tournament he would win again a year later in 2019.
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Gerwyn Price defeated Gary Anderson in the 2021 World Championship final to become the first Welsh PDC World Champion.
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Gerwyn Price has played rugby union for Welsh Premier Division sides Neath and Cross Keys, Pro12 with Glasgow Warriors and rugby league with South Wales Scorpions.
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Gerwyn Price played as a hooker for Welsh Premier Division sides Neath and Cross Keys as well as rugby league with South Wales Scorpions and Blackwood Bulldogs where he was capped by Wales Dragonhearts.
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Gerwyn Price had a short spell at Pro12 side Glasgow Warriors as injury cover for their first choice players.
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Gerwyn Price ended his rugby career in 2014 in order to concentrate on playing darts full-time.
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Gerwyn Price began playing darts for his local side Markham Welfare, before playing in the Super League for Aberbargoed.
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Welsh darts professional Barrie Bates advised him to enter Qualifying School to join the Professional Darts Corporation in January 2014 and Gerwyn Price was successful in the second event.
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Gerwyn Price twice reached the last 16 stage of Players Championship events during the first half of 2014, losing to Michael van Gerwen and Stephen Bunting.
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Gerwyn Price was ranked 20th on the Order of Merit afterwards.
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Van Gerwen won the first two sets but then Gerwyn Price won seven legs in a row to go two sets all and ahead in the fifth set.
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Gerwyn Price had set darts in the fifth set, but failed to take them.
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Gerwyn Price started to show some consistency in the televised majors in 2018, reaching the quarter-finals of the Masters, UK Open, World Grand Prix and European Championship.
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In January 2019, Gerwyn Price was hit with a record fine by the Darts Regulation Authority due to his actions at the 2018 Grand Slam of Darts.
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In October 2019, Gerwyn Price reached the final of the European Championship beating Ted Evetts, Nathan Aspinall, Vincent van der Voort and Michael Smith on the way.
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Gerwyn Price then reached the final of the Players Championship Finals, where he was the top seed due to his performances on the Pro Tour.
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Gerwyn Price went into the 2021 World Championship as third seed.
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Gerwyn Price became the first Welshman ever to win the PDC world championship, although Leighton Rees, Richie Burnett, Mark Webster and Wayne Warren had previously won the BDO version of the championship.
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At the World Matchplay, Gerwyn Price made it to his first final at the tournament, hitting a nine-darter against Danny Noppert along the way.
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Gerwyn Price bounced back following his world championship defeat by winning back-to-back European Tour titles at the European Darts Open and the International Darts Open.
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On 1 February, the PDC announced that Gerwyn Price withdrew from the 2024 Masters due to family reasons.
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On 26 June, the PDC announced that Gerwyn Price had been ruled out of the 2024 PDC World Cup of Darts as he was dealing with health issues, meaning he was unable to defend the 2023 title he won with Jonny Clayton.
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In November, Gerwyn Price failed to qualify for the Grand Slam of Darts after being eliminated in the qualifier by Mickey Mansell, missing the event for the first time since 2015.
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Gerwyn Price's run to the final included eliminating reigning world champion Luke Littler in the quarter-finals.
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On 16 February 2022, Gerwyn Price announced on Instagram his debut boxing fight which was scheduled for 9 April 2022 against Rhys Evans at Valley Tavern, Blackwood, Wales.
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Gerwyn Price called out YouTuber-turned-professional boxer Jake Paul to a fight after claiming he could knock Paul out with one single punch.
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In 2010, Gerwyn Price was punched outside a pub in Bargoed, causing an injury which required 42 stitches to his forehead and five to his chin, as well as suffering a brain haemorrhage and nerve damage to an eyebrow.
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Gerwyn Price received a suspended jail sentence for assaulting Body on the same evening.
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Gerwyn Price called on his own followers to report the troll, and said that he wanted the culprit "kicked off of Twitter".