17-Year-Old Michael van Gerwen Bullying His Sister, But She Takes Revenge
Michael van Gerwen likes to mess around, as all his professional darts colleagues are well aware. We found some footage from back in 2006 when Michael van Gerwen was just 17 years old. A Dutch TV station visited him at home. Watch him teasing his younger sister, but make sure to watch until the end because she does take her revenge.
Michael van Gerwen is known among his colleagues as someone who enjoys a good joke and isn’t shy of a prank. That this has always been a part of him is evident from surfaced footage from 2006 when SBS6 visited his home.
During this visit, his sister was the target, but she got her revenge, as seen in these images.
The footage is 18 years old, showcasing a very young Michael van Gerwen before the professionals in the dart world truly got to know him. Later that year, he would make an impression at the International Darts League by defeating Martin Adams in ‘the most beautiful match ever.’
As the youngest player in the tournament, he overcame the established order in the form of Wolfie with an average of 108.00 against Adams’ 106.80. An unprecedented achievement at that time, where neither player threw a leg with more than 15 arrows.
He also threw a 125-finish via bull’s-eye, single bull, and again bull’s-eye, and came close to a 9-darter. Former world champion Andy Fordham, Darryl Fitton, master caller Martin Fitzmaurice, and many other darts enthusiasts labeled the match, which Michael van Gerwen finished with a stylish 164-finish, as the best game they had ever seen.
It was the same year when Michael van Gerwen and Martin Adams faced each other again in the final of the Winmau World Masters. On the way to the final, the Dutchman had already defeated Robert Wagner (3-2), Darryl Fitton (3-1), and Mark Webster (6-3), while Wolfie had secured victories over Paul Hogan (3-1), Co Stompe (3-1), and Steve Farmer (6-0).
In the final, the two put on another thrilling match, with the 17-year-old emerging victorious once again, becoming the youngest winner of this tournament in the BDO.
During the Masters of Darts, he demonstrated his class as a 17-year-old in the tournament where the PDC and BDO faced off. There, he faced men like Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld, but they too had to acknowledge his skill. The Power suffered a 170-finish and a 10-darter before witnessing the match end in style with a 164-finish from the kid with the spiky hair from Vlijmen.
In the duel with Raymond van Barneveld, he stepped up a gear, achieving the youngest 9-darter ever thrown on live television.