Peter Machin (darts player)

Peter Machin (born 30 August 1973) is an Australian professional darts player who plays for the World Darts Federation tournaments.

Peter Machin
Personal information
NicknameMachie
Born (1973-08-30) 30 August 1973
Adelaide, Australia
Home townAdelaide
Darts information
Playing darts since1983
Darts23 Gram
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Earthquake" by Labrinth Ft. Tinie Tempah
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2005-2020
WDF2005-
Current world ranking(WDF) 48 23 (13 December 2020)[1]
BDO majors – best performances
World MastersLast 136: 2008
World Darts TrophyWinner (1) 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
Grand SlamGroup Stage: 2017
Other tournament wins
Australian Grand Masters 2015
Murray Bridge Grand Prix 2016
NDDA Open 2010
Pacific Masters 2015
South Australian Open 2015
Van Diemen Classic 2014
West Coast Classic 2020

Career

Australian Machin started to play darts when he was ten years old - his father Brian is a darts player. When 14 Peter for the first time played on stage in the inaugural Australian Youth Masters and reached the final. 2001 he for the first time played as a senior for South Australia. 2008 he for the first time was nominated for the national team and took part in the Asia-Pacific Cup. He won the singles and was part of the winning Australian team. Since 2011 Machin is a permanent member of the national team and took part in several World Cups. 2015 he won the Pacific Masters and the Australian Grand Masters. 2016 he took part in the BDO World Trophy and reached the final where he lost to Darryl Fitton. 2017 he winner in the BDO World Trophy beating to Martin Phillips.

Personal life

In 2014 Machin trained to be a darts coach. Peter's wife Debbie is a successful darts player as well.

  1. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
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