Michel van der Horst

In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Horst, not Horst.

Michel van der Horst (born 8 April 1975) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events.

Michel van der Horst
Personal information
Nickname	"The Invisible Man"
Born	(1975-04-08) 8 April 1975 (age 50) Deventer, Netherlands
Home town	Deventer, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since	1997
Darts	Grand Slam Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"The Invisible Man" by Queen
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2009–2016, 2017–
PDC	2016–2017
Current world ranking	(BDO) 139
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Last 32: 2015
World Masters	Last 40: 2009
Finder Masters	Quarter-Final: 2013, 2014
PDC premier events – best performances
Grand Slam	Group Stages: 2015

Career

Van der Horst qualified for the 2015 BDO World Championship and played David Cameron of Canada in the preliminary round winning 3–2 in sets, but was beaten 3–1 by Jamie Hughes in the first round.^[1] He qualified for the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts, but lost each of his games against James Wade, Keegan Brown and Mark Webster to finish bottom of Group F.^[2]

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 Rowby-John Rodriguez in the first round to level at 4–4, but was beaten 6–4.^[3]

World Championship results

BDO

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