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Nickname | Darth Maple | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
June 29, 1966 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town |
Oshawa, Ontario Canada |
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Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darts | 23g Cosmo Darts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music |
The Imperial March (Darth Vader's theme from Star Wars) |
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Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BDO | 1993–1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 1997– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 145 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BDO majors - best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Winner 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Last 16: 1995, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Darts Trophy | Last 16: 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Int. Darts League | Last 32 Group: 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Winner 2003, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Runner-up: 2002, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Runner-up: 2002, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Quarter-final: 2007, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premier League | 6th: 2005, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Desert Classic | Winner 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Runner-up: 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open/WSoD | Semi-final: 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players Ch'ship Finals | Last 16: 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Tour Events
Players Championships
UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers
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Other achievements | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Number 1 January to June 2003 |
European Tour Events
Players Championships
UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers
PDC World Number 1 January to June 2003
Achieved a nine dart finish in the 2011 World Matchplay
Member of Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame
Member of National Darts Federation of Canada Hall of Fame
John Part (born June 29, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian professional darts player and commentator, who is nicknamed Darth Maple. Part is a three-times World Champion, having triumphed in the BDO World Championship in 1994 and the PDC World Championship in 2003 and 2008. Along with these victories, his 2006 Las Vegas Desert Classic title and a host of other tournament wins make him statistically North America's greatest darts player ever. In 2017, he was inducted into the PDC Hall of Fame for his achievements.
Part was given a dartboard by his parents as a Christmas present in 1987 and has played the sport ever since. Though television coverage of darts in Canada is rare and live coverage is almost non-existent, Part was still able to view the World Professional Darts Championship and the World Masters, where he would learn his game from some of the most famous champions in the sport, particularly Bob Anderson. Little is known of Part's formative darts years, but he won his first significant title at the Syracuse Open in 1991 and became a professional in the same year. It is assumed he had great success in the North American circuit as he was soon representing Canada in the WDF World Cup. Part has stated that he was 'produced as a darts player by the North American game', and that his experiences playing against some of the greatest North American players of the time gave him the capability of winning world championships.