Gerwyn Price

Gerwyn Price
Price in 2022
Personal information
Nickname	"The Iceman"
Born	(1985-03-07) 7 March 1985 (age 39) Markham, Wales[1]
Darts information
Playing darts since	20
Darts	24g Red Dragon
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Ice Ice Baby" by "Vanilla Ice"
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2014– (Tour Card: 2014-)
Current world ranking	8 1 (31 October 2024)[2]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Winner (1): 2021
World Matchplay	Runner Up: 2022
World Grand Prix	Winner (1): 2020
UK Open	Runner Up: 2017, 2020
Grand Slam	Winner (3): 2018, 2019, 2021
European Ch'ship	Runner Up: 2019
Premier League	Runner Up: 2023
PC Finals	Runner Up: 2019
Masters	Semi Final: 2021
Champions League	Semi Final: 2019
World Series Finals	Winner (2): 2020, 2022
Other tournament wins
PDC World Cup of Darts – (Team event) 2020, 2023 Worthingtons Champion of Champions 2015 European Tour Events Belgian Darts Championship 2020 European Darts Open 2023 Gibraltar Darts Trophy 2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy 2021 International Darts Open 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 Players Championships Players Championship (BAR) 2016, 2019 (x2), 2021, 2022, 2023 (x2) Players Championship (COV) 2016, 2020 Players Championship (DUB) 2019 Players Championship (HIL) 2023 (x2) Players Championship (MK) 2021 Players Championship (NIE) 2020 (x2), 2022 Players Championship (WIG) 2020 World Series of Darts Australian Darts Masters 2024 New Zealand Darts Masters 2022 Nordic Darts Masters 2024
Other achievements
2015: Breaks into the top 64 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time. 2016: Breaks into the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time. 2017: Breaks into the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time. 2018: First Welshman to win a PDC televised major by winning the Grand Slam of Darts. 2018: Breaks into the top 8 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time, being ranked at number 6. 2019: Breaks into the worlds top 4 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time, the first Welsh player to do so, being World number 3. 2021: Becomes first Welshman to win the PDC World Darts Championship and becomes World number 1. 2022: Hits his first nine-dart finish at the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship in his Quarter-final match against Michael Smith. 2022: Hits two nine-dart finishes at the Premier League of Darts Night 3 at the SSE Arena, Belfast. 2022: Hits a record 4th televised nine-dart finish in one year against Danny Noppert in the semi-final of the 2022 World Matchplay.

Gerwyn Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. Nicknamed "The Iceman", he competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), where he is currently the World No. 7. He is a 3-time Grand Slam champion and both a former World Grand Prix champion and a former world champion, becoming the first ever Welshman to win these major titles. As well as this he is a former world No. 1. He is also the current Nordic Darts Masters and Australian Darts Masters champion.

He broke into the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit in 2016 and soon afterwards won his first Pro Tour title. In 2017, he was the runner-up at the UK Open, Price's first major event final, and has also competed in the prestigious Premier League Darts tournament on six occasions. Price took his first major win in controversial fashion at the 2018 Grand Slam of Darts tournament. He retained the title at the 2019 tournament, and won it again in 2021.

Price has also played rugby union for Welsh Premier Division sides Neath and Cross Keys, Pro12 with Glasgow Warriors and rugby league with South Wales Scorpions.^[3]