| Gian van Veen | |||||||||||
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 van Veen at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Nickname | The Giant | ||||||||||
| Born | 23 April 2002[1] Poederoijen, Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Home town | Poederoijen, Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2015 | ||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Losse Pols" by Donnie, Marco Schuitmaker, Russo and LA$$A | ||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||
| PDC | 2022– (Tour Card 2023–) | ||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 27  (11 February 2025)[2] | ||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2025 | ||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 16: 2024 | ||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Quarter Final: 2024 | ||||||||||
| European Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2023 | ||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 32: 2023 | ||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||
Youth events
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Gian van Veen (born 23 April 2002) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-seven. Van Veen made his first major semi-final at the 2023 European Championship and reached his second major quarter-final at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts. He has finished as the runner-up at 3 PDC ranking events.
In his youth career, van Veen won the 2024 PDC World Youth Championship and nine PDC Development Tours, making him one of the most successful players in the history of the PDC's youth system.
- ^ "Gian van Veen – Mastercaller".
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.