Episode 2803
Luke Littler
Sat, 2025-Jan-04 02:42 UTC
Length - 2:37
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With 316,702 views on Friday, 3 January 2025 our article of the day is Luke Littler.
Luke Littler (born 21 January 2007) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently the World No. 2. He is the reigning World Champion after winning the 2025 World Championship, and is the youngest ever World Darts champion, at 17 years old. Littler has won 11 senior PDC titles, and is the reigning Premier League, Grand Slam and World Series Finals champion. Littler has also won 2 World Series of Darts titles, and the 2023 PDC World Youth Championship.
Having played BDO and WDF events since he was 12, Littler won his first senior title at the age of 14 and competed in the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, becoming the youngest player to ever win a match at a WDF World Darts Championship. Having qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship through his placement on the PDC Development Tour, Littler became the youngest player to ever win a match at a PDC World Darts Championship. A 66/1 outsider prior to the tournament, Littler defeated six opponents, including former world champions Raymond van Barneveld and Rob Cross enroute to the final, where he was defeated by Luke Humphries. However, Littler then won the following year, defeating Michael van Gerwen.
Littler is the youngest-ever player to hit a televised nine-dart finish and the youngest to hit 2 televised nine-darters; the first one at the 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters aged 16, and the second in the 2024 Premier League Darts final aged 17. Littler is also the youngest-ever player to hit a broadcast nine-darter, having achieved the feat at the age of 14 in 2021. Littler was named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2024 and runner-up BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024, behind Keely Hodgkinson. His sudden success in darts at the age of 16 led to an increase in the sport's popularity, a phenomenon dubbed Littlermania.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:42 UTC on Saturday, 4 January 2025.
For the full current version of the article, see Luke Littler on Wikipedia.
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