Gian van Veen
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Van Veen at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts | |||||||||||||
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| Nickname | The Giant | ||||||||||||
| Born | 23 April 2002 Poederoijen, Netherlands | ||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Darts | 21g Red Dragon | ||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Astronomia" by Tony Igy & Vicetone "Losse Pols" by Donnie, Marco Schuitmaker, Russo and LA$$A | ||||||||||||
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| PDC | 2022– (Tour Card: 2023–) | ||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 23 (19 June 2025) | ||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 64: 2025 | ||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||||||
| UK Open | Quarter Final: 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Quarter Final: 2024 | ||||||||||||
| European Championship | Semi Final: 2023 | ||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 32: 2023 | ||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||||||
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Players Championships
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-three. Nicknamed "the Giant", Van Veen made his first major semi-final at the 2023 European Championship. He won his first ranking PDC title at 2025 Players Championship 6. He also won on the PDC's secondary tour, at 2022 Challenge Tour 12.
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.