Peter Machin (darts player)
| Peter Machin | |||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Machine | ||||||||||||
| Born |
1973 Australia | ||||||||||||
| Home town | Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | Earthquake by Labrinth | ||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||
| BDO | 2005- | ||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (BDO) 41 | ||||||||||||
| BDO majors - best performances | |||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 136: 2008 | ||||||||||||
| World Darts Trophy | Runner Up: 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||
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Peter Machin (born 1973) is an Australian darts player who plays for the British Darts Organisation.
Career
Australian Machin started to play darts when he was ten years old - his father Brian is a darts player. With 14 Peter for the first time played on stage in the inaugural Australian Youth Masters and reached the final. 2001 he for the first time played as a senior for South Australia. 2008 he for the first time was nominated for the national team and took part in the Asia-Pacific Cup. He won the singles and was part of the winning 'Australian team. Since 2011 Machin is a permanent member of the national team and took part in several World Cups. 2015 he won the Pacific Masters and the Australian Grand Masters. 2016 he took part in the BDO World Trophy and reached the final where he lost to Darryl Fitton.
Personal life
In 2014 Machin trained to be a darts coach. Peter's wife Debbie is a successful darts player as well.