Michael Rasztovits Explained

Michael Rasztovits
Nickname:"Rasto"
Birth Date:16 February 1984
Birth Place:Oberpullendorf, Austria
Hometown:Oberpullendorf, Austria
Since:2005
Darts:23g
Laterality:Right-handed
Music:"Freaks" by Timmy Trumpet and Savage
Pdc:2011–
Pdc World:Preliminary Round: 2016
Uk Open:Last 64: 2018

Michael Rasztovits (born 16 February 1984), nicknamed "Rasto", is an Austrian darts player.

Career

Since 2011, Rasztovits has taken part in PDC events. He has played in Qualifying School from 2013 onwards but has never won enough games to win a PDC Tour Card. He took part in the 2014, 2015 and 2016 qualifiers for the UK Open but didn't manage to qualify.

Rasztovits qualified for the 2016 PDC World Darts Championship after defeating Boris Krčmar in the Final of the Eastern Europe Qualifier.[1] He was beaten 2–0 by Rob Szabo in the preliminary round.[2] He won a match at a European Tour event for the first time when he knocked out 1996 BDO world champion Steve Beaton 6–4 at the 2016 Gibraltar Darts Trophy.[3] Rasztovits was defeated by a reversal of this scoreline in the second round by Kim Huybrechts.[4]

World Championship results

PDC

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Five More International Qualifiers Secured. 17 November 2015. PDC.tv. 3 January 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151223055955/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1wicnfqw1m5o11651l530v2cch/title/five-more-international-qualifiers-secured. 23 December 2015.
  2. Web site: William Hill World Championship Day Four. 20 December 2015. PDC.tv. 3 January 2016.
  3. Web site: Gurney Dominates Opening Day In Gibraltar . . 28 December 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170111044150/http://www.pdc.tv/european-tour/article/1xgqrw006fet51nt0092wkifv6/title/peperami-gibraltar-darts-trophy-day-one . 11 January 2017 .
  4. Web site: Dyson Cleans Up Day Two In Gibraltar . . 28 December 2016.