David Písek

David Písek (born 2 July 1997), nicknamed Šterk, is a Czech darts player and a member of the team Mustang Knínice.

David Písek
Personal information
NicknameŠtěrk, Darts Dawe
Born (1997-07-02) July 2, 1997
Czech Republic
Home townÚsobrno
Czech Republic
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
DartsHarrows Ice 18g
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music„Youŕe the Best Around" by Joe Esposito

Career

David started playing at the age of 13. Originally, he was playing football, but after one match he tried darts in a local restaurant and got interested in it. He started to play tournaments around Brno, gaining experience from the lowest darts competitions. The most of his achievements came from playing soft-tip darts.

In 2013 and 2014 he became the National junior champion in soft-tip darts. He also took part in the famous English tournament Winmau, where he finished 17th overall. In 2018 and 2019 he became the European championship with the Czech republic team. In the darts game cricket he made it to the final, but lost.

In steel darts he is double National junior champion from 2014 and 2015. In 2018 he became the National champion in doubles with Michal Kočík. In the same year, he appeared in the exhibition Prague Darts Masters, where he paired Michael van Gerwen and together they finished second.[1] In 2019 he won doubles on Czech Cup with Filip Maňák.

In 2020 he took part in PDC European Q-school, making it in last 64 on Day 3. In other tournaments he finished in last 512, last 256 and last 128. After that, he was very close to qualifying for the first PDC European Tour tournament in 2020, but lost to Benjamin Pratnemer in the final of the qualification 4–6. In April 2020 he became one of the ten players of newly found 2020 Tipsport Premier League.[2]

References

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