Mike Gregory

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mike Gregory
Occupation	Darts Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 16, 1956(1956-12-16)
Age	68
Birthplace	Bath
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Mike Gregory Biography

Mike Gregory is one of the most popular and richest Darts Player who was born on December 16, 1956 in Bath, England, United Kingdom. Michael Seward Gregory, a retired English professional darts player was born 16 December 1956 in Bath. He lost to Phil Taylor in a match that is considered one of the most memorable.

Gregory was eliminated at the quarter-final stage in the World Championship in 1989, 1993 and 1993. In 1990, he lost to Eric Bristow in the semi-finals. His only final appearance was in 1992 when he lost a thrilling match to Taylor 5-6. He missed six darts to win the title, two for double 20, double 8, and double 10, and the match ended in a sudden-death leg. This occurs when both sets and legs reach 5-5. This was the first time that this happened in the World Championship’s fourteen-year history. The match is frequently mentioned in discussions about greatest darts matches ever played. Taylor still considers this his greatest match. Gregory won the bull-off to be the first to throw in the decider. However, Taylor had a bounce out on his first turn which secured the win. Gregory became the last man to lose a World Championship final after he had darts at twice to win. This was until Mark McGeeney made it happen in 2018.

Mike Gregory was a controversial figure in a dispute which threatened darts during 1992–93. Darts had enjoyed a boom-and-bust period during the 1980s and 1990s. At first, sponsors and television companies could not get enough of the game with many major tournaments appearing on the screens. Despite the number of tournaments, the game had a poor image in the eyes of many – players were allowed to smoke and drink alcohol on stage during matches. The decision of ITV to scrap their World of Sport programme after September 1985 was the first serious blow, as the programme had covered darts on a regular basis. In the summer of 1988, both the BBC and ITV decided in quick succession to axe all their coverage of darts from the start of 1989, with the exception of the World Championship on the BBC. This massive slump in television coverage, combined with the poor image of darts to sponsors, made it very difficult for professional dart players to make a living from the sport.

The last BDO tournament in which the “rebel” players competed was the Finland Open in April 1993. Gregory’s return to the BDO was in time for the 1994 British Open, which was staged on New Year’s Day, and he reached the semi- finals. He was not able to compete at the Embassy World Darts Championship in 1994, as the tournament draw had been made before he decided to return to the BDO. Later in 1994, he won the Norway Open and Belgian Open.

He was not a World Champion but he did win many titles on televised television, including the 1984 Unipart British Professional (beating Jocky Wilson) and the 1986 MFI World Matchplay. He also became one of seven players to win the News of the World Darts Championship twice in 1987 and 1988, joining Tom Barrett (1963/64, 1964/65) as well as Eric Bristow (1983, 1984) as the only players to do so in consecutive years.

Mike Gregory Net Worth

Mike Gregory is one of the richest Darts Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike Gregory 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gregory was a top-ranked player from the mid-1980s to the early 90s. He was seeded in top four at the World Championships seven times – but he never won the World title.

He was able to beat John Lowe in the semi finals of the 1983 British Open, where he was runner-up behind Eric Bristow. This was his major breakthrough. In the final of the World Masters tournament that year, he lost to Bristow again. He made his World Championship debut in 1984, reaching the quarter- finals. However, he lost heavily to Jocky Wilson (0-5).

The top 16 players including all the former World Champions stuck together in the WDC and Gregory won their first ever tournament, the 1992 Lada UK Masters which was televised regionally on Anglia Television, with Gregory defeating Dennis Priestley in the final. The players planned to wear WDC logos on their sleeves during the 1993 World Championship as a show of solidarity – but the governing body, the British Darts Organisation (BDO) told the players to remove them. Later in the tournament, the WDC players issued a statement, saying that they would only participate in the 1994 World Championship, if it came under the auspices of the WDC, and that they only recognised the WDC as having the authority to sanction their participation in darts tournaments worldwide.

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After Gregory’s Unipart European Masters triumph, his form quickly faded. He suffered first round defeats in each of his next three appearances in the BDO World Championship at Lakeside – in 1996, 1997 and 1999. Since 1999, Gregory has failed to qualify for the competition. Other than a quarter-final appearance at the 2001 Welsh Open and a defeat to Davy Richardson in the final of the 2003 Scottish Open, he has not featured in the latter stages of Open events since 1999, and he no longer competes on the darts circuit, with his last appearance at a major WDF event being the 2005 Scottish Open when he reached the last 16.

Facts & Trivia

Mike Ranked on the list of most popular Darts Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Mike Gregory celebrates birthday on December 16 of every year.