Michal Kočík

Michal Kočík (born 14 March 1979) is a Czech professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who played in World Darts Federation (WDF), Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and soft-tip international events. He has represented his country two times at the PDC World Cup of Darts. He was a three-time Czech Darts Champion.

Michal Kočík
Personal information
Nickname	"Kočátor"
Born	(1979-03-14) 14 March 1979 (age 45) Brno, Czechoslovakia
Home town	Brno, Czech Republic
Darts information
Playing darts since	1997
Darts	23g Unicorn
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Svaz českých bohémů" by Wohnout
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2011–2012
PDC	2013–2019
WDF	2011–2012
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 64: 2011, 2012
Other tournament wins
Austrian Open 2011 Czech Ch'ship 2011 Czech Ch'ship (soft-tip) 2010, 2011

Career

He got into darts for the first time in 1997, when a friend took him to a pub where darts were played. Michal was so fascinated by this sport that within 14 days he had his own target at home. And he started throwing regularly. As he was studying at the time, he said he had plenty of time to training. Kočík spent 10 years played at the soft-tip competitions. In 2009, he advanced to the final at the Czech Championship at soft-tip dartboards. A year later, he already won the same championship and finished at third place in the steel-tip singles competition.^[1]

2011 was clearly the most successful year in Kočík's career. He won both national championships (soft-tip and steel-tip) and also reigned supreme in the overall ranking of the Czech Cup. His form and growing confidence as a player was also reflected in foreign World Darts Federation tournaments. He advanced to the semi-finals in the Polish Open and he won the Austrian Open, defeated Boris Krcmar in the final match by 2–0 in sets. Winning this tournament guaranteed him entry into the 2011 Winmau World Masters. He advanced to the third round by defeated Jerry Hendriks and Glen Rosberg on his way. In the third round, he lost to Christian Kist by 0–3 in sets. A year later, at the 2012 Winmau World Masters, he repeated this result. However, it was his last participation in these tournament.^[2]

In 2013, he played again in the Polish Open, where he managed to defeated Tony O'Shea and Darryl Fitton. Finally, he end this tournament at the quarter-finals, where he lost to Jeffrey de Graaf. In 2015, he was invited to participate in the 2015 PDC World Cup of Darts as a Czech Republic representative together with Pavel Jirkal. They lost in the first round match against Mensur Suljović and Rowby-John Rodriguez from Austria by 2–5 in legs.^[3] He got another chance to play in the Professional Darts Corporation tournament during 2016 PDC World Cup of Darts. This time he represented his country together with Pavel Drtíl. They ended their participation in the first round, lost to Yuanjun Liu and Wenge Xie from China, by 3–5 in legs.^[4]

Performance timeline

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters	3R	3R	DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup of Darts	NH	DNQ			1R	1R

References

1. "Michal Kočík". iam180.sk. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
2. "Michal Kočík". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
3. "PDC World Cup 2015". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
4. "Čeští šipkaři na Čínu nestačili, favorit z Anglie se pořádně nadřel!". nova.cz. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2022.