Amit Gilitwala (born 11 October 1995) is an Indian professional

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(PDC) events. He is an Indian Champion and first player from India who played at the PDC World Youth Championship. He represented his country during the

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. His biggest achievement to date was a start in the

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Career

In 2011, Gilitwala won the Indian Championship just a few months after he started playing darts, by beating

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in the final by a 4–3 scoreline in legs. In the same year, he took part in the

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, competing in the youth competitions. In the singles competition, he was eliminated in the group-stage, after two losses against Jake Jones and

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. In the mixed pairs competition he played for

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with Amita-Rani Ahir, but they lost in the group-stage. A year later, he was selected by the national federation to represent India during the

. In the pairs and team competition he was eliminated, taking the last place in the group. In the singles competition, he was eliminated in the group-stage. In 2014, Gilitwala took part in the PDC Development Tour competition and qualified for the 2014 PDC World Youth Championship. In the first round match, he lost to Jake Patchett by 0–6 in legs. In June 2014, he represented his home country at the 2014 PDC World Cup of Darts together with Nitin Kumar. In the first round match they competed against Belgium (

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), but lost by 0–5 in legs. After a longer break with international starts, Gilitwala took part in the PDC Q-School in 2018, but was not successful there. In 2021, he was nominated by Indian Darts Federation for the

. In the first round match, he lost to Steve West by 0–3 in sets. He played an average over 80 points, but had problem on the doubles.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2021: First round (lost to Steve West 0–3) (sets)

Performance timeline

References

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