| Trina Gulliver MBE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Catrina Elizabeth Gulliver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Golden Girl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1969-11-30)30 November 1969 (age 55) Leamington Spa,Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 25g Winmau Signature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "You Sexy Thing" byHot Chocolate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (seesplit in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 1993–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2004–2005, 2021– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 1993–2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Winner (10):2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2010,2011,2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Winner (6):2000,2002,2003,2004,2005,2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Winner (1): 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finder Masters | Winner (1): 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dutch Open | Winner (5): 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desert Classic | (Women's)Winner (2):2004,2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WSDT major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 16:2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 20:2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 16:2022,2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Champions | Quarter-final:2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| She has the highest 3-dart average in the Women's World Championship; 95.96 v Clare Bywaters in 2006. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catrina Elizabeth GulliverMBE (born 30 November 1969) is an English professionaldarts player. She is a 10-timeBritish Darts Organisation (BDO)Women's World Champion. NicknamedGolden Girl, she was named as the 2003BBC Midlands Sports Personality of the Year.[1]
The daughter ofpublicans, Gulliver was born in Warneford Hospital inLeamington Spa, and started playing darts at the age of two at her parents pub inSoutham,Warwickshire.[2]
She trained as acarpenter and joiner, and later taught carpentry and joinery atMid-Warwickshire College,Leamington Spa.
From the introduction of the BDO Women's World Championship, which Gulliver won in 2001, she remained undefeated in the competition through to 2007, until her defeat in the 2008 Championship byAnastasia Dobromyslova.[3] During this undefeated run Gulliver beatFrancis Hoenselaar of theNetherlands to win the title on five occasions. Gulliver has the top three highest winning three dart averages in the Women's World Championship, all of which are higher than 90.[3]
During the 2008 tournament Trina stated on many occasions that she was not happy with the prize money and the game length compared to the men's competition. In 2008 the women's champion only received £6,000, whereas the men's champion wins £95,000 and the male competition is first to seven sets whereas the women's is first to two. Despite this she did not enter the inaugural (and thus so far only) PDC Women's World Championship in 2010, that offered higher prize money than the BDO version.
Gulliver was beaten in the 2009 World Championship Final by close friend Hoenselaar.[3] In 2010 Gulliver defeated Hoenselaar,Deta Hedman andRhian Edwards all 2–0 to become World Champion for the first time since 2007.[3] In 2011 Gulliver defeated Wendy Weinstadtler, Irene Armstrong and Rhian Edwards all 2–0 to successfully defend the Women's World Championship.[3]
Gulliver won the women'sBritish Penathlon eight times.[4] She also played in the men's event on several occasions, with a best finish of 12th (out of 20 entrants) in the 2001 edition.[5]
Gulliver has been sponsored by the leading Global Darts BrandWinmau for over 10 Years, and in 2003 was named as theBBC MidlandsSports Personality of the Year.[1]
She was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to darts and to charitable fundraising.[6]
She went on to win theBDO World Darts Championship one more time in2016.[3]
In March 2023, 'Trina' was gifted the World Championship trophy, to act as its custodian after being bought at auction by Peter Turrell of Leisure Promotions, sponsor of the World Senior Darts, at their event in Blackpool.[7]
Gulliver married Paul Gulliver in 1994, after nine years together, and they lived inSoutham, but divorced in 2005 after eleven years of marriage.[8]
After the break up of her marriage, Gulliver became a secretalcoholic and used to drink four bottles of wine a night. She has spoken about her alcoholism and stated that, "I was lucky to survive".[9]
Gullivercame out as gay after her divorce, although she kept it a secret from her family because she felt that she was going to "lose my sponsors, friends and whether my family would understand".[10] She then lived inCheddar,Somerset until 2017 with her England ladies' darts colleague Sue Gulliver. They signed a registered partnership in July 2010. As of 19 September 2022, her website stated she is "Married to Nicole van Gils".[11]
Gulliver's mother Muriel died on 5 January 2012, two days before the start of the BDO World Darts Championship. Trina still took part in the competition, at the request of her mother before she died.
2008 saw the publication of her autobiography,Golden Girl: The Autobiography of the Greatest Ever Ladies' Darts Player, which chronicles her ongoing rivalry with ladies' darts superstar and former OlympianCrissy Manley, wife of PDC playerPeter Manley.[8]
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