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Personal Bio
Dyson Parody is a Gibraltarian darts player. Born in Gibraltar on the 7th of August 1984 to darts enthusiasts. Dyson lives in Gibraltar and represents his country at international darts tournaments with fellow Gibraltarian darts player, Dylan Duo.

Career
Dyson is no stranger to the international field having competed to gain his Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Pro Tour Card and represented Gibraltar at many tournaments. By the age of 13 Dyson was representing his country on the international circuit at the European Cup, the first attended by the Gibraltar Youth Darts Players. His father, Harry was the coach of the team at the time and Dyson was the national champion. At the tournament he achieved two bronze medals and Best Youngest Player trophy from the World Darts Federation. In 2009, Dyson played as a professional for the first time in the PDC Stan James event held in Gibraltar. Dyson's most memorable moment in professional darts is when he played in the UK Open 2009 live on Sky. Dyson qualified for the event from a field of 2,000 players to be spectated by a crowd of 10,000. Dyson has a long term goal to qualify into the Top 32 and his ambition is to meet Phil "The Power" Taylor and take his crown of World #1. Dyson Parody is the current #1 in Gibraltar.

PDC
Dyson qualified for the 2010 PDC Pro Tour Card after playing a number of years at the UK Open and PDPA Players Championship.

Parody has represented Gibraltar with Dylan Duo in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 4-5 by Denmark in the first round, with Duo missing two darts for the match. Parody and Duo were beat 6-4 in the 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts by Russia.

Dyson is currently ranked 87th in the PDC Order of Merit. Parody was defeated 4-3 in the 2nd Round of the 2012 UK Open by Klaasen. This was seen as a better challenge than Parody's 6-1 loss in the 2009 UK Open against John McGowan.

Dyson Parody has featured in PDPA tournaments. Most recently in 2012 Parody got into stages with the Last 128 of the Players Championships. In 2011, he lost 6-3 to Wes Newton.

Local
Dyson is the number one seed on the Rock, a title he has previously held in the 06/07 and 08/09 seasons. He currently plays for local side Glacis Sports Injury Clinic in the Gibraltar Darts Association league. The team finished 3rd in the league for the 2011/2012 season. Dyson Parody is the first Gibraltarian to have won the Gibraltar Open and was the first Gibraltarian to play a live televised match.

2011/2012 Season
Dyson is the confirmed number one seed in Gibraltar. His team finished 3rd in the league but Dyson himself has accomplished tournament wins.

Dyson won the Pedresa 180 Cup for scoring a total of 49 180s throughout the season. He also won the Joe Goldwin Classic defeating Dylan Duo 6-3. It was this tournament that cemented Parody's place as No. 1 seed and also Duo's as No. 2.

On 17 March 2012 he reached the final of the Kronenbourg 1664 Gibraltar Open IX, defeating Dylan Duo 4-2.

2012/2013 Season
Dyson got the 2012/2013 season off to a flying start with a 3-1 win over Justin Broton after defeating Dylan Duo to the same score. Parody beat local darts player, Francis Taylor 3-0 in the Quarter Finals whilst Broton defeated Darran Laker 3-1 for his position in the Final.