This week, transgender professional darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven of the Netherlands notched the first Professional Darts Corporation Women’s Series title of her career when she defeated Katie Sheldon of Ireland this week at the event in Wigan over the weekend.
PDC Darts announced the major victory on social media and shared a video of the event.
“VICTORY FOR VAN LEUVEN! Noa-Lynn van Leuven clinches her maiden PDC Women’s Series title in Wigan! Van Leuven overcomes some late double trouble to defeat Irish youngster Katie Sheldon in the Event Two final!” PDC Darts said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
VICTORY FOR VAN LEUVEN! 🇳🇱
Noa-Lynn van Leuven clinches her maiden PDC Women's Series title in Wigan! 🏆
Van Leuven overcomes some late double trouble to defeat Irish youngster Katie Sheldon in the Event Two final! pic.twitter.com/fEnlFzMQk3
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) March 23, 2024
The victory comes about a week after beating male competitors in a mixed event.
During an interview earlier this year, PDC Chief Executive Matt Porter made it clear that van Leuven is well within the rules for the PDC, saying that she “complies with, easily, and has done for a long time.”
“She’s more than deserving of her place in the women’s world match play,” he said according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
“I have a letter from the VU University Medical Centre which states that my testosterone level has been under a certain level for the past 12 months,” Van Leuven said in an interview last year.
