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# Is this the greatest sportsman in the world?
## Every sports fan will have their candidate to be the greatest, but how
about the man from Stoke who is a 15-time world champion.
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Professional darts player, Phil 'The Power' Taylor, is one of the most
successful individual sportmans of all time, having won more than 150
professional tournaments and a record 15 World Championships.
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