Roel Boomstra (born 9 March 1993) is a Dutch

draughts Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; Commonwealth English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve forward movements of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. ...

player and former world champion. He won the

Draughts World Championship The Draughts World Championship is the world championship in international draughts and is held every two years. In the even year following the tournament, the World Title match takes place. The men's championship began in 1885 in France and since ...

match in

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and 2022. In 2014 Boomstra won the Draughts European Championship. He also won the Dutch championship twice (2012, 2015). Boomstra holds the title of International Grandmaster. He was born in

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World championship

* 2011 (7th place) *

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(3rd place) * 2015 (3rd place) * 2016 (winner) * 2017 (semifinal group C 5th-6th place) * 2018 (winner) * 2021 (3rd place) * 2022 (winner) Boomstra did not participate in the

2019 World Draughts Championship The 2019 World Draughts Championship at the international draughts was held from September 15 to October 3, 2019, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast under the auspices International Draughts Federation FMJD. Twenty players competed in the tournament, ...

, because he decided to focus on his studies in physics.

European championship

* 2006 (63rd place) * 2010 (8th place) * 2012 (12th place) * 2014 (1 place) * 2016 (2 place)

Netherlands championship

* 2009 (3rd place) * 2010 (2nd place) * 2011 (2nd place) * 2012 (1st place) * 2013 (5th place) * 2014 (2nd place) * 2015 (1st place) * 2018 (2nd place)

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Roel Boomstra
profile at KNDB
Roel Boomstra
profile at FMJD 1993 births Living people Dutch draughts players Players of international draughts Sportspeople from Utrecht (city) 21st-century Dutch people {{Board-game-stub