Roel Boomstra

Roel Boomstra (born 9 March 1993) is a Dutch draughts player and former world champion. He won the Draughts World Championship match in 2016, 2018 and 2022.^[1] 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 Utrecht.^[2]

World championship

Boomstra did not participate in the 2019 World Draughts Championship, because he decided to focus on his studies in physics.^[6]

^ WKDammen2021. "Roel Boomstra captures third world title". World Title Match Draughts (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Frank Huiskamp (14 December 2016). "Een deur die kraakt, is uit den boze" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
^ "Results - World Championship Draughts 2013". wdc2013ufa.ru. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Boomstra (23) verovert wereldtitel dammen". NU (in Dutch). 15 December 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ "Boomstra voor derde keer wereldkampioen dammen: 'Geen moment getwijfeld'". NOS (in Dutch). 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
^ Misset, Robèrt (17 September 2019). "Wereldkampioen dammen Roel Boomstra twijfelt over comeback". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 September 2019.

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