| Jan Groenendijk at the 2015 World Draughts Championship | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 September 1998 Wageningen, Netherlands |
| Sport | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sport | Draughts |
| Rank | Grandmaster (2016) |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Highest world ranking | No. 1 (July 2024) [1] |
| Personal best | 2458 (January 2025, rating) [1] |
Jan Groenendijk (born 7 September 1998) is a Dutch draughts grandmaster and the reigning Draughts World Champion. He is a two-time world champion, winning the title in 2024 and 2025. Groenendijk has won the European Draughts Championship twice, (2022, 2024), [2] the Salou Open (2015), [3] and the Dutch championship four times (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024). [4]