Roel Boomstra

Roel Boomstra
	Roel Boomstra at the 2015 World championship
Personal information
Born	March 9, 1993 (age 32); Utrecht, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Draughts
Rank	Grandmaster (2011)
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	No. 1 (January 2023)
Personal best	2440 (April 2025, rating)

Last updated September 08, 2025

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

2011 (7th place)
2013 (3rd place)^[3]
2015 (3rd place)
2016 (winner)^[4]
2017 (semifinal group C 5th-6th place)
2018 (winner)
2021 (3rd place)
2022 (winner)^[5]

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

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)

References

↑ 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.

External links

Roel Boomstra profile at KNDB
Roel Boomstra profile at FMJD

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[1] 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)

[NRC-2016-2] Frank Huiskamp (14 December 2016). "Een deur die kraakt, is uit den boze" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad . Retrieved 29 July 2019.

[3] "Results - World Championship Draughts 2013". wdc2013ufa.ru. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[4] "Boomstra (23) verovert wereldtitel dammen". NU (in Dutch). 15 December 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[5] "Boomstra voor derde keer wereldkampioen dammen: 'Geen moment getwijfeld'". NOS (in Dutch). 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

[6] Misset, Robèrt (17 September 2019). "Wereldkampioen dammen Roel Boomstra twijfelt over comeback". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 September 2019.

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Personal information
Roel Boomstra at the 2015 World championship
Born	(1993-03-09) March 9, 1993 (age 32) Utrecht, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Draughts
Rank	Grandmaster (2011)
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	No. 1 (January 2023)
Personal best	2440 (April 2025, rating)