Salou Open

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Salou Open is a yearly international draughts tournament. The tournament has been organized since 1998 in the second half of May in the resort of Salou, Spain.

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Winners

YearGoldSilverBronze
1998 Flag of Belarus.svg Anatoli Gantvarg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Andrew Tjon a Ong Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wim Vrijland
1999 Flag of Belarus.svg Evgeni Vatutin Flag of the United States.svg Iser Koeperman Flag of the Netherlands.svg Klaas Bor
2000 Flag of Belarus.svg Anatoli Gantvarg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nina Hoekman Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eric van Dusseldorp
2001 Flag of Belarus.svg Anatoli Gantvarg Flag of Russia.svg Anatoli Chulkov Flag of the Netherlands.svg Henk Kalk
2002 Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Shvartsman Flag of Latvia.svg Guntis Valneris Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Chizhov
2003 Flag of Latvia.svg Guntis Valneris Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kees Thijssen, Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Kalinov and Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nina Hoekman
2004 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kees Thijssen Flag of Russia.svg Murodoullo Amrillaev Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Milshin
2005 Flag of Latvia.svg Guntis Valneris Flag of Latvia.svg Viesturs Tomass Flag of Belarus.svg Anatoli Gantvarg
2006 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kees Thijssen Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuri Anikeev Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuriy Lagoda
2007 Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Getmanski Flag of Belarus.svg Anatoli Gantvarg Flag of Russia.svg Rinat Ishimbaev
2008 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martin Dolfing Flag of Latvia.svg Guntis Valneris Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuri Anikeev
2009 Flag of Latvia.svg Guntis Valneris Flag of Belarus.svg Anatoli Gantvarg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Alexander Baljakin
2010 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Alexander Baljakin Flag of Russia.svg Murodoullo Amrillaev Flag of Belarus.svg Anatoli Gantvarg
2011 Flag of Latvia.svg Guntis Valneris Flag of the Netherlands.svg Alexander Baljakin Flag of Russia.svg Nikolai Gulyaev
2012 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roel Boomstra Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Georgiev Flag of Latvia.svg Guntis Valneris
2013 Flag of Russia.svg Gavril Kolesov Flag of Belarus.svg Anatoli Gantvarg Flag of Russia.svg Murodoullo Amrillaev
2014 Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Georgiev Flag of Belarus.svg Anatoli Gantvarg Flag of Latvia.svg Guntis Valneris
2015 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Groenendijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roel Boomstra Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Georgiev
2016 Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Georgiev Flag of Russia.svg Ainur Shaibakov Flag of Belarus.svg Evgeni Vatutin
2017 [1] Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Georgiev Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Trofimov Flag of Ukraine.svg Artem Ivanov
2018 [2] Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Georgiev Flag of Belarus.svg Anatoli Gantvarg Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Schwarzman
2019 [3] Flag of Belarus.svg Anatoli Gantvarg Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Schwarzman Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Georgiev
2022 [4] FMJD Alexander Schwarzman Flag of Lithuania.svg Aleksej Domchev Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hein Meijer
2023 [5] FMJD Anatoli Gantvarg Flag of Israel.svg Alexander Schwarzman Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hein Meijer
2024 [6] Flag of Israel.svg Alexander Schwarzman Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuri Anikeev Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuri Lagoda

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