Jan Groenendijk (draughts player)
Groenendijk at the 2015 World 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]
World championship
- 2015 (2nd place)
- 2016 match (2nd place)
- 2017 (7th place in semifinal B)
- 2019 (4th place)[5]
- 2021 (4th place)
- 2023 (2nd place)[6]
- 2024 match (1st place)
- 2025 (1st place)[7]
European championship
- 2012 (26th place)
- 2014 (9th place)
- 2018 (11th place)
- 2022 (1st place)
- 2024 (1st place)
References
- ^ a b "Groenendijk Jan". FMJD.org. Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "XXI European Championship". FMJD.org. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ^ "Salou Open - 2015". KNDB.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 12 January 2026. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ "Nederlands Kampioenschap Algemeen KNDB 2024". KNDB.nl (in Dutch).
- ^ "Worldchampionship Yamoussoukro 2019". KNDB.nl (in Dutch).
- ^ "World Championship 2023". FMJD.org. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "World Championship 2025". FMJD.org.
External links
- Jan Groenendijk at the World Draughts Federation (FMJD)
- Jan Groenendijk at the Koninklijke Nederlandse Dambond (KNDB) (in Dutch)
- Jan Groenendijk at TeamNL (in Dutch)
- Jan Groenendijk on Instagram