Harm Wiersma
Harm Wiersma (born 13 May 1953 in
MP
.
Biography
In draughts he won his first
Dutch championship
in 1972, but had been known in the field since age 14. His first world champion title took place in 1976 and his last occurred in 1984. He continued to be important in the game and won the European championship in 1999. He has also written on draughts.
His political career was short and troubled. He was strongly impressed with
House of Representatives in the following year, 2003, due to difficulties in his municipality. (See LPF article
for other difficulties that might have played a role) This exit, combined with his being a draughts player, has led to the pun that he is a "Dutch politician with a checkered past."
Bibliography
- (in Dutch) Dam Miniaturen (1977), book about draughts
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harm Wiersma.
- ^ Elke dag weer simultaan op het Binnenhof Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, de Volkskrant, 5 October 2002
External links
- Pictures, several are of him
- Checkers record site
- Harm Wiersma's website
- (in Dutch) Parlement.com biography
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