Ants Soosõrv (born March 15, 1969 in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

) is an Estonian

renju ''Renju'' (Japanese: 連珠) is a professional variant of gomoku. It was named renju by Japanese journalist Ruikou Kuroiwa (黒岩涙香) on December 6, 1899 in a Japanese newspaper ''Yorozu chouhou'' (萬朝報). The name "renju" comes from th ...

player and coach. As a member of the Estonian team, he won the Team World Renju Championships for two times in 2008 and 2014. Since 2005, Ants Soosõrv had become the general secretary of the

Renju International Federation The Renju International Federation (RIF) is an international organization which was founded in Stockholm, Sweden on August 8, 1988. The main purpose of the federation is to unite all the Renju and gomoku national federations all over the world, or ...

, until he retired in 2022.

Biography

Ants Soosõrv began to play renju in 1987. In the European Renju Championship, he has won one gold medal (2014), two silver medals (2000 and 2012) and two bronze medals (1998, 2006). Ants has taken part in the final stage of the World Renju Championships for five times, getting the 6th place (1993), 10th place (1995), 5th place (1997), 5th place (1999) and the 7th place (2001) separately. As a member of the Estonian team, he has won two gold medals (2008, 2014) and five silver medals (1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010) in the Team World Renju Championships. He was the chief editor of the ''Renju World'' magazine from 1999 to 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Soosõrv, Ants 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Tallinn Estonian Renju players