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A six-game champion came back a year later and reached the final of the tournament

Troy Meyer on Jeopardy!, 2023 and 2024

Six wins is enough to qualify for the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions and not usually enough to win it. Troy Meyer won six games in January 2023, returned for the tournament in March 2024, and reached its final alongside Ben Chan and Yogesh Raut. Raut took the title. Meyer's run through that field is the more interesting half of his record.

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The six-game run

Jeopardy.com reported the end of his streak on 27 January 2023, after six wins. A six-game champion sits comfortably inside the range that qualifies for the Tournament of Champions, the invitational the show runs annually for the season's strongest players.

That is the whole of the regular-season record in the sources used for this page. The show's dispatch is a streak-end note rather than a profile, and it does not carry his winnings total, his occupation or his home city. This page does not supply any of them.

The 2024 Tournament of Champions

On 11 March 2024 Jeopardy.com reported that Ben Chan, Yogesh Raut and Troy Meyer had advanced to the final of that year's Tournament of Champions. The tournament's final stage is played over several games, with the first player to reach three match wins taking the title.

Raut won it, a result confirmed by the show's report of 19 March 2024. Reaching that final means beating a field drawn from an entire season's best champions, most of whom had longer regular-season streaks than six games. It is the strongest documented result of Meyer's Jeopardy! career.

Why the tournament is the real test

A regular-season streak is won against two new challengers each night, one of whom is usually playing their first game of televised quiz. The Tournament of Champions removes that advantage entirely: every opponent is a champion, every opponent knows the buzzer, and the margin of error collapses.

Players who dominate the regular season often go out early in the tournament, and players with modest streaks occasionally go deep. Meyer belongs to the second group, which is the more difficult and less celebrated achievement of the two.

A note on the name

The research record behind this page flags a practical problem: Troy Meyer is a common enough name that search results mix several different people. Anything attributed to a Troy Meyer that does not concern Jeopardy! should be treated as a different person unless a source says otherwise.

This page therefore confines itself strictly to the two Jeopardy.com dispatches. Biographical details circulating elsewhere under the name are not corroborated here, and none of them appears above.

What is documented and what is not

Documented by Jeopardy.com: that his streak ended after six wins, reported on 27 January 2023, and that he advanced to the final of the 2024 Tournament of Champions alongside Ben Chan and Yogesh Raut, reported on 11 March 2024.

Not documented in these sources: his age or date of birth, his occupation, his home city, his total winnings, his result in the tournament final beyond Raut winning it, and anything about him since March 2024. No IQ figure appears anywhere in this file. Given the name clash, the absence of detail here is deliberate rather than accidental.

20232023202320242024MILESTONES IN ORDERON ONE TIMELINE
Troy Meyer — every milestone on this page, in order.
2023
January: wins six consecutive games ofJanuary: wins six consecutive games of Jeopardy!
2023
27 January: Jeopardy.com reports the e27 January: Jeopardy.com reports the end of his six-game streak
2024
11 March: advances to the Tournament o11 March: advances to the Tournament of Champions final with Ben Chan and Yogesh Raut
2024
19 March: Yogesh Raut wins the Tournam19 March: Yogesh Raut wins the Tournament of Champions

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PersonCountryMilestoneAge / Stat
Emma BoettcherUnited StatesEnding James Holzhauer's 32-game Jeopardy! streakAge 27
Jason ZuffranieriUnited StatesA maths teacher from Albuquerque won nineteen games in a row and half a miAge 43
Troy MeyerUnited StatesSix Jeopardy! wins and a place in the 2024 Tournament of Champions final
Cris PannulloUnited StatesWinning 21 consecutive games of Jeopardy!
Ray LalondeCanadaWinning 12 consecutive games of Jeopardy! in December 2022

What is documented — and what is not

✓ Documented

  • Won six consecutive Jeopardy! games; streak ended and reported 27 January 2023
  • Advanced to the 2024 Tournament of Champions final, reported 11 March 2024
  • Reached that final alongside Ben Chan and Yogesh Raut
  • Yogesh Raut won the 2024 tournament

? Unverified, disputed or wrong

  • No age, occupation, home city or winnings total appears in these sources
  • His placing within the tournament final beyond Raut's win is not documented here
  • The name is shared by several public figures; only the Jeopardy! champion is covered on this page

Questions people ask about Troy Meyer

How many Jeopardy! games did Troy Meyer win?

Six consecutive games. Jeopardy.com reported the end of his streak on 27 January 2023.

Did Troy Meyer win the Tournament of Champions?

No. He reached the final of the 2024 tournament alongside Ben Chan and Yogesh Raut. Raut won it.

How old is Troy Meyer?

No age or date of birth appears in any source used for this page.

What does Troy Meyer do for a living?

Neither source used here gives his occupation, and this page does not guess.

Is this the same Troy Meyer as others in the news?

Several public figures share the name. This page covers only the Jeopardy! champion, and nothing attributed to other people of that name is included.

How much did Troy Meyer win?

No winnings total appears in the two dispatches used for this page.

Where is Troy Meyer now?

Nothing in these sources documents anything about him after March 2024.

Is Troy Meyer on Wikipedia?

No standalone English Wikipedia article for the Jeopardy! champion is recorded here.

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Sources

  1. Jeopardy! Champ Troy Meyer's Streak Ends After Six Wins — Jeopardy.com (J!Buzz), 2023-01-27
  2. Ben Chan, Yogesh Raut, and Troy Meyer Advance to 2024 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions Finals — Jeopardy.com (J!Buzz), 2024-03-11

Checked by the Geniuses.club editorial team. Ages are given as of September 2026.

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