Nina Hoekman
Appearance
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Born | Nina Georgijevna Jankovskaja 8 August 1964 |
Died | 26 June 2014 | (aged 49)
Occupation(s) | Dutchdraughtsplayer and coach |
Spouse(s) | Henk Hoekman (?-2014, her death) |
Nina Hoekman(8 August 1964 – 26 June 2014) was a Ukrainian-Dutchdraughtsplayer and coach.[1]At the2012 World Mind Sports Gamesshe received a silver medal.[2][3]
Career
[edit]BornNina Georgijivna JankovskainKyiv,Hoekman moved to the Netherlands in 1995, and later married Dutch draughts player Henk Hoekman.[4]She became Dutch draughts champion 11 times, winning her last title in March 2014 when she was in a wheelchair and not able to move the pieces herself because of her illness.[5]
Death
[edit]She died of breast cancer inZutphen,aged 49.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ProfileArchived2013-12-03 at theWayback Machine,KNDB.nl; accessed 17 February 2015.
- ^FMJD World Cup
- ^ab"Nina Hoekman dies".EuropeDraughts.org.Retrieved27 June2014.
- ^Damster Nina Hoekman (49) overleden,Algemeen Dagblad(in Dutch);accessed 17 February 2015.
- ^Ernstig zieke Hoekman verovert elfde damtitel Profile,Algemeen Dagblad(in Dutch);accessed 17 February 2015.