Nina Hoekman
Appearance
Nina Hoekman | |
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Born | Nina Georgijevna Jankovskaja 8 August 1964 |
Died | 26 June 2014 | (aged 49)
Occupation(s) | Dutch draughts player and coach |
Spouse(s) | Henk Hoekman (?-2014, her death) |
Nina Hoekman (8 August 1964 – 26 June 2014) was a Ukrainian-Dutch draughts player and coach.[1] At the 2012 World Mind Sports Games she received a silver medal.[2][3]
Career
Born Nina Georgijevna Jankovskaja in Kiev, 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
She died of breast cancer in Zutphen, aged 49.[3]
References
- ^ Profile Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, KNDB.nl; accessed 17 February 2015.
- ^ FMJD World Cup
- ^ a b "Nina Hoekman dies". EuropeDraughts.org. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ 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.