Nina Hoekman
Nina Hoekman | |
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Born |
Nina Georgijevna Jankovskaja 8 August 1964 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Died |
26 June 2014 49) Zutphen, Netherlands | (aged
Occupation | Dutch draughts player and coach |
Spouse(s) | Henk Hoekman (19??-2014; her death) |
Nina Hoekman (8 August 1964 – 26 June 2014) was a 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, KNDB.nl; accessed 17 February 2015.
- ↑ FMJD World Cup
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Nina Hoekman dies". EuropeDraughts.org. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ↑ Damster Nina Hoekman (49) overleden, Algemeen Dagblad (Dutch); accessed 17 February 2015.
- ↑ Ernstig zieke Hoekman verovert elfde damtitel Profile, Algemeen Dagblad (Dutch); accessed 17 February 2015.