Nina Hoekman Explained

Nina Hoekman
Occupation:Dutch draughts player and coach
Birth Name:Nina Georgijevna Jankovskaja
Birth Date:1964 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Zutphen, Netherlands
Spouse: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 Georgijivna Jankovska in Kyiv, 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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.kndb.nl/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1087&Itemid=119 Profile
  2. http://fmjd.org/wcup.html FMJD World Cup
  3. Web site: Nina Hoekman dies. EuropeDraughts.org. 27 June 2014.
  4. http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1021/Meer-sport/article/detail/3679364/2014/06/26/Damster-Nina-Hoekman-49-overleden.dhtml Damster Nina Hoekman (49) overleden
  5. http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1021/Meer-sport/article/detail/3617888/2014/03/18/Ernstig-zieke-Hoekman-verovert-elfde-damtitel.dhtml Ernstig zieke Hoekman verovert elfde damtitel Profile