Nina Hoekman

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]

Nina Hoekman
Born	Nina Georgijevna Jankovskaja (1964-08-08)8 August 1964 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	26 June 2014(2014-06-26) (aged 49) Zutphen, Netherlands
Occupation(s)	Dutch draughts player and coach
Spouse(s)	Henk Hoekman (?-2014, her death)

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]