Zoja Golubeva

Zoja Aleksandrovna Golubeva (née Sadovskaya; born 30 April 1967) is a Soviet, Belarusian and Latvian draughts player in international draughts.

Career She was Women's World Champion in 1986, 1988, 1990–1992, 1994–2000, 2013, 2015, 2017. She became 16-time champion after winning in 2017; she was also Women's European Champion (2010 and 2012). Zoja Golubeva was also the winner of the International Draughts tournament at the 1st World Mind Sports Games. She is one of the highest ranking women in international draughts.

In 1988, Golubeva married and moved to Latvia. She has a twin, Olga Sadovskaya, who is a Belarusian draughts player.

Sports achievements World Championship Year Host Competition Results 1986 Minsk, Soviet Union Match with Elena Altsjoel (+3=9-0) 1988 Yalta, Soviet Union Match with Olga Levina (+3=7-0) 1989 Rosmalen, Netherlands Tournament 2-3 place (+7=2-2) 1990 Pitsunda, Soviet Union Match with Olga Levina (+4=5-0) 1991 Minsk, Soviet Union Tournament (+6=5-0) 1992 Kyiv, Ukraine Match with Nina Jankovskaja (+3=7-0) 1993 Brunssum, Netherlands Tournament 5 place (+3=6-2) 1994 match not played, title awarded 1995 Bamako, Mali Tournament (+6=7-0) 1996 Vught, Netherlands Match with Karen van Lith (+2-1) 1997 Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland Tournament (+7=6-0) 1999 Yakutsk, Russia Tournament (+4=5-0) Match Zoja Golubeva-Nina Hoekman-Tatiana Teterina (5:4:3) 2000 Zutphen, Netherlands Match with Nina Hoekman (+3 sets, 0 set) 2001 Velp, Netherlands Tournament 11 place (+2=6-1) 2002 Riga, Latvia / Ufa, Russia Match with Tamara Tansykkuzhina (+1 set, -2 set) 2003 Zoutelande, Netherlands Tournament 2 place (+6=6-1) 2005 Latronico, Italia Tournament 7 place (+3=5-3) 2007 Yakutsk Tournament 5 place (+6=6-3) 2010 Ufa Tournament (+3=7-0) 2011 Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine Match with Darya Tkachenko (+1 set, -2 set) 2011 Rovno, Ukraine Tournament 5 place (+3=10-0) 2013 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Tournament (+8=6-1) 2015 Astana, Kazakhstan Match with Tamara Tansykkuzhina (+2=4-0) 2015 Wuhan, China Tournament (+6=8-1) 2017 Tallinn, Estonia Tournament (+6=9-0)