Zoja Golubeva

Zoja Aleksandrovna Golubeva 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. 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.