Viktoriya Leontyivna Motrichko ( uk, Вікторія Леонтіївна Мотричко; born in

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) is a Ukrainian

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player, an International Grandmaster since 2005. She was the

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in 2007 and the winner of the

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in 2008.

Junior career

Viktoriya Motrichko started playing draughts at the age of 10 and currently specializes in draughts-64 (

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and Brazilian versions). In these two variants she won numerous World and European junior championships starting 2002 when she became World and European champion among mini-cadets. In the following years she won 9 more European and 6 more World titles.

Senior career

2005-2008

In 2005 Motrichko won senior Ukrainian championship in

. The same year she took a silver medal at the senior World championships in

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with the same result as the champion, Elena Miskova from

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. In 2006 she won the Ukrainian championship in

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. Viktoriya's best results came in 2007 and 2008. First, being only 18 years old, she won the first World Women Championships in Brazilian draughts in

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(Poland),List of winners and medalists at the World championships in draughts-64
at the Web site of

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Section-64 . and the next year she took the gold medal in Russian checkers at the

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while defeating Miskova in the final barrage. In 2008 she also became World junior vice-champion in International draughts.WK Girls Nidzica 2008
in the Tournament database of the Dutch Draughts Federation.

2009-2010

In 2009 Motrichko added a third senior World championships medal to her collection, winning a bronze at the World Russian checkers championship in

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(

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), and in 2010 she became a silver medalist at the European senior championships in

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. In 2010 she also won her second Ukrainian title in Russian checkers.

References

External links

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Profile
in the Tournament database of the Dutch Draughts Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:Motrichko, Viktoriya Ukrainian draughts players Players of Brazilian draughts Players of Russian draughts 1989 births Living people