Vitalia Doumesh ( lv, Vitālija Dumeša; born April 29, 1965,

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) is a Dutch

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player ( International draughts,

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and Turkish draughts). She won championships in the

(1983, 1989, 1990, 1991) and the

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(1997, 2015, 2017). Women's International grandmaster (GMIF).

Biography

Doumesh lived and worked as a software engineer in Latvian capital

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

during the 80s . Since 1995 she has lived in the

(

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), She is a teacher at

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, translator from Dutch, Russian and English.

Sports achievements

International draughts

World Championship

* 1997 (6 place)) * 1999 (15 place) * 2003 (7 place) * 2005 (7 place) * 2007 (11 place) * 2011 (11 place) *

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(7 place) *

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(10 place)

European Championship

* 2002 (4 place) * 2004 (12 place) * 2006 (9 place) * 2008 (13 place) * 2000 (8 place) * 2012 (23 place) * 2014 (15 place) *

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(14 place) * 2018 (10 place) * 2022 (12 place) * 2024 (15 place)

English draughts

World Championship

* 2013 (4 place) * 2014 (2 place) * 2016 (5 place)

Turkish draughts

World Championship

* 2014 (35 place and 3 place in the team classification)Чемпионат мира по международным шашкам (быстрые), по турецким шашкам. Измир (Турция), 22-24.10.2014
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References

External links

World Championship Women 1973 - 2011Pfofile

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