Background
Her father, Vadim Levin, is a poet and translator, an author of numerous books for children.
Her father, Vadim Levin, is a poet and translator, an author of numerous books for children.
Levina is a Kharkiv University alumnus. Olga Levina started her professional career as a Russian draughts player but once having, in 10th grade, reached a Master"s level, the highest possible in this variant of draughts, has switched to International draughts. In 1986 she was awarded an International Grandmaster title.
She clinched World championship title three more times, in 1987, 1989 and 1993.
In 1995 Olga Levina emigrated to Israel and settled in Haifa. The same year she participated for the last time in the World championships.
After realizing that the Israeli sports authorities cannot provide her with the kind of support she was used to in the Soviet Union, she decided to retire.