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A rising star in Romanian professional esports: Iulia “Yushia” Boldor on taking on League of Legends tournaments

March 12, 2025

Iulia Boldor, better known as Yushia, is a women’s trailblazer in the traditionally male esports world. The rising industry has found room for female representation in recent years, and the 22-year-old Romanian is at the forefront of its most popular gaming competitions, the League of Legends professional tournaments, as part of the French esports organization Team Vitality.

A Cluj-Napoca native, Iulia, graduated from an art high school specializing in architecture and completed a...

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