Which player became the first woman to win a major StarCraft II tournament at IEM PyeongChang 2018?

Sasha “Scarlett” Hostyn became the first woman to win a major StarCraft II tournament at IEM PyeongChang 2018.

The Canadian Zerg player defeated South Korea’s sOs in the final of the Intel Extreme Masters event. The tournament was held shortly before the 2018 Winter Olympics and was one of the most prominent StarCraft II competitions of that period.

Scarlett’s victory was significant because it came in an open professional field rather than a women-only competition. It made her the first woman to win a major StarCraft II tournament, a milestone widely reported across esports media.

Scarlett is not the same player as Liooon, who later became the first woman to win a Hearthstone Grandmasters Global Finals event. Both victories are important, but they occurred in different games and years.