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# Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's individual cross country

The men's individual cross country event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. It was the second appearance of this event. The competition was held on Monday, August 23, 1920. Forty-seven runners from 12 nations competed.

## Records

The course was about 8 kilometers long, shorter than the previous Olympic cross-country race and a distance still widely competed in at the collegiate level. The records for 8-kilometer cross country race individual times were as follows:
| World record | |
| Olympic record | N/A |

## Results

The first three runners for each nation to finish in this event were also counted towards the cross country team result.
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Paavo Nurmi (FIN) | 27:15.0 |
| 2 | Eric Backman (SWE) | 27:17.6 |
| 3 | Heikki Liimatainen (FIN) | 27:37.0 |
| 4 | James Wilson (GBR) | 27:45.2 |
| 5 | Anton Hegarty (GBR) | 27:57.0 |
| 6 | Teodor Koskenniemi (FIN) | 27:57.2 |
| 7 | Julien Van Campenhout (BEL) | 28:00.0 |
| 8 | Gaston Heuet (FRA) | 28:10.0 |
| 9 | Patrick Flynn (USA) | 28:12.0 |
| 10 | Gustaf Mattsson (SWE) | 28:16.0 |
| 11 | Hilding Ekman (SWE) | 28:17.0 |
| 12 | Alfred Nichols (GBR) | 28:20.0 |
| 13 | Werner Magnusson (SWE) | |
| 14 | Ilmari Vesamaa (FIN) | |
| 15 | Fred Faller (USA) | |
| 16 | Max Bohland (USA) | |
| 17 | Gustave Lauvaux (FRA) | |
| 18 | Eino Rastas (FIN) | |
| 19 | Christopher Vose (GBR) | |
| 20 | Albert Andersen (DEN) | |
| 21 | Joseph Servella (FRA) | |
| 22 | Walter Freeman (GBR) | |
| 23 | Hannes Miettinen (FIN) | |
| 24 | Lars Hedwall (SWE) | |
| 25 | Julio Domínguez (ESP) | |
| 26 | Larry Cummins (GBR) | |
| 27 | Henrik Sørensen (DEN) | |
| 28 | Jón Jónsen (DEN) | |
| 29 | Tommy Town (CAN) | |
| 30 | Knut Alm (SWE) | |
| 31 | Edmond Brossard (FRA) | |
| 32 | Edmond Bimont (FRA) | |
| 33 | Henri Smets (BEL) | |
| 34 | Lewis Watson (USA) | |
| 35 | Julius Ebert (DEN) | |
| 36 | Aimé Proot (BEL) | |
| 37 | François Vyncke (BEL) | |
| 38 | Alexandros Kranis (GRE) | |
| 39 | Panagiotis Trivoulidas (GRE) | |
| 40 | Bob Crawford (USA) | |
| 41 | Pierre Trullemans (BEL) | |
| 42 | Émile Rivez (BEL) | |
| — | Even Vengshoel (NOR) | DNF |
| — | Joseph Guillemot (FRA) | DNF |
| — | Artur Nielsen (DEN) | DNF |
| — | Len Richardson (RSA) | DNF |
| — | Amisoli Patasoni (USA) | DNF |
# Fraser Hornby

Fraser David Ingham Hornby (born 13 September 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for German 2. Bundesliga club Darmstadt 98. Born in England, he has represented Scotland at youth level.

## Club career

Hornby joined Everton in September 2014, signing from Northampton Town for an initial fee of £65,500. On 6 December 2017, Hornby was named in Everton's first team squad for the Europa League match away to Apollon Limassol. A day later, he made his first-team debut, starting and playing 82 minutes in a 3–0 win.
Hornby was loaned to Belgian club Kortrijk in August 2019. On 25 September 2019, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win over RFC Seraing in the Belgian Cup.
On 1 July 2020, Hornby joined Ligue 1 side Reims for an undisclosed fee.
On 1 February 2021, Hornby joined Aberdeen on loan for the rest of the season.
On 28 July 2022, Hornby was loaned to Oostende in Belgium, with an option to buy.
On 5 July 2023, Hornby signed a four-year contract with German club Darmstadt 98, newly promoted to the top-tier Bundesliga.

## International career

Hornby has played for Scotland at the under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels. He scored a hat-trick for the under-21 team in a 3–0 win against Andorra on 6 September 2018, and then scored both goals in a 2–1 win against the Netherlands on 11 September. By scoring a hat-trick against San Marino on 13 October 2020, Hornby became the record goalscorer for the Scotland under-21 team (with 10).
Selected for the Scotland under-21 squad in the 2018 Toulon Tournament, the team lost to Turkey in a penalty-out and finished fourth.

## Personal life

He is the younger brother of former Northampton Town midfielder Lewis Hornby.

## Career statistics

    As of 21 May 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Everton | 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Everton | 2018–19 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Everton | 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Everton | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kortrijk (loan) | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| Reims | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Aberdeen (loan) | 2020–21 | Scottish Premiership | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 5 |
* ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

## Honours

Everton U23s
* Premier League Cup: 2018–19
# Lyevaya Lyasnaya

The Lyevaya Lyasnaya (Belarusian: Левая Лясная) is a river in western Belarus. At its confluence with the Pravaya Lyasnaya near Kamyanyets, the Lyasnaya is formed. The Lyasnaya is a right-bank tributary of the Bug River northwest of Brest. The average discharge at the mouth of 3.6 m$^3$. The average slope of water surface 0.5 ‰.
The Lyevaya Lyasnaya flows through Pruzhany Raion and Kamenets Raion areas of Brest Voblast of Belarus.
The river flows through: Mylnisk, Kamyanyets, Vuglyany.
Tributaries: Leśna Prawa, Wishnia.
# Pulwa

Pulwa (Belarusian: Пульва - Pul'va) is a river of Poland and Belarus, a tributary of the Bug River. Its source is near the village Werpol, eastern Poland. It crosses the Belarusian border, flows through the towns Vysokaye, Aharodniki and Voŭčyn, and joins the Bug near Stavy, on the border with Poland.
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# Ryta

The Ryta (Belarusian: Рыта) is a river in Belarus, a left tributary of the Mukhavets.

## Etymology

Possible etymology, the name of the river Ryta derived from lithuanian/baltic word "rytas", meaning "morning";
Previously, the source of the river was Lake Krymne (51°34′21″N 23°58′56″E﻿ / ﻿51.5724°N 23.9821°E﻿ / 51.5724; 23.9821) in the Volyn region of Ukraine; however, after reclamation work, the source of the river is now located at the village of Sushytnitsa. The river flows through the territory of the Malorita, Brest and Zhabinka districts of the Brest region. The length is 62 km, the basin area is 1730 km$^2$. It discharges into the Mukhavets near the village of Lytvyny.
Part of the flow goes to Lukovskoe reservoir. The main tributary is Malorita. A drain of many ameliorative canals also occurs in the river.
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# Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 18, 1920, and on Friday, August 20, 1920. Sixteen runners from six nations competed.

## Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 9:49.8(*) | Jonas Ternström | Malmö (SWE) | July 4, 1914 |
| Olympic Record | 10:47.8(**) | Arthur Russell | London (GBR) | July 22, 1908 |
(*) unofficial (**) Race held over 3200 metres; equivalent time for 3000 metres is 10:08.0.
Michael Devaney won the first ever Olympic 3000 metre steeplechase race in 10:23.0. In the third heat, Percy Hodge set a new record with 10:17.4. In the final, Hodge set a new Olympic record with 10:00.4 minutes.

## Results
### Semifinals

Semifinal 1
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | Michael Devaney (USA) | 10:23.0 | Q OR |
| 2 | Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA) | 10:33.6 | Q |
| 3 | Oskari Rissanen (FIN) | 11:07.5 | Q |
| 4 | Edmond Brossard (FRA) | | |
Semifinal 2
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | Patrick Flynn (USA) | 10:36.0 | Q |
| 2 | Lars Hedwall (SWE) | 10:43.5 | Q |
| 3 | Ray Watson (USA) | 10:49.0 | Q |
| 4 | Robert Geyer (FRA) | 11:11.9 | |
Semifinal 3
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
| 1 | Percy Hodge (GBR) | 10:17.4 | Q OR |
| 2 | Gustaf Mattsson (SWE) | 10:22.6 | Q |
| 3 | Albert Hulsebosch (USA) | 10:26.8 | Q |
| 4 | Ilmari Vesamaa (FIN) | 10:32.2 | |
| 5 | Frédéric Langrenay (FRA) | 10:39.8 | |
| 6 | Georges Guillon (FRA) | 10:44.3 | |
| — | Carlo Martinenghi (ITA) | DNF | |
| — | Josef Holsner (SWE) | DNF | |

### Final

The final was held on Friday, August 20, 1920.
| Place | Athlete | Time |
| 1 | Percy Hodge (GBR) | 10:00.4 OR |
| 2 | Patrick Flynn (USA) | 10:21.1 |
| 3 | Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA) | 10:32.0 |
| 4 | Gustaf Mattsson (SWE) | 10:32.1 |
| 5 | Michael Devaney (USA) | 10:34.3 |
| 6 | Albert Hulsebosch (USA) | 10:37.7 |
| 7 | Lars Hedwall (SWE) | 10:42.2 |
| 8 | Ray Watson (USA) | 10:50.3 |
| — | Oskari Rissanen (FIN) | DNS |
# Boghuma Kabisen Titanji

Boghuma Kabisen Titanji is a Cameroonian medical doctor and clinical researcher. She is an expert on HIV drug resistant viruses and an Associate Professor at Emory University.

## Early life and education

Titanji was born in Cameroon. She received her MSc and DTM&H in Tropical Medicine and International Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in 2010 and a PhD in Infectious Diseases studying HIV-1 cell-to-cell spread and Antiretroviral therapy drug resistance from University College London in 2014.

## Career

Titanji's work focuses on the mechanisms of HIV transmission and antiretroviral drug resistance. She joined Emory University School of Medicine in 2016 as an internal medicine resident and now serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine's Division of Infectious Diseases.
In May 2012, she gave a TED Talk on the ethics of medical research in Africa.

## Recognition and awards

* 2023: Winner of the Health Care Innovator/Research Award; Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2023 Health Care Heroes programme.
* 2014: Named one of the BBC 100 Women for her work on the advancement of ethically sound research
* 2012: Titanji was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship

## Selected publications

* Titanji, Boghuma Kabisen; Pillay, Deenan; Jolly, Clare (1 April 2017). "Combination antiretroviral therapy and cell–cell spread of wild-type and drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus-1". Journal of General Virology. 98 (4): 821–834. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.000728. ISSN 0022-1317. PMC 5657029. PMID 28141491.
* Titanji, Boghuma Kabisen; Aasa-Chapman, Marlen; Pillay, Deenan; Jolly, Clare (December 2013). "Protease inhibitors effectively block cell-to-cell spread of HIV-1 between T cells". Retrovirology. 10 (1): 161. doi:10.1186/1742-4690-10-161. ISSN 1742-4690. PMC 3877983. PMID 24364896.
# Odła

Odła (Belarusian: Одла - Odla) is a river of Poland and Belarus, a tributary of the Svislach. Its source is near the village Zubrzyca Mała in eastern Poland. It crosses the border with Belarus, and flows into the Svislach near the village Pachobuty, Byerastavitsa District.
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# Šalčia

The Šalčia (Belarusian: Шальча, romanized: Shalcha) is a river in Lithuania. It originates in a region located to the east of Šalčininkai and runs for 76 km before flowing into the Merkys near Valkininkai.
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# 2001 Dutch Figure Skating Championships

The 2001 Dutch Figure Skating Championships took place between 4 and 6 January 2001 in Eindhoven. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing.

## Senior results
### Men

| Rank | Name | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Thomas Hopman | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Karen Venhuizen | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Marion Krijgsman | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Angelika Naaktgeboren | 5.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Sylvana Herrero | 6.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Selma Duijn | 6.5 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Martine Zuiderwijk | 9.0 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Angelique Lew | 11.0 | 8 | 7 |
| WD | Jessica Li | | 7 | |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | TFP | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD |
| 1 | Marie-Louise Gijtenbeek / Xander Gijtenbeek | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
# Sergey Blazhko

Sergey Nikolayevich Blazhko (Russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Блажко́; November 17, 1870, Khotsimsk – February 11, 1956, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet astronomer, a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1929). He was a graduate of Moscow State University and held a number of positions there including head of the Moscow Observatory from 1920-1931. He discovered a secondary variation of the amplitude and period of some RR Lyrae stars and related pulsating variables, now known as the Blazhko effect.

## Awards and honours

* Laureate of the Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (1951)
* Orders of Lenin (1944, 1953)
* Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (1940, 1945)
* Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1946)
Crater on the Moon and asteroid No. 2445 are named after Blazhko.
# William Harben

William Nathaniel Harben (5 July 1858 – 7 August 1919) was an American writer active in the early 20th century. He specialized in stories about the people of the mountains of Northern Georgia. He was sometimes credited as Will N. Harben or Will Harben.

## Early life

Harben was born in 1858 in Dalton, Georgia to a rich family. He grew up to be a merchant in that same town. At age 30, Harben started writing stories.
His father Nathaniel Parks Harben was a prominent southern abolitionist who served as a spy for the Union and later a scout for General Sherman. His family was forced to flee to the north when William was a small child, eventually returning to Dalton during reconstruction.

## Career

In 1889, Harben wrote his first bestseller, White Marie, a story of a white girl raised in slavery in the American South. After the publication of this novel, he moved his family to New York City.
Harben's next novel, Almost Persuaded (1890), was a religious novel. The novel gained enough attention that Queen Victoria requested a copy of it. Harben then published Mute Confessor (1892), a romantic novel, and Land of the Changing Sun (1894), a science fiction novel. He also produced three detective novels during this decade.
Harben achieved his greatest literary success with Northern Georgia Sketches (1900), a collection of short stories about Georgia "hillbillies". He became a protegee and friend of William Dean Howells. Two of his memorable characters were mountaineers Abner Daniel and Pole Baker, rustic philosophers and comedic characters.
Harben died in New York City in 1919 at age 61.

## Works

* White Marie: A Story of Georgia Plantation (1889)
* Almost Persuaded (1890)
* A Mute Confessor: The Romance of a Southern Town (1892)
* In the Year Ten Thousand (1892)
* The Land of the Changing Sun (1894)
* The Carruthers Affair (1898)
* The North Walk Mystery (1899)
* Northern Georgia Sketches (1900)
* Westerfelt (1901)
* The Woman who Trusted: A Story of Literary Life in New York (1901)
* Abner Daniel (1902)
* The Substitute (1903)
* The Georgians: A Novel (1904)
* Pole Baker: A Novel (1905)
* Ann Boyd (1906)
* Mam' Linda: A Novel (1907)
* Gilbert Neal: A Novel (1908)
* The Redemption of Kenneth Galt (1909)
* Dixie Hart (1910)
* The Fruit of Desire (1910)
* Jane Dawson: A Novel (1911)
* Nobody's (1911)
* Paul Rundel: A Novel (1912)
* The Desired Woman (1913) (1913 novel and screenplay for 1918 film)
* The New Clarion: A Novel (1914)
* The Inner Law (1915)
* Second Choice: A Romance (1916)
* The Triumph (1917)
* The Hills of Refuge (1918)
* The Cottage of Delight (1919)
* The Divine Event (1920)
* Love Never Dies (screenplay for 1921 film)
# Myareya

The Myareya (Belarusian: Мярэя), alternative transliteration Miareja, or Mereya (Russian: Мерея) is a river in Belarus and Russia. It is a left tributary of the Dnieper. It is 67 kilometres long, runs in a north-north east direction, and partly runs along the border of the two countries.
# Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls

The Women's quadruple sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place are at Dorney Lake which, for the purposes of the Games venue, is officially termed Eton Dorney.

## Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday, 28 July 2012 | 09:50 | Heats |
| Monday, 30 July 2012 | 09:40 | Repechage |
| Wednesday, 1 August 2012 | 10:20 | Final B |
| Wednesday, 1 August 2012 | 12:10 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

First team of each heat qualify to the final, remainder goes to the repechage.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Thiele, Bär, Richter, Oppelt | Germany | 6:13.62 | Q |
| 2 | Dell, Kohler, Kalmoe, Martelli | United States | 6:15.76 | R |
| 3 | Soćko, Leszczyńska, Lewandowska, Madaj | Poland | 6:21.44 | R |
| 4 | Tang, Tian, Jin, Zhang | China | 6:24.32 | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovhodko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova, Yana Dementyeva | Ukraine | 6:14.82 | Q |
| 2 | Faletic, Hore, Frasca, Clay | Australia | 6:17.52 | R |
| 3 | Gray, Trappitt, Bourke, MacFarlane | New Zealand | 6:20.22 | R |
| 4 | Wilson, Flood, Houghton, Rodford | Great Britain | 6:20.71 | R |

### Repechage

First four qualify to the final.
| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Faletic, Hore, Frasca, Clay | Australia | 6:18.80 | Q |
| 2 | Dell, Kohler, Kalmoe, Martelli | United States | 6:19.49 | Q |
| 3 | Wilson, Flood, Houghton, Rodford | Great Britain | 6:21.65 | Q |
| 4 | Tang, Tian, Jin, Zhang | China | 6:21.98 | Q |
| 5 | Soćko, Leszczyńska, Lewandowska, Madaj | Poland | 6:23.19 | |
| 6 | Gray, Trappitt, Bourke, MacFarlane | New Zealand | 6:48.71 | "caught a crab" |

### Finals

Note: Strong headwinds

#### Final B

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gray, Trappitt, Bourke, MacFarlane | New Zealand | 6:56.46 | |
| 2 | Soćko, Leszczyńska, Lewandowska, Madaj | Poland | 6:57.20 | |

#### Final A

| Rank | Rowers | Country | Time |
| | Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovhodko, Anastasiya Kozhenkova, Yana Dementyeva | Ukraine | 6:35.93 |
| | Annekatrin Thiele, Carina Bär, Julia Richter, Britta Oppelt | Germany | 6:38.09 |
| | Natalie Dell, Kara Kohler, Megan Kalmoe, Adrienne Martelli | United States | 6:40.63 |
| 4 | Faletic, Hore, Frasca, Clay | Australia | 6:41.67 |
| 5 | Tang, Tian, Jin, Zhang | China | 6:44.19 |
| 6 | Wilson, Flood, Houghton, Rodford | Great Britain | 6:51.54 |
# Horki, Brest region

Horki (Belarusian: Горкі, Russian: Горки Gorki, Polish: Górki) is a village in Zhabinka District, Brest Region, Belarus.
52°16′23″N 23°58′18″E﻿ / ﻿52.2731°N 23.9717°E﻿ / 52.2731; 23.9717
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# Ian Barrows

Ian Barrows (born January 14, 1995) is an American sailor. He competed in the 49er event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal with Hans Henken. He was the 2017 College Sailor of the Year and a four-time collegiate All-American sailor while a member of the Yale Bulldogs sailing team. Barrows currently works as an assistant coach for the Charleston Cougars sailing team.
Barrows' elder brother, Thomas Barrows III, is also an Olympian sailor, having competed in the 2008 and 2012 games.
# Robert Hansen Jr.

Robert Hansen Jr. (born 13 March 2004) is a professional Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

## AFL career

Hansen was recruited by North Melbourne with the 2nd overall selection in the 2023 mid-season rookie draft.
Hansen debuted for North Melbourne in round 20 of the 2023 AFL season in a 5-point loss to West Coast.

## Statistics

    Statistics are correct to the end of 2024
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T |
| 2023 | North Melbourne | 46 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | North Melbourne | 46 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 8.5 | 1.7 | 0.7 |
| Career | Career | Career | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 11 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
# Sergei Tarnowsky

Sergei Vladimirovich Tarnowsky (also spelled Sergei Tarnovsky; Russian: Серге́й Владимирович Тарновский; 3 November 1883 – 22 March 1976) was a Russian, Soviet and American pianist and teacher.

## Biography

Tarnowsky was born in Kharkiv (then the capital of the Kharkov Governorate). Visiting musicians often visited the family home and Sergei showed an interest in the piano at an early age. At the age of eight he studied privately with Henryk Bobiński [pl], a graduate of the Warsaw Conservatory. At age 19 he commenced studies with Anna Yesipova at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. The director of the Conservatory was Alexander Glazunov, whose adopted daughter Tarnowsky later married. On graduation, Tarnowsky received a gold medal and the Anton Rubinstein Prize.
He went to teach at Odesa, where he appeared as soloist under Vasily Safonov. Safonov was so impressed that he arranged for Tarnowsky to appear with the Berlin Philharmonic in a program of three works for piano and orchestra - concertos by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, and a Fantasy by Arensky. He then toured other European cities.
In Rome, he performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1, after which he was congratulated by Cosima Wagner, who was in the audience.
In between concert tours, Tarnowsky worked at the Mariinsky Theatre with Albert Coates. He then become piano professor at the Kiev Conservatory, where he taught Vladimir Horowitz and was his only teacher from the years 1914 to 1919 (Horowitz was 11 years old when he first entered Tarnowsky's class and 16 when he left to study with Felix Blumenfeld). His other students at Kiev included Alexander Uninsky, Vladimir Yampolsky and Anatole Kitain. Tarnowsky married Glazunov's adopted daughter Elena in Leningrad on February 18, 1928, and they moved to Paris. They emigrated to the United States in 1930. In 1933, he joined the DePaul University School of Music in Chicago and appeared in concert with artists such as Nathan Milstein, William Primrose, Raya Garbousova and Maria Kurenko. He recorded an album of Tchaikovsky songs with Kurenko.
In 1938, Tarnowsky became a naturalized United States citizen with the help of his colleague at DePaul University School of Music, Richard Czerwonky, who signed as a witness on the paperwork. Tarnowsky later married one of his pupils, Maxine Matlavish, and they settled in California, where from the 1940s until his death he was one of the most sought-after piano teachers. Among the many pianists he taught during his years in Southern California is the Cuban virtuoso Horacio Gutiérrez, who Tarnowsky claimed was the biggest pianistic talent he had encountered since Vladimir Horowitz.
Other students included Rebecca Anna Lou Melson, who subsequently married William Kapell (she is now known as Anna Lou Dehavenon), and Madeleine Stowe, who gave music up to become an actress when Tarnowsky died.