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Kifisias Avenue

Kifisias Avenue () is one of the longest and busiest avenues in the Greater Athens area, Greece, containing the headquarters of many Greek and foreign companies and organizations.

Description 
The total length of the Kifisias Avenue is about 20 km, beginning 4 km northeast of downtown Athens and ending by the municipal boundary of Nea Erythraia north of Kifisia. The number of lanes is three, up to Kifisia, then two through Kifissia, before it turns to a one lane (per direction) road for the rest of its length. The avenue begins at the intersection of Alexandras and Mesogeion Avenues, and then intersects with Katechaki Avenue, three roads to Neo Psychiko and Filothei as well as to the Athens Olympic Stadium. It also has a circular interchange with the Attiki Odos and other interchanges with roads to Vrilissia, Marousi and Tatoiou Avenue. The avenue passes near a forest park in Marousi, called Anavryta. The avenue has a bus lane for a significant section of its length, close to its start.

Together with Kallirois Avenue, Andrea Syngrou Avenue, Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue and Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, it forms a north to south corridor for the Greater Athens area. It is a significant commercial street and office space is in considerable demand with many key Greek companies based there. Along Kifisias Avenue, and more specifically in Psychico area many embassies and consulates are located including that of Albania, Israel, Cameroon, Kuwait, New Zealand, South Africa, South Korean, Ukraine, Palestine, North Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand and Tunisia.

Places
Downtown Athens
Psychiko
Neo Psychiko
Filothei
Marousi
Kifisia

References

Streets in Athens
Transport in Athens
Gwendolen Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk

Gwendolen Mary Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, 12th Lady Herries of Terregles (née Constable-Maxwell; 11 January 1877 – 28 August 1945) was the eldest child of Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries of Terregles and his wife, Angela (née Fitzalan-Howard). On 15 February 1904, she married her first cousin once removed, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk. The couple later had four children:
 Lady (Mary) Rachel Fitzalan-Howard (1905–1992)
 Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (1908–1975)
 Lady Katherine Mary Fitzalan-Howard (1912–2000)
 Lady Winifred Alice Fitzalan-Howard (1914–2006)

Upon the death of her father in 1908, she, as the eldest child and daughter, inherited the Lordship Herries of Terregles. She died at her home Kinharvie House near New Abbey. A Requiem Mass was said at St Mary's in New Abbey before interment in the Norfolk burial vault at Arundel Castle in Sussex.

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Sources

1877 births
1945 deaths
Gwendolen
Hereditary women peers
Lords Herries of Terregles
Gwendolen
Gwendolen
Wives of knights
Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel

Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel (; born 8 April 1978 in Erfurt) is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2001. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won gold in the two-woman event with teammate Sandra Kiriasis.

The pair also won two medals at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 2005 and a silver in 2004.

References

Bobsleigh two-woman Olympic medalists since 2002 

FIBT profile 
Official website

External links 

 
 
 
 
 

1978 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Erfurt
German female bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic bobsledders for Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
21st-century German women
Antonín Slavíček

Antonín Slavíček (16 May 1870 – 1 February 1910) was a Czech Impressionist painter who worked mostly in the area surrounding Kameničky.

Life
In 1887, he entered the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, where he studied landscape painting with Julius Mařák. His studies were interrupted on several occasions, apparently due to disagreements with Mařák. In October 1899, Professor Mařák died and Slavíček applied to replace him, but was not accepted. The landscape painting speciality was discontinued.

An important friend of his was the art collector August Švagrovský. A large number of his paintings passed from Švagrovský's collection to the museum in Roudnice.

His wife fell seriously ill in 1908, making it necessary to travel to Dubrovnik for treatment, and he broke his arm during their stay there. After it had healed, in August 1909, they took a vacation to the Orlické Mountains and, while he was swimming in the , he had a stroke that paralyzed his right side. A long period of recovery followed. He made several attempts to paint with his left hand, but the results were disappointing. Soon after, he shot himself while "in a state of insanity", according to the death certificate. His widow, Bohumila, married a family friend, the painter Herbert Masaryk; son of Tomáš Masaryk.

His son Jan also became a painter, and his son Jiří was a well-known screenwriter and director.

Selected paintings

References

Further reading

 Vítězslav Nezval: Antonín Slavíček, A Great Czech Painter. Artia, Prague (1955)

External links 

Works relating to Antonín Slavíček @ Národní Knihovny ČR (Czech National Library) 
Česká Televize, "Garden Wall" by Slavíček, at the National Gallery: An appreciation by Monika Sybolová

1870 births
1910 deaths
19th-century Czech painters
Deaths in Austria-Hungary
Czech Impressionist painters
Painters from Prague
Burials at Olšany Cemetery
1910 suicides
19th-century Czech male artists
Painters from Austria-Hungary
Valerie Fleming

Valerie Fleming (born December 18, 1976) is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2003. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won a silver in the two-woman event with teammate and future wife Shauna Rohbock.

Fleming also won three bronze medals at the FIBT World Championships (Two-woman: 2005, 2007; Mixed team: 2009).

Born in San Francisco, Fleming lives in Park City, Utah.

Career highlights

 Olympic Winter Games
 2006 – Torino,  2nd with Shauna Rohbock
 World Championships
 2005 – Calgary,  3rd with Shauna Rohbock
 2007 – St. Moritz,  3rd with Shauna Rohbock
 World Cup
 2004 – Igls,  3rd with Shauna Rohbock
 2005 – Cesana,  2nd with Shauna Rohbock
 2005 – Calgary,  2nd with Shauna Rohbock
 2005 – Lake Placid,  3rd with Shauna Rohbock
 2005 – Igls,  3rd with Shauna Rohbock
 2005 – Cortina d'Ampezzo,  3rd with Shauna Rohbock
 2006 – Calgary,  1st with Shauna Rohbock
 2006 – Park City,  1st with Shauna Rohbock
 2006 – Lake Placid,  3rd with Shauna Rohbock
 2007 – Igls,  2nd with Shauna Rohbock
 2007 – Cesana,  2nd with Shauna Rohbock
 2007 – Winterberg,  2nd with Shauna Rohbock
 2007 – Königssee,  2nd with Shauna Rohbock
 2007 – Park City,  3rd with Shauna Rohbock
 2008 – Cesana,  2nd with Shauna Rohbock

References
 Bobsleigh two-woman Olympic medalists since 2002 
 Bobsleigh two-woman world championship medalists since 2000
 FIBT profile 
 FIBT World Championships 2007 bobsleigh two-woman results
 United States Olympic Committee profile 

1976 births
Living people
American female bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in bobsleigh
Sportspeople from San Francisco
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
21st-century American women
Jennifer Isacco

Jennifer Isacco (born 27 February 1977) is an Italian bobsledder who has competed since 1999. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won a bronze medal in the two-woman event with teammate Gerda Weissensteiner.

References
 
 Bobsleigh two-woman Olympic medalists since 2002

1977 births
Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Italian female bobsledders
Living people
Olympic bobsledders for Italy
Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Como
Michael de Sanctis

Michael de Sanctis () (29 September 1591 – 10 April 1625), sometimes called Michael of the Saints, was a Discalced Trinitarian born in Vic, a city of Catalonia, Spain.

Born Michael Argemir, at the age of twelve, he came to Barcelona and asked to be received into the monastery of the Trinitarians there. After a three-year novitiate, he took his vows at that order's monastery of St. Lambert at Zaragoza in  1607. After meeting a Discalced Trinitarian one day, he felt drawn to that congregation's more austere lifestyle and, after much deliberation and the permission of his superior, he entered the congregation of the Discalced Trinitarians at Madrid as a novice.  He then took his vows at Alcalá, became a priest, and was twice elected superior of the monastery at Valladolid, where he died.

During his life, Michael de Sanctis led a life of prayer and mortification.  He was devout towards the Holy Eucharist, and is said to have been experienced ecstasies several times during Consecration.

Michael De Sanctis was beatified by Pope Pius VI on 24 May 1779 and later canonized by Pope Pius IX on 8 June 1862. His feast day is celebrated on 10 April. In images, he is usually depicted kneeling before an altar where the Blessed Sacrament is exposed.

The municipality of Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec, Canada, is named in his honor.

References

1591 births
1625 deaths
Catalan Roman Catholic saints
Trinitarian saints
17th-century Spanish Roman Catholic priests
17th-century Christian saints
Canonizations by Pope Pius IX
Beatifications by Pope Pius VI
Martin Annen

Martin Annen (born 12 February 1974 in Zug, Switzerland) is a bobsledder who competed from 1996 to 2006. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Annen won a total of three bronze medals (Two-man: 2002, 2006; Four-man: 2006).

Annen also won two bronze medals in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships, earning them in 2001 and 2005.

In Bobsleigh World Cup, he has two combined men's championships (2001-2, 2004–5), three two-man championships (2000-1, 2001–2, 2004–5), and one four-man championship (2001–2).

References
Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932–56 and since 1964
Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964
 Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
 FIBT profile
 List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985–2007
List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985

1974 births
Living people
Swiss male bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Zug
21st-century Swiss people
Beat Hefti

Beat Hefti (born 3 February 1978) is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he  has won a total of four Olympic medals. A gold medal in Sochi (two-man, 2014), two bronze medals in Torino (two-man and four-man, 2006) and another bronze medal in Salt Lake City (two-man, 2002).

Hefti has also won four medals at the World Championships with one gold (Four-man: 2007), one silver (Four-man: 1999), and two bronzes (Two-man: 2001, 2005).

He won the Bobsleigh World Cup two-man title in 2009 and 2012.

References

Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932–56 and since 1964 
Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964 
Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930

Website Beat Hefti

External links
 
 
 
 
 

1978 births
Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland
Swiss male bobsledders
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
People from Appenzell Ausserrhoden
21st-century Swiss people
Thomas Lamparter

Thomas Lamparter (born 9 June 1978) is a Swiss former bobsledder who has competed since 2002. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Turin in 2006 as part of the crew of Martin Annen.

Lamparter also won two medals at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz with a gold in the four-man event (piloted by Ivo Rüegg) and a bronze at the bobsleigh-skeleton mixed team event. Lamparter also enjoyed success as a brakeman in two-man competition alongside Beat Hefti, with the pair winning European Championship golds in 2010 and 2013, a World Championship silver in 2013, and Bobsleigh World Cup titles in 2009 and 2012.

In March 2014 Lamparter announced his retirement from competition.

References

Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964
Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930

Mixed bobsleigh-skeleton world championship medalists since 2007

1978 births
Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland
Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Swiss male bobsledders
Place of birth missing (living people)
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Cédric Grand

Cédric Grand (born 14 January 1976) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from 1997 to 2010. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Turin in 2006. He was born in Geneva.

Grand also won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (two-man: 2009, four-man: 2007) and two silvers (two-man: 2001, mixed team: 2009).

Prior to his bobsledding career he competed in track and field. He was the 100 metres bronze medallist at the 1993 European Youth Olympic Days. He is the Switzerland record holder indoor  over 60 metres with 6.60 seconds.

References

External links
 Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
 Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
 Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
 
 "Cédric Grand retired". International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. (14 October 2010 article accessed 19 October 2010.)

1976 births
Living people
Swiss male bobsledders
Swiss male sprinters
Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Geneva
21st-century Swiss people
DeSoto Suburban

The DeSoto Suburban is an automobile produced by DeSoto from 1946 through the 1954 model year. The Suburban was a continuation of DeSoto's long-wheelbase models, first introduced in 1946.

While in production, the Suburban was available under the DeSoto Deluxe, Custom and Powermaster model designations.

The Suburban differed from other DeSotos in that the four-door sedan rode a   wheelbase, creating a car that was capable of carrying eight passengers as shipped from the factory. The car accomplished this eight-passenger capacity through the use of factory-installed jump seats. Suburbans were powered by Chrysler's inline six-cylinder engine, which delivered sufficient power to move the factory-complete car; at nearly two tons, the vehicle mated to this engine was capable of cruising speeds, but not jack-rabbit starts.

Most Suburbans were shipped with an optional rooftop luggage rack. With no station wagon in its line-up, the Suburban was at once a car for consumers who needed a large-capacity automobile, and a car almost ready-built for the taxi cab industry.

The Suburban also formed the base car for DeSoto's Custom Limousine model, an automobile seldom built on speculation, but more realistically upon customer orders.  DeSoto dropped its limo build-outs at the end of the 1949 model year, finding it cheaper to sell and ship the cars to third-party vendors for customization.

Despite its popularity with taxi firms, DeSoto being the second most popular manufacturer to the industry leader Checker, Chrysler's planned 1955 restyle and the spin-off of Chrysler's Imperial into its own distinct series spelled the end of the long-wheelbase Suburban at the end of the 1954 model year.

See also
Plymouth Suburban

References

 

Suburban
Cars introduced in 1946
1950s cars
Good Shepherd Cathedral, Ayr

The Good Shepherd Cathedral in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland was the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway.

History 
The Church of the Good Shepherd was opened in 1957, to serve the communities of Whitletts, Dalmilling, Lochside and Braehead areas of Ayr. It was designed by John Frederick Torry and William Cowie.   Before the church was constructed the people in these areas worshipped at St. Margaret's Church, Ayr and Sunday Mass was also said in Whitletts Community Centre.

The church was a parish church for four years until it was consecrated the cathedral for Galloway Diocese in 1961, after fire destroyed St. Andrew's Cathedral in Dumfries.

Only three bishops have had the Good Shepherd Cathedral as their seat: Bishop Joseph McGee (b. 1912 - d.1981), Bishop Maurice Taylor 1981 till 2004, and Bishop John Cunningham 2004–2014. Bishop Cunningham was the first Episcopal Ordination to be held in the Cathedral on the 28 May 2004.

The last Mass was said in the Good Shepherd Cathedral on 20 May 2007. This is a result of falling attendance. The Cathedral for Galloway Diocese now is St Margaret's Cathedral, Ayr.

In 2010 work began to convert the cathedral building into 25 affordable housing units by Ayrshire Housing Association. The building has Category C listed status, and the tower and gable were retained as part of the conversion. The building works were finished in 2012 with tenants moving in April of that year.

References

External links

The cathedral at Galloway Diocese website
http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=413136

Roman Catholic cathedrals in Scotland
Roman Catholic churches in Scotland
Ayr
Category C listed buildings in South Ayrshire
Listed cathedrals in Scotland
Former churches in Scotland
Former Roman Catholic churches in Scotland
Buildings and structures in Ayr
Filipp Yegorov

Filipp Yevgenyevich Yegorov (; born June 8, 1978) is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the four-man event at Turin in 2006 with his teammates Alexandr Zubkov, Alexei Seliverstov, and Alexey Voyevoda. He was also a member of the four-man crew which won silver medals at the Bobsleigh European Championship in 2011 and 2012.

References
 
 

1978 births
Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic bobsledders for Russia
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
Sportspeople from Oryol
Russian male bobsledders
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Alexei Seliverstov

Alexei Nikolayevich Seliverstov () (sometimes listed as Aleksey Seliverstov, born July 24, 1976, in Ufa) is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 1996. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the four-man event with teammates Philippe Egorov, Alexandre Zoubkov, and Alexey Voevoda at Turin in 2006.

Seliverstov also won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 2005 and a bronze in 2003.

He participated in the torch relay for 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He carried both torches through his hometown of Ufa, and lit the city cauldron outside the Ufa Arena with the Olympic torch.

References
 Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 
 Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
 FIBT profile (as Alexej Seliverstov) 

1976 births
Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic bobsledders for Russia
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
Russian male bobsledders
Sportspeople from Ufa
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 22nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in 1983.

Results

Men

Team Final

All-around

Floor Exercise

Pommel Horse

Rings

Vault

Parallel Bars

Horizontal Bar

Women

Team Final

All-around

Vault

Uneven Bars

Balance Beam

Floor Exercise

Medals

References
Gymn Forum: World Championships Results
Gymnastics 
World Championships

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Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen

Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen (born 8 November 1964) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. Her first Olympic medal was a silver 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she took the bronze medal in the 10 km classical interval start event. Pedersen is the oldest woman ever to win a cross country skiing World Cup race, which she did at age 41 in January 2006 in Otepää, Estonia.

Gjermundshaug Pedersen has also won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, including two golds (4 × 5 km relay, team sprint: both 2005), two silvers (4 × 5 km relay: 2001, 2003), and two bronzes (Individual sprint, 10 km: both 2003).

In 2004, she won Tjejvasan.

She also won the Egebergs Ærespris in 2002. This prestigious prize is awarded to athletes who reach international top level in one sport and concurrently perform at national level (or better) in a second sport. Gjermundshaug Pedersen has also competed in ski orienteering, a sport in which she received three silver medals and two bronze medals in the World championships, and she has also won the overall World Cup (1997).

At age 42, Gjermundshaug Pedersen decided to make a comeback in the World Cup for the 2006–07 season. In January 2008 she won her seventh Norwegian Championships gold medal, in the 10 km interval start race.

An unparalleled historic curiosum is the Norwegian Cross-Country Skiing Championship 3 × 5 km relay of 2006, where the entire winning team of Nybygda consisted of Gjermundshaug Pedersens: mother Hilde with her two twin daughters Eli and Ida.

Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games
 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)

World Championships
 6 medals – (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums
1 victory  
13 podiums

Team podiums

 16 victories – (9 , 7 ) 
 24 podiums – (17 , 7 )

References

External links

Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Living people
Norwegian female cross-country skiers
Norwegian orienteers
Female orienteers
Olympic cross-country skiers for Norway
Olympic silver medalists for Norway
Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
1964 births
Ski-orienteers
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Hamar
Yevgeny Dementyev

Yevgeny Alexandrovich Dementyev (, born 17 January 1983 in Tayozhny, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug) is a Russian cross-country skier. He attended Children and Youth Sports School of Sovetsky District, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, where his first trainer was Valery Ukhov. Dementyev's first international success was in 2001 at the Junior World Championship. He won two medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, with a gold in the men's 15 km + 15 km pursuit event and a silver in the men's 50 km freestyle mass start.

Dementyev finished 0.8 seconds behind the winner Giorgio Di Centa in the 50 km event, the closest margin of victory in Olympic history of this event. This margin of victory eclipsed the previous record of 4.9 seconds set at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo between fellow Swedes Thomas Wassberg and Gunde Svan.

He also won two medals at the 2003 Nordic skiing World Junior Championships with a gold in 10 km and a bronze in the 30 km. Dementyev has two 4 × 10 km medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in 2007 and a bronze in 2005. His best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 22nd in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit in 2005.

On 25 August 2009, Dementyev tested positive for recombinant erythropoietin (EPO). He returned in 2011 after a two-year ban but retired shortly thereafter.

Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games
 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)

World Championships
 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums
 1 victory – (1 )
 5 podiums – (5 )

Team podiums
 1 victory – (1 )
 4 podiums – (4 )

References

External links

1983 births
Living people
People from Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Russian male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Doping cases in cross-country skiing
Olympic cross-country skiers for Russia
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Yevgeniya Medvedeva (cross-country skier)

Yevgeniya Vladimirovna Medvedeva (; born 4 July 1976 in Kondopoga, Karelian ASSR) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 1996. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she won two medals at Turin in 2006 with a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay and a bronze in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit.

Medvedeva-Arbuzova also won two silver medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (30 km: 2009, 4 × 5 km relay: 2005).

Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games
 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)

World Championships
 2 medals – (2 silver)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums
1 victory – (1 ) 
5 podiums – (4 , 1 )

Team podiums

 2 victories – (1 , 1 )
 5 podiums – (4 , 1 )

References

External links
 

1976 births
Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Olympic cross-country skiers for Russia
Olympic gold medalists for Russia
People from Kondopoga
Russian female cross-country skiers
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from the Republic of Karelia

Deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia
Han Xiaopeng

Han Xiaopeng (; born December 13, 1983 in Pei, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China) is a freestyle skier who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and won gold in the men's aerials event. In this discipline he also won the World Championships in 2007. Han is the first Chinese male athlete to ever win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.

References

 FIS Bio

External links 
 
 
 
 

1983 births
Living people
Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Xuzhou
Chinese male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for China
Olympic gold medalists for China
Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Asian Games medalists in freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiers at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Skiers from Jiangsu
Dmitri Dashinski

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Dmitri Vladimirovich Daschinski (born November 9, 1977 in Minsk), is a Belarusian freestyle skier. He is a four-time Olympian and two-time Olympic medalist in freestyle aerials, winning bronze at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and silver in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. He also placed 7th in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA and 11th in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Daschinski was the first man to win two Olympic medals in freestyle aerials. In addition to his Olympic accomplishments, Daschinski finished 1st in the 2006 Men's Overall World Cup Standings. He also competed in 7 consecutive World Championships, winning silver at both the 2001 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in Whistler, Canada and 2007 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in Madonna di Campiglio.

External links
 

Belarusian male freestyle skiers
Living people
Sportspeople from Minsk
Freestyle skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Belarus
Olympic bronze medalists for Belarus
Olympic freestyle skiers for Belarus
1977 births
Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Vladimir Lebedev (skier)

Vladimir Lebedev (Russian: Лебедев Владимир Николаевич; born April 23, 1984, on Tashkent) is a Russian freestyle skier who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Lebedev won bronze in the men's aerials event.

References

Russian male freestyle skiers
1984 births
Living people
Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Olympic freestyle skiers for Russia
Sportspeople from Tashkent
Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Universiade bronze medalists for Russia
Universiade medalists in freestyle skiing
Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade
Asi Gonia

Asi Gonia () is a mountainous village and a former community in the eastern part of the Chania regional unit in Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Apokoronas, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of . Asi Gonia is situated east of the Lefka Ori mountain range, 20 km southwest of Rethymno. The communal office is situated in the heart of the community. In the village square there are two statues dedicated to the two Greek prime ministers Eleftherios Venizelos and Sofoklis Venizelos.

Historical population

Famous natives
George Psychoundakis, resistance fighter and author of the Cretan Runner
Pavlos Gyparis, infantry Colonel of the Greek army
Andreas Papadakis, infantry Colonel of the Greek army and leader of AEAK
Stylianos Petrakis, Vice Admiral
Petromarkos, Cretean Revolutions Chief

References

External links
GTP Travel Pages (Municipality)

Populated places in Chania (regional unit)
Apokoronas
Silver spoon (disambiguation)

Silver spoon is an idiomatic expression in English synonymous with wealth, especially inherited wealth.

Silver Spoon may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment
 "Silver Spoon", a song by Jefferson Airplane members Paul Kantner and Grace Slick, from their album Sunfighter
 Silver Spoon (manga), a manga series by Hiromu Arakawa adapted into an anime series and live-action film

 Gin no Spoon, a manga series by Mari Ozawa adapted into a live-action television series
 The Silver Spoon, a 1933 British comedy crime film
 "Silver Spoon", a song by Lily Allen from Sheezus
 "Silver Spoon", a song by Todrick Hall from Forbidden

Literature
 The Silver Spoon (1926), a novel by John Galsworthy in the A Modern Comedy trilogy
 The Silver Spoon, English translation of the Italian cookbook Il cucchiaio d'argento (1950) published by the magazine Domus

Television
 Silver Spoon (Russian TV series), a Russian crime drama
 Silver Spoons, a 1980s US sitcom
 "The Silver Spoon", an episode of BBC 1967 series The Forsyte Saga

Other uses
 Silver Spoon (sugar), a brand of sugar owned by British Sugar
 Silver Spoon (horse), an American Hall of Fame racehorse

See also
 Silver Spoon Set (1960), an Italian film directed by Francesco Maselli
 Dessert spoon, silver in color
 Silver fork novel, a 19th-century genre
Now That's What I Call Music! 22

Now That's What I Call Music! 22 may refer to at least two different "Now That's What I Call Music!"-series albums, including:

 Now That's What I Call Music! 22 (U.K. series), released in 1992
 Now That's What I Call Music! 22 (U.S. series), released in 2006

See also
 Now That's What I Call Music! discography
Sandra Laoura

Sandra Laoura (born 21 July 1980 in Constantine, Algeria) is a French freestyle skier of Algerian origin who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.  Laoura won bronze in the women's moguls event.

On 5 January 2007, during a training session for a World Cup event at Mont Gabriel (Quebec, Canada), she landed on her head and fractured two thoracic vertebrae. She underwent surgical intervention aiming to repair the fractured vertebrae, but lost the use of her legs. She traveled to both Portugal and Russia for intensive rehabilitation therapy.

References

1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Constantine, Algeria
French female freestyle skiers
Algerian emigrants to France
Olympic freestyle skiers for France
Olympic bronze medalists for France
Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Albert Demchenko

Albert Mikhailovich Demchenko (; born 27 November 1971) is a Russian luger who competed from 1992 to 2014. He is currently coaching the Russian luge team. His daughter Victoria Demchenko is also a luger.

Career
A seven-time Winter Olympian, he won his first medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin with a silver in the men's singles event. He competed in his sixth Olympics at the 2010 Winter Olympics, coming fourth. He then competed in his seventh Olympics in Sochi 2014 in his native Russia, winning a further two silver medals.

Demchenko also won eight medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with four golds (Men's singles: 2006, 2010; Mixed team: 2012, 2014), two silvers (Men's singles: 1996, 2008), and two bronzes (Men's doubles: 1996; Mixed team: 2013).

He was overall Luge World Cup champion in men's singles in 2004–05.

In December 2017, he was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee, after doping offences at the 2014 Winter Olympics. In January 2018, he and Tatyana Ivanova successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as decision to strip his medals from Sochi Olympics at the court of arbitration for sport. As a result, both his medals were reinstated.

World Cup podiums

Season titles
 1 titles – (1 singles)

See also
 List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

References

External links

 

1971 births
Living people
People from Chusovoy
Russian male lugers
Lugers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic lugers for Russia
Olympic lugers for the Unified Team
Soviet male lugers
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
Olympic medalists in luge
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
Doping cases in luge
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
Sportspeople from Perm Krai
Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez

Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez (English: Ruben Rodríguez Coliseum) is an indoor sporting arena in Puerto Rico. The coliseum was dedicated to Rubén Rodríguez (former player of the Vaqueros de Bayamón). It is located in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. It can accommodate up to 12,000 spectators and can be reached by the Tren Urbano system from the Deportivo station.

Event uses and history
This coliseum had been used for events like:
 The Miss Universe 2001 pageant
 Basketball games (Hosting the Bayamón Cowboys professional team)
 Boxing
 Professional wrestling
 Volleyball
 Kickboxing
 Varied shows
 Other sports

In 2021, the Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum received a $1.1 million allocation of funds for renovations.

References

Buildings and structures in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Indoor arenas in Puerto Rico
Basketball venues in Puerto Rico
Volleyball venues in Puerto Rico
Boxing venues in Puerto Rico
Mixed martial arts venues in Puerto Rico
1988 establishments in Puerto Rico
Sports venues completed in 1988
Coliseo Manuel Iguina

Coliseo de Arecibo Manuel G. Iguina Reyes (English: Manuel Iguina Coliseum) is an indoor sporting arena located in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.  The capacity of the arena is 13,000 persons. The Coliseo Manuel Iguina is also known as Coliseo de Arecibo.  It is managed by Capitanes de Arecibo Interprise. It is the home of Capitanes de Arecibo basketball and volleyball team.
The basketball team is a member of Baloncesto Superior Nacional.

References

External links
 Facebook page

Buildings and structures in Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Indoor arenas in Puerto Rico
Basketball venues in Puerto Rico
Tatjana Hüfner

Tatjana Hüfner (born 30 April 1983) is a German retired luger who has competed since 2003.

Career
She won the bronze medal in the women's singles at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. 

Hüfner won eight gold medals at the FIL World Luge Championships, winning five in the women's singles event (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2017) and three in the mixed team event (2008, 2012, 2017).

She also won two silvers in the women's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships (2004, 2006).

Hüfner won the overall Luge World Cup title in women's singles three times (2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10).

On 2 February 2008 she became the first woman to win five straight FIL Luge World Cup events with her victory at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Altenberg, Germany.

References

Tatjana Hüfner hurries from Success to Success. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (2 February 2008 accessed 2 February 2008.)

Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Women's luge
Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton.
Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
List of European luge champions 
List of women's singles luge World Cup champions since 1978.
SportQuick.com information on World champions in luge.

External links
 

1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Neuruppin
German female lugers
Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic lugers for Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in luge
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
People from Bezirk Potsdam
Ninoy Aquino Stadium

The Ninoy Aquino Stadium is an indoor sporting arena located in the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines. Originally built in the 1950s, it was renovated and renamed for Philippine senator Benigno S. Aquino Jr. in 1989.



History

Ninoy Aquino Stadium was originally built in the 1950s as an open-air stadium, in time for the 1954 Asian Games. By the 1980s, it had been converted into an indoor arena named Rizal Multi-Purpose Arena, in time for the 1989 ABC Under-18 Championships, which opened on January 24, 1989. At the opening of the tournament, it was renamed Ninoy Aquino Stadium and a marker dedicating the arena was unveiled. The renovation included new chairs and a new scoring system from South Korea installed by Korean technicians. It also hosted the volleyball tournament of the 1991 Southeast Asian Games, the table tennis competitions of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games and the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship as the second venue of the tournament.

It has also hosted college basketball games (UAAP, NCAA, NCRAA and the NAASCU), taekwondo tournaments, the two editions of the BSCP National Pool Championships and was an alternate venue of PBA games. It was also the home court of the Manila Metrostars in the now-defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association.

The Ninoy Aquino Stadium was renovated for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games to host the taekwondo and weightlifting competitions. New seats and a new air-conditioning system were installed in the arena with the plans for the facility to become "high-tech" or up to par with modern standards. Both the NCAA and the UAAP expressed interest to hold their games in the arena again. The renovation of the facility was completed on November 13, 2019, with the send-off ceremony for the Philippine team in preparation for the games held at the arena.

The facility was temporarily used as an refurbished as a quarantine and isolation center in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notable events at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium
 Asian Games (1954)
 1989 ABC Under-18 Championship
 Southeast Asian Games (1991, 2005, 2019)
 Hillsong United Live In Manila (2008)
 Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up The Big Night
 2009 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
 2010 MVP Invitational Champions' Cup
 2013 FIBA Asia Championship
 2023 Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
 Miss Universe 2025

References

Sports venues in Manila
Indoor arenas in the Philippines
Basketball venues in the Philippines
Buildings and structures in Malate, Manila
Volleyball venues in the Philippines
Judo venues
Badminton in the Philippines
Badminton venues
Quarantine facilities designated for the COVID-19 pandemic
Charlotte Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk

Charlotte Sophia Fitzalan-Howard (née Leveson-Gower), Duchess of Norfolk (bapt. 9 July 1788 – 7 July 1870) was a daughter of the 1st Duke of Sutherland and his wife, Elizabeth, suo jure Countess of Sutherland.

On 27 December 1814, she married Henry Charles Howard (b. 1791), the son and heir of Bernard Edward Howard, who was the heir presumptive to his childless and elderly cousin Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk.  She became the Countess of Arundel and Surrey in 1815 when Bernard succeeded as 12th Duke, and upon the death of her husband's father in 1842, she became the Duchess of Norfolk. The couple later had five children:

Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk (1815–1860)
Lord Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop (1818–1883)
 Lady Mary Charlotte Howard (1822–1897)
Lord Bernard Thomas Fitzalan-Howard (1825–1846)
 Lady Adeliza Matilda Fitzalan-Howard (1829-1904)

Henry Charles Howard and his father were Roman Catholics, although his mother Lady Elizabeth Belasyse was Anglican. It is not clear if Howard was formally and nominally raised Anglican, or if he was already Catholic when he married into a prominent Whig (and therefore anti-Catholic) family.  In 1829, after Catholic emancipation, the Earl of Surrey (as he now was) was elected a Member of Parliament.

One of the duchess's most accomplished works was a 166-piece collection of songs and piano pieces that she translated into five languages between 1811 and 1823. It includes works from composers such as Rousseau, Gay, Mozart, Arnold, Arne and Handel. The collection is currently held by Yale University.

References

1788 births
1870 deaths
Charlotte
Daughters of British dukes
Daughters of Scottish earls
Ladies of the Bedchamber
Charlotte Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
Translators from German
Translators from French
Court of Queen Victoria
Wives of knights
Manahen

Manahen  (also Manaen or Menachem) was a teacher in the first century Christian Church at Antioch who had been 'brought up' (, syntrophos, Vulgate: collactaneus) with Herod Antipas. 

According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was among those who sent Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary journey. He was probably one of the founders of the church at Antioch.

Biblical narrative
Little is known of Manahen's life. He is said to have been 'brought up' with Herod the tetrarch. Many biblical translations describe him as Herod's 'foster brother'  or as his 'life-long friend'. According to the Acts of the Apostles he was one of the prophets and teachers who, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, laid hands upon Saul and Barnabas and sent the two apostles on the first of Paul's missionary journeys (). 

As Luke, the assumed author of the Acts of the Apostles, was an Antiochene, it is possible that Manahen was one of the "eyewitnesses and ministers of the word" () who provided Luke details which that writer has in regard to Antipas and other members of the Herodian family (Luke 3:1, 19, 20; 8:3; 9:7-9; 13:31, 32; 23:8-12; Acts 12). He may have become a disciple of Jesus with "Joanna, the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward" (Luke 8:3).

Early historian references
In A.D. 39, Antipas left for Rome to gain the favor of Caligula, but instead received an order of perpetual exile. (Jos., "Ant.", XVIII, vii, 2). During this time, the Church of Antioch was founded by Jewish Christians, who "had been dispersed by the persecution that arose on the occasion of Stephen" and had taught the Gospel also to the Greeks of Antioch, (Acts 11:19-24). It is quite likely that St. Manahen was one of these founders of the Antiochene Church. The date of his death is unknown, but he is supposed to have died at Antioch in Syria.

Veneration
Manahen is mentioned in many of the ancient Martyrologies.

His feast day is celebrated on May 23 in the Eastern Orthodox Church and on May 24 in the Roman Catholic Church.

See also
List of names for the Biblical nameless
Saint Manahen, patron saint archive

References

Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
1st-century Christian saints
Early Jewish Christians
Prophets of the New Testament
Saints from Roman Syria
Manaen

Manaen may refer to:
 Manahen (also Manaen), teacher of the Church of Antioch and the foster brother of Herod Antipas
 King Manahem (fl. 8th century BC), king over Israel and the son of Gadi