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Elena Lengwiler
Elena Lengwiler born Elena Bosshard (born 1 June 1996) is a Swiss ice hockey player and a nominated kitefoiler for the 2024 Olympics. She was fourth in the 2024 European Championships and she represented Switzerland in Formula Kite at the 2024 Olympics. Life Lengwiler was born in Wald, Zürich in 1996. Elena Lengwiler began her athletic career at the Steckborn Segel Club and later spent several years working as a support staff member for Sailability in Arbon. She then switched to ice hockey and played in the U18 league before turning professional, competing until 2018 for the ZSC-Lions in Switzerland's second-highest league. Since 2018, she has been kitesurfing, and since 2021, she has been riding the foil. She then learns that Formula Kite is set to become an Olympic discipline in 2024—and her interest is piqued. At the beginning of 2023, Lengwiler is selected to join the Swiss Olympic Sailing Team. Career In March 2024 she nearly gained a medal at the Formula Kite Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wald, Zürich
Wald () is a village and a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Wald is mentioned for the first time in a document from 1217. In the year 1621 the municipality received market rights. Around 1820, the village of Wald, referred to as Dorfschaft or Marktflecken, consisted of about 60 to 70 houses.Friedrich Vogel: ''Die alten Chroniken oder Denkwürdigkeiten der Stadt und Landschaft Zürich von den ältesten Zeiten bis 1820.'' 1845 . Industrialisation in the 19th century turned Wald into an important business location with numerous spinning and weaving mills. Wald was the first rural municipality in the canton of Zurich to introduce weapons training for secondary school pupils in 1851.Gustav von Escher: '' Memorabilia Tigurina oder Chronik der Denkwürdigkeiten des Kantons Zürich 1850 bis 1860.'' Friedrich Schulthess, Zürich 1870, . This tradition survived in customs in the form of "boys' parades" (Umezug) with muzzle-loadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
