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Skel Valley
Skel may refer to: * Steffen Skel (born 1972), German luger * Skel Roach (1871–1958), American baseball player and coach * "Skel", a 2023 song by Sigur Rós from '' Átta'' See also * Skell (other) {{Disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steffen Skel
Steffen Sartor (née Skel, born 14 June 1972, in Bad Salzungen, Bezirk Suhl) is a German luger who competed from 1992 to 2004. He was a doubles specialised who formed a successful partnership with Steffen Wöller during the 1990s and early 2000. He won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold (Mixed team: 2000), three silvers (Men's doubles: 2000, 2001; Mixed team: 2001), and one bronze (Men's doubles: 1997). Skel also won six medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with three golds (Mixed team: 2002, 2004, 2006) and three silvers (Men's doubles: 1998, 2000; Mixed team: 2000). His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fourth in the men's doubles event at Salt Lake City in 2002. Skel won the overall Luge World Cup men's doubles title in 2000-1. Following his retirement from competition, he became a luge coach for the Canadian, German and Swiss federations. In 2013 he was appointed as the coach for the South Korean luge team on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skel Roach
Rudolph Charles "Skel" Roach (born Rudolph Charles Weichbrodt, October 20, 1871 – March 9, 1958) was a baseball player and coach. He played professional baseball from 1895 to 1905, including one game in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Orphans on August 9, . He was also a college baseball coach for the Lewis Institute (now part of Illinois Institute of Technology), the University of Michigan, and Indiana University. He later became an attorney practicing in the Chicago area. Early years Roach was born in 1871 at what was then known as Danzig, Germany, and is now Gdańsk, Poland. His birth name was Rudolph Charles Weichbrodt. He emigrated to the United States in 1880. Baseball player Roach began an eleven-year career in professional baseball at age 23 with the Des Moines Prohibitionists of the Western Association. He compiled a 13–7 record for Des Moines in 1895. Roach appeared in only one major league game, pitching a complete game victory for the Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Átta
''Átta'' () is the eighth studio album by Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós, released through Von Dur and BMG Rights Management on 16 June 2023. It is their first studio album in 10 years, following '' Kveikur'' (2013), and is their first since 2012's ''Valtari'' to feature keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson, who rejoined the band in 2022. The seven-minute lead single "Blóðberg" was released on 12 June 2023 alongside its music video, directed by Johan Renck. Physical editions of the album were released on 1 September 2023. The band embarked on a tour from June to August 2023 backed by a 41-piece orchestra, during which they debuted songs from the album. Background and recording The band announced in February 2022 that they were working on their eighth studio album after keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson rejoined the band. Jónsi explained that when Sveinsson rejoined the band, Sveinsson came to visit him in Los Angeles, where they jammed and wrote together in Jónsi's basement. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |