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Urszula Sipinska
Urszula may refer to: *Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa (1705–1753), Polish-Lithuania-Belarusian noble dramatist and writer *Urszula Augustyn (born 1964), Polish politician *Urszula Dudziak (born 1943), Polish jazz vocalist *Urszula Gacek (born 1963), British-born Polish member of the European Parliament *Urszula Kasprzak, usually known simply as Urszula (born 1960), Polish singer * Urszula Kielan (born 1960), retired high jumper from Poland * Urszula Krupa (born 1949), Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament *Urszula Mayerin (1570–1635), mistress to King Sigismund III of Poland *Urszula Modrzyńska (born 1928), Polish stage and film actress *Urszula Piwnicka, née Jasińska (born 1983), Polish javelin thrower *Urszula Plenkiewicz (1921–2021), Polish scout and liaison officer *Urszula Radwańska (born 1990), Polish tennis player *Urszula Sadkowska (born 1984), Polish judoka *Urszula Sipińska (born 1947), Polish singer-songwriter, pianist and architect *Urszula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa
Francesca Ursula Radziwill (February 13, 1705, Chartorysk – May 23, 1753, Navahrudak), was a Polish writer and playwright, the first female writer on the territory of modern Poland and Belarus. She was the Princess (equivalent to Duchess), the last female representative of the Wiśniowiecki noble house and a wife of Michael Casimir Radziwill "Rybonka". Biography Francesca Ursula (''Polish'': Franciszka Urszula, ''Belarusian'': Frantsishka Urshulia) was the only child of famous and wealthy parents. Her father Prince (the original title of nobility “Knyaz” is translated as prince but equivalent to duke) Janush-Anton Wiśniowiecki (1678–1741) was the Castellan of Kraków, governor of Vilna and Kraków, mayor of Pinsk, and his wife Théophile Leshchinskaya (1680–1757) was a daughter of the Royal epicalyx and cupbearer, governor of Podlasie, mayor of Kovel and Kamenetz. Francesca received excellent education at home: spoke several European languages, knew the world litera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Plenkiewicz
Urszula Plenkiewicz (; 15 June 1921 – 24 January 2021) was a Polish scout and liaison officer of the Bureau of Information and Propaganda of the ZWZ-AK Main Command. She taught at the covert neighbourhood school and served as a soldier in the Sub-district V of Mokotów of the District of Warsaw Union of Armed Struggle. Plenkiewicz was apprehended by the Gestapo in November 1942 and deported to the female wing of the Auschwitz concentration camp known as Birkenau, where she escaped the death march in January 1945. She was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Cross of the Home Army, and the Auschwitz Cross, as well as being recognised Righteous Among the Nations. Biography Plenkiewicz was born in Warsaw, Poland on 15 June 1921. She was the daughter of Leokadia Gowacka and Feliks Gowacki, a state police officer who was murdered by the NKVD in Kalinin in 1940, and she had a younger sister. In order to serve Poland as a scout, Plenkiewicz joined the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursula (other)
Ursula may refer to: * Ursula (name), feminine name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name * ''Ursula'' (album), an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron *Ursula (crater), a crater on Titania, a moon of Uranus *Ursula (detention center), processing facility for unaccompanied minors in McAllen, Texas *Ursula (The Little Mermaid), a fictional character who appears in ''The Little Mermaid'' (1989) *Ursula Channel, body of water in British Columbia, Canada *375 Ursula, a large main-belt asteroid * HMS ''Ursula'', a destroyer and two submarines that served with the Royal Navy *Tropical Storm Ursula (other), a typhoon, two cyclones, and a tropical depression, all in the Pacific Ocean * Ursula, signals intelligence system used by the Finnish Defence Intelligence Agency See also *Saint Ursula *Urszula Urszula may refer to: * Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa (1705–1753), Polish-Lithuania-Belarusian noble dramatist and writer * Urszula Augustyn (born 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Zamoyska
Urszula Zamoyska (1750-1808), was a Polish noblewoman and socialite, niece of king Stanisław August Poniatowski. She is known for her public role during the reign of her uncle, when she played the ceremonial role of the hostess of his court. Life She was the daughter of Ludwika Maria Poniatowska and Jan Jakub Zamoyski. Her parents separated shortly after her birth. In 1763, her maternal uncle, Stanisław August Poniatowski, was elected king of Poland. In 1773, she married Count Wincenty Potocki (d. 1825). Her marriage was discontinued by a divorce in 1777. According to the diary of the king, the fault was with her spouse. Her divorce was subject to a poem by Ignacy Potocki. Gregory Potemkin presented a marriage proposal, but the king did not support it. She married secondly to Michal Jerzy Mniszech in 1781. Hostess of the Royal Court She played a significant role during the last two decades of her uncle's reign. As the king was unmarried and there was no queen, his favor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Włodarczyk
Urszula Włodarczyk (; born 22 December 1965 in Wałbrzych) is a retired Polish heptathlete. She also competed briefly in triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ... in the fledgling years of the sport, and was a Polish record holder with 13.98 metres from July 1993 to July 2001. At the 1998 Hypo-Meeting she was runner-up with a score of 6423 points. International competitions References * 1965 births Living people People from Wałbrzych Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Polish heptathletes Polish female athletes Olympic athletes of Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Urbaniak
Urszula Urbaniak (born 27 December 1962) is a Polish filmmaker and television director. Urszula Urbaniak graduated in directing from the National Film School in Łódź (''PWSFTviT'') in 1991. She then went on to gain an M.A. in Directing at the National Film and Television School in the United Kingdom. She has directed shorts, documentaries and several dramas for Polish television. Those dramas include ''Nina'' (1994), '' Górski Hotel'' (from Václav Havel's play, 1995), '' Myra Gets Married'' (from F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1996) and ''Room 303'' (1997). In 1999, her film ''The Junction'' ('' Torowisko'') won several awards including First Film Special Distinction at the Montréal World Film Festival, the Jury Prize at the Sarajevo Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema. She has since worked on several Polish TV productions [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Sipińska
Urszula Sipińska (born September 19, 1947) is Polish singer-songwriter, architect and writer. Within twenty years of her musical career she earned numerous hits in Poland, including "Zapomniałam", "To był świat w zupełnie starym stylu", "Są takie dni w tygodniu", "Chcę wyjechać na wieś" and "Mam cudownych rodziców". She has won many awards and performed in Poland and abroad. At the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, Sipińska ended her singing career, focusing on architecture and writing. Biography Urszula Sipińska was raised in Wilda, Poznań with elder sister Elżbieta and younger brother Stanisław. She went to music school where she learned to play piano, and later studied Interior Design at University of Fine Arts in Poznań. Although musically active already in her student years, it was not until 1967 that her singing career took off, when she performed "Zapomniałam" at the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole. The song, which she had co-written with her sister, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Sadkowska
Urszula Sadkowska (born 6 February 1972) is a Polish judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). .... She is 6 ft 4in tall. Polish judoka Urszula Sadkowska was 2005 European U23 Champion. Silver at the 2009 European Championships in Tbilisi and bronze in 2010 in Vienna. The heavyweight won the World Cup in Prague and Tallinn in 2007 and Madrid in 2009. In 2003 she won silver at the European Junior Championships Achievements External links * * 1984 births Living people Polish female judoka Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Poland Sportspeople from Olsztyn 21st-century Polish women {{Poland-judo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Radwańska
Urszula Radwańska (; born 7 December 1990) is a Polish professional tennis player. Radwańska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 October 2012, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 29. On 21 September 2009, she peaked at No. 74 in the doubles rankings. As a junior player, Radwańska won the 2007 Wimbledon girls' singles title, culminating in the junior year-ending world No. 1 ranking. Nicknamed Ula, she is the younger sister of Agnieszka Radwańska. Tennis career As a junior player, Radwańska won Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles, including the 2007 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, 2007 Wimbledon girls' singles, culminating in the junior year-ending world No. 1 ranking. This was the launching pad into her professional career, where she has been getting into Women's Tennis Association, WTA main draws via qualifying and wildcards. In 2007, Radwańska play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Piwnicka
Urszula Piwnicka, née Jasińska (born 6 December 1983 in Pasłęk) is a javelin thrower from Poland. Her personal best throw is 62.34 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Sopot Sopot is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and has the status of the county, being the smallest ci .... Achievements References * 1983 births Living people People from Pasłęk Polish female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Poland Sportspeople from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Poland 21st-century Polish women {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Augustyn
Urszula Danuta Augustyn (born 1 September 1964 in Tarnów Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998, it was the capital of the Tarnów ...) is a Polish politician. A member of the Polish parliament of the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th term. Since 2019, deputy-chairman of Commission for Petitions and a member of Commission for Culture and Media in Sejm. See also * Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2007 References External links Urszula Augustyn - parliamentary page- includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches. Women members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Civic Platform politicians Politicians from Tarnów 1964 births Living people 21st-century Polish women politicians Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007 Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011 Members of the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Modrzyńska
Urszula Modrzyńska (; 23 February 1928 – 11 December 2010) was a Polish stage and film actress. Modrzyńska began her career on stage in 1949 in Wilam Horzyca Theater in Toruń. In the 1950s and 1960 she played several memorable parts in movies by Polish directors, namely by Andrzej Wajda (Dorota in '' Pokolenie'' - 1955)) and Aleksander Ford (Jagienka in '' Krzyżacy'' - 1960). In the 1970s she played only smaller parts in movies by young directors, as in ''Droga w świetle księżyca'' by Witold Orzechowski (1972), ''Rozmowa'' by Piotr Andrejew (1974), and ''Zdjęcia Próbne'' by Agnieszka Holland, Paweł Kędzierski and Jerzy Domaradzki (1976), concentrating on her theater work at Nowy Theater in Łódź. She retired in 1983 and died on 11 December 2010 in Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
