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Ekaterini
Ekaterini or Aikaterini (Greek: , ) is a Greek feminine given name. It is an original Greek form of Katherine. Notable people with the name include: * Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (1913-2007), originally Αικατερίνη, was the third daughter and youngest child of King Constantine I of Greece and Sophia of Prussia and Sister of King Paul of the Hellenes * Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia, originally Αικατερίνη, is the wife of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia * Ekaterini Koffa (born 1969), Greek sprinter * Katerina Nikolaidou (born 1992), Greek rower * Ekaterini Pavlidou (born 1993), Greek chess player * Katerina Stefanidi (born 1990), Greek pole vaulter * Ekaterini Thanou (born 1975), Greek sprinter * Ekaterini Voggoli Ekaterini Voggoli (, , born October 30, 1970, in Larissa) is a retired Greek discus thrower. She was the 2002 European champion and 2003 World Championship bronze medalist. In June 2004 she beat Anastasia Kelesidou's G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterini Pavlidou
Ekaterini Pavlidou (; born 3 April 1993) is a Greek chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2010). She is a four-time Greek Women Chess Champion (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017). Chess career Multiple times winner of Greek girl's chess championships in different age groups: U16 (2009), and U20 (2009, 2012). In Greek women's chess championships Ekaterini Pavlidou won 4 gold (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017) medals. In 2012 in Beirut she won Mediterranean Women's Chess Championship. Ekaterini Pavlidou played for Greece in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 2012, at reserve board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul (+4, =1, -2), * In 2014, at third board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in Tromsø (+3, =4, -2), * In 2016, at second board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+3, =2, -5). Ekaterini Pavlidou played for Greece in the World Team Chess Championship: * In 2011, at fourth board in the 3rd Women's World Team Chess Championship 2011 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aikaterini
Ekaterini or Aikaterini (Greek: , ) is a Greek feminine given name. It is an original Greek form of Katherine. Notable people with the name include: * Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (1913-2007), originally Αικατερίνη, was the third daughter and youngest child of King Constantine I of Greece and Sophia of Prussia and Sister of King Paul of the Hellenes * Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia, originally Αικατερίνη, is the wife of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia * Ekaterini Koffa (born 1969), Greek sprinter * Katerina Nikolaidou (born 1992), Greek rower * Ekaterini Pavlidou (born 1993), Greek chess player * Katerina Stefanidi (born 1990), Greek pole vaulter * Ekaterini Thanou (born 1975), Greek sprinter * Ekaterini Voggoli Ekaterini Voggoli (, , born October 30, 1970, in Larissa) is a retired Greek discus thrower. She was the 2002 European champion and 2003 World Championship bronze medalist. In June 2004 she beat Anastasia Kelesidou's Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterini Thanou
Ekaterini Thanou (, ; born 1 February 1975), also known as Katerina Thanou, is a Greek former sprinter. She won numerous medals in the 100 metres, including an Olympic silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, while she was the 2002 European champion in Munich, Germany. She had also been crowned world and European champion in the 60 metres at the indoor championships. In 2007, Marion Jones, who won in the 100 metres at the 2000 Olympics leaving Thanou in the second place, admitted that she had used steroids and her gold medal was withdrawn by the International Olympic Committee, but was not reallocated to Thanou because she was also involved in doping. She was named the Greek Female Athlete of the Year, for the years 1995, 2000, 2001 and 2002. Suspension For the 2004 Summer Olympics, Thanou was one of the main hopes of the home crowd for winning an athletics medal. However, on the day prior to the opening ceremony, Thanou and her training partner K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterini Voggoli
Ekaterini Voggoli (, , born October 30, 1970, in Larissa) is a retired Greek discus thrower. She was the 2002 European champion and 2003 World Championship bronze medalist. In June 2004 she beat Anastasia Kelesidou's Greek record by 2 centimetres, throwing 67.72 metres in Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe .... - Athletix Achievements References * 1970 births Living people Greek female discus throwers Athletes from Larissa Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Greece World Athletics Championships medalists Greek European Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships athletes for G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterini Koffa
Ekaterini "Katerina" Koffa (, born April 10, 1969) is a retired Greek sprinter who won the 200 metres at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault. There were a total nu .... Koffa still holds the indoor and outdoor Greek records in 200 metres. She was born in Karditsa. Honours References * 1969 births Living people Greek female sprinters Olympic athletes for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes from Karditsa Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterrane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katerina Stefanidi
Katerina Stefanidi (Greek: Κατερίνα Στεφανίδη; born 4 February 1990) is a Greek pole vaulter. She won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and has also competed at the 2012 London and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Stefanidi was the 2017 World champion and earned bronze at the 2019 World Championships. At the European Athletics Championships, she has won two gold medals (2016, 2018) and three silvers (2014, 2022, 2024). Indoors, she is a two-time World Indoor bronze medallist from 2016 and 2018, was the 2017 European Indoor champion and earned silver at the 2015 European Indoor Championships. At age 15, Stefanidi became the 2005 World Under-18 champion and earned silver at the 2007 edition of this championships. The 18-year-old won bronze at the 2008 World U20 Championships. She then placed second at the 2011 European U23 Championships and third at the 2011 Universiade. She won four Diamond League Trophies between 2016 and 2019. Stefanidi was voted the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek (, ; , ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language, constituting an independent Hellenic languages, Hellenic branch within the Indo-European language family. It is native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, Caucasus, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the list of languages by first written accounts, longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting importance in the European canon. Greek is also the language in which many of the foundational texts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander, Crown Prince Of Yugoslavia
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (; born 17 July 1945), is the head of the Karađorđević dynasty, House of Karađorđević, the former royal house of the defunct Kingdom of Yugoslavia and its predecessor the Kingdom of Serbia. Alexander is the only child of Peter II of Yugoslavia, King Peter II and Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark. He held the position of crown prince in the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia for the first four-and-a-half months of his life, until the declaration of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia later in November 1945, when the monarchy was abolished. In public he claims the crowned royal title of "Alexander II Karadjordjevic" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Александар II Карађорђевић, Aleksandar II Karađorđević) as a pretender to the throne. Born and raised in the United Kingdom, he enjoys close relationships with his relatives in the British royal family. His godparents were George VI, King George VI o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing (sport)
Rowing, often called crew American English, in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using Oar (sport rowing), oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using Rowlock, rowlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is divided into two disciplines: sculling and sweep rowing. In sculling, each rower (or oarsman) holds two oars, one in each hand, while in sweep rowing each rower holds one oar with both hands. There are several boat classes in which athletes may compete, ranging from single sculls, occupied by one person, to shells with eight rowers and a coxswain (rowing), coxswain, called eight (rowing), eights. There are a wide variety of course types and formats of racing, but most elite and championship level racing is conducted on calm water courses long with several lanes marked using buoys. Modern rowing as a competitive sport can be traced to the early 17th century whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aikaterini Nikolaidou
Aikaterini "Katerina" Nikolaidou (; born 22 October 1992) is a Greek rower. Nikolaidou represented Greece, along with Sofia Asoumanaki at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, finishing in the 4th place ( double sculls). She also won a silver medal, in the lightweight single sculls at the 2013 World Rowing Championships and 2014 World Rowing Championships, and in the lightweight double sculls along with Sofia Asoumanaki at the 2015 World Rowing Championships. She won the gold medal in the lightweight single sculls at the 2014 European Champion and 2013 European Champion. She won the gold medal in the single sculls, at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, and at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin. Before joining the Greek National Team of Rowing, she was a swimming athlete. In 2007 as a rower athlete member she joined Nautical Club of Katerini (NOKAT), in Katerini. Her father Yiannis Nikolaidis was a rower athlete. In 2016, she was admitted to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekaterina
Ekaterina is a Russian feminine given name, and an alternative transliteration of the Russian Yekaterina. Katya and Katyusha are common diminutive forms of Ekaterina. Its Western counterpart is Catherine (Katherine). Notable people with the name can be found below. Arts * Ekaterina Medvedeva (born 1937), Russian naïve painter * Ekaterina Sedia (born 1970), Russian fantasy author * Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova (born 1982), American Drag Performer Sports * Yekaterina Abramova (born 1982), Russian speed skater * Ekaterina Alexandrova (born 1997), Russian professional tennis player * Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya (2000–2020), Russian-Australian pairs skater * Ekaterina Anikeeva (born 1969), Russian water polo player * Ekaterina Antropova (born 2003), Russian-Italian volleyball player * Ekaterina Bychkova (born 1985), Russian professional tennis player * Ekaterina Dafovska (born 1975), Bulgarian biathlete * Ekaterina Dzehalevich (born 1986), Belarusian professional tennis pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
