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Harijs Feldmanis
Harijs is a Latvian masculine given name and may refer to: *Harijs Fogelis (1906–1989), a Latvian football forward *Harijs Lazdiņš (1910–1988), a Latvian football goalkeeper *Harijs Mellups (1927–1950), a Latvian football and ice hockey player *Harijs Pikols (1903–198?), a Latvian footballer, Olimpija Liepāja football club founder *Harijs Vītoliņš Harijs Vītoliņš (Harijs Vitolinsh; born April 30, 1968) is a Latvian former professional ice hockey centre. After being selected twice in the NHL Entry Draft, Vītoliņš played eight games in the National Hockey League with the Winnipeg Jets ... (born 1968), a Latvian professional ice hockey centre {{DEFAULTSORT:Harijs Latvian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to the southeast, and shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9million. The country has a Temperate climate, temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city is Riga. Latvians, who are the titular nation and comprise 65.5% of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of the Balts and speak Latvian language, Latvian. Russians in Latvia, Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population; 37.7% of the population speak Russian language, Russian as their native tongue. After centuries of State of the Teutonic Order, Teutonic, Swedish Livonia, Swedish, Inflanty Voi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haralds
Haralds is a Latvian given name, a variant of Harold. It may refer to: * Haralds Blaus (1885–1945), Latvian sports shooter * Haralds Kārlis (born 1991), Latvian professional Basketball player * Haralds Mednis (1906–2000), Latvian conductor * Haralds Ritenbergs (born 1932), Latvian ballet dancer and teacher *Haralds Silovs, Latvian long track and short track speed skater * Haralds Vasiļjevs, Latvian ice hockey coach *Haralds Šlēgelmilhs, known internationally as Harald Schlegelmilch (born 1987), Latvian racing driver. See also *Harald (other) *Harold (other) Harold may refer to: People * Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Harold (surname), surname in the English language * András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold" Arts ... {{given name Latvian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Language
Latvian (, ), also known as Lettish, is an East Baltic languages, East Baltic language belonging to the Indo-European language family. It is spoken in the Baltic region, and is the language of the Latvians. It is the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 1.5 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and 100,000 abroad. Altogether, 2 million, or 80% of the population of Latvia, spoke Latvian in the 2000s, before the total number of inhabitants of Latvia slipped to 1.8 million in 2022. Of those, around 1.16 million or 62% of Latvia's population used it as their primary language at home, though excluding the Latgale Planning Region, Latgale and Riga Planning Region, Riga regions it is spoken as a native language in villages and towns by over 90% of the population. As a Baltic languages, Baltic language, Latvian is most closely related to neighboring Lithuanian language, Lithuanian (as well as Old Prussian language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or Gentile name, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harijs Fogelis
Harijs Fogelis was a Latvian footballer who played as a forward. Biography Fogelis' first season in senior football came in 1925 when he played with LSB Riga as it finished third in the top Riga football league. After two years with LSB Fogelis moved to the flagman of Riga football RFK. With RFK he played just one season after which he moved to the newly founded Riga Vanderer along several much more popular RFK footballers, such as Arvīds Jurgens, Voldemārs Plade and Česlavs Stančiks, and over two seasons the new club earned promotion to the Latvian Higher League. Fogelis played with Vanderer until 1932, then he joined another Riga club - Union Riga together with two other leading Vanderer footballers - Hermanis Jēnihs and Ferdinands Neibergs. Fogelis played two years with Union and was one of the leaders of the side, however before the 1935 season he returned to Riga Vanderer (replacing Alberts Šeibelis who had left the club) with which he won the Riga Football Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harijs Lazdiņš
Harijs Lazdiņš (25 July 1910 in Liepāja – 23 August 1988 in Kingston, Ontario) was a Latvian football goalkeeper who played for Olimpija Liepāja and Latvia national football team in 1920s-1930s. Biography Lazdiņš made his debut for the top football club in Liepāja in 1928 as Olimpija Liepāja won its second Latvian league title. In the first year Lazdiņš was mainly the backup goalkeeper behind K.Minsterjānis but in 1929 he already was the number one goalkeeper for Olimpija. Through the entire 1930s Lazdiņš played rarely was replaced in the goal of Olimpija and was considered one of the best goalkeepers in the country. He was tall and rarely made spectacular jumps but he always played without fear and as the first of Latvian goalkeepers started participating in playing outside the penalty area. Lazdiņš was the most popular footballer of Olimpija of his era. Lazdiņš made 16 appearances for Latvia national football team, after matches against Poland, Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harijs Mellups
Harijs Mellups (1927, Sarkandaugava - 5 January 1950, Sverdlovsk) was a Latvian footballer, boxer, basketball player, and ice hockey player. He died in the 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash at age 23. Biography A native of Sarkandaugava in Riga, Mellups grew up playing football in the streets and ice hockey on a frozen river in the winter. He played basketball in high school and attended Riga State Technical School; he also studied chemistry at Riga Industrial Polytechnic. During the USSR's occupation of Latvia, Mellups played football with Aldaris (1940-1941) and Universitates sporta (1941-1946). After the war, he joined FK Dinamo Rīga (1946-1949) and played on Soviet Latvia's youth football team (1946-1948). Mellups scored 20 goals for Dinamo in both 1946 and 1948 and 16 in 1947, and was part of the 1945 championship team. Mellups competed in youth boxing for Universitates sporta and was champion in bantamweight (1944) and lightweight (1945, 1947). He was also nominated for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harijs Pikols
Harijs Pikols (1903-198?) was a Latvian footballer, one of the founders of the Olimpija Liepāja football club. Biography In 1921 Pikols was among a group of young Liepāja men who founded one of the best pre-war Latvian football clubs - Olimpija Liepāja. Pikols was a central defender who was known for his very strong shot and who regularly scored from the penalty spot for Olimpija. Pikols also played 5 matches for Latvia national football team. With Olimpija he won 3 Latvian league titles and also the Riga Football Cup for 3 consecutive seasons. In addition to football, Pikols also played bandy (won the Latvian league) and ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ... (second place in Latvia) with the respective Olimpija teams. Pikols retired from football in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harijs Vītoliņš
Harijs Vītoliņš (Harijs Vitolinsh; born April 30, 1968) is a Latvian former professional ice hockey centre. After being selected twice in the NHL Entry Draft, Vītoliņš played eight games in the National Hockey League with the Winnipeg Jets during the 1993–94 season, going scoreless. Since 2021, he has been the Head Coach of Latvia men's national ice hockey. Vītoliņš was promoted to head coach of Dynamo Moscow after Oleg Znaroks was named as Zinetula Bilyaletdinov's successor as Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...'s head coach. Vītoliņš also served as an assistant to Znaroks. In May 2014, the Russian national team coached by Znaroks and Vītoliņš won the world ice hockey championship in Minsk, Belarus. Career statistics Regular season and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Masculine Given Names
Latvian may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Latvia **Latvians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to what is modern-day Latvia and the immediate geographical region **Latvian language, also referred to as Lettish **Latvian cuisine **Latvian culture **Latvian horse *Latvian Gambit, an opening in chess See also *Latvia (other) Latvia is a country in Europe. Latvia can also refer to: * Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1990) * Latvia (European Parliament constituency) * 1284 Latvia - asteroid * Latvia Peak - mountain in Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
