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Kateryna Avdiyenko
Kateryna is a Ukrainian form (transliteration) of Hellenic name Katherine. It may refer to: *Kateryna Boloshkevich (1939–2018), Ukrainian weaver and statesperson *Kateryna Bondarenko (born 1986), professional female tennis player from Ukraine * Kateryna Grygorenko (born 1985), Ukrainian cross country skier who has competed since 2004 * Kateryna Karsak (born 1985), female discus thrower from Ukraine *Kateryna Kozlova (born 1994), Ukrainian tennis player * Kateryna Lahno (born 1989), Ukrainian chess player * Kateryna Mikhalitsyna (born 1982), Ukrainian poet, children's writer, translator and editor * Kateryna Palekha (born 1980), athlete from Ukraine * Kateryna Pavlenko (born 1988), Ukrainian singer, lead singer of Go_A * Kateryna Rohonyan (born 1984), female chess grandmaster * Kateryna Serdyuk (born 1983), Ukrainian archer * Kateryna Serebrianska (born 1977), Ukrainian former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast *Kateryna Stupnytska (1996–2022), sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine (given Name)
Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and Catherina, other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christian era it came to be associated with the Greek adjective (), meaning 'pure'. This influenced the name's English spelling, giving rise to variants ''Katharine'' and ''Catharine''. The spelling with a middle 'a' was more common in the past. ''Katherine'', with a middle 'e', was first recorded in England in 1196 after being brought back from the Crusades. Popularity and variations Anglophone use In Britain and America, ''Catherine'' and its variants have been among the 100 most popular names since 1880. Amongst the most common variants are ''Katherine'' and ''Kathryn''. The spelling ''Catherine'' is common in both English and French language, French. Less-common variants in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go A
Go_A () is a Ukrainian folktronica band formed in 2012. The band represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, performing " Shum", and placed fifth in the final. The band's name was made by combining the English word "Go" with the Greek letter "Alpha", which symbolizes the beginning of everything, and the band's name is symbolic for "return to the roots". The band includes vocalist Kateryna Pavlenko from Nizhyn, keyboardist and percussionist from Kyiv, from Lutsk (also a member of rap group Kalush), and Ivan Hryhoriak from Bukovyna. The band sings near-exclusively in the Ukrainian language. History The group was founded after keyboardist and percussionist , not related to the poet of the same name, met folk singer Kateryna Pavlenko in 2012. In December 2012, the first song "Koliada" () was released. The band gained attention after the release of the single "Vesnianka" (), which won the national competition The Best Track in Ukraine 2015. For six weeks, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateryna Yurchenko
Kateryna Yurchenko () (born August 19, 1976) is a Ukrainian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-2 500 m and the K-4 500 m event. Yurchenko's father, Vasyl, won two Olympic medals An Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal to be won: gold, silver, and bronze, awarded to first, second, and third place, respectively. The granting of awards is laid ou ... in canoeing in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1976 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people People from Oleshky Sportspeople from Kherson Oblast Olympic canoeists for Ukraine Ukrainian female canoeists {{Ukraine-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateryna Tabashnyk
Kateryna Oleksandrivna Tabashnyk (; born 15 June 1994) is a Ukrainian high jumper who formerly competed in the heptathlon. She is a former European U20 champion, Ibero-American Championships winner, European Indoor Championships bronze medalist, and Top 8 at the European Championships. Family In July 2022, ''The New York Times'' reported that Tabashnyk said her family’s apartment in Kharkiv, Ukraine, was struck by a Russian Army rocket that injured her 8-year-old nephew, who was hospitalized, and had one of his kidneys removed. On 18 August 2022 shelling of Kharkiv by the Russian Armed Forces killed Kateryna's mother. Career Tabashnyk is a former European U20 champion, Ibero-American Championships winner, European Indoor Championships bronze medalist, and Top 8 at the European Championships. 2013-19 Tabashnyk competed in high jump without reaching the final at the 2011 World Youth Championships, and the 2013 European Indoor Championships. In May 2012 at the Ukrai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateryna Stupnytska
Kateryna Viktorivna Stupnytska (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Катерина Вікторівна Ступницька; 11 April 1996 – 8 March 2022) was a sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. She was posthumously honoured with the title Hero of Ukraine with the award of the Order of the Golden Star during the 2022 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine. Biography Kateryna Stupnytska was born in April 1996 in Zaliznytsia village, Rivne Oblast. She graduated from Dubno Medical College. Her first job was at an urgent care centre in Danychiv village, Rivne Oblast. Stupnytska then joined the military. Beginning in 2016, she served as a sanitary instructor for the 3rd Mechanised Battalion dispensary in the military unit in Volodymyr (city), Volodymyr, Volyn Oblast. Repeatedly, with being on short furlough, she was at the forefront in War in Donbas (2014–2022), Joint Forces Operation. In September 2021 she prolonged her military contract for another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateryna Serebrianska
Kateryna Serebrianska (born 25 October 1977 in Simferopol) is a Ukrainian former individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 1996 Olympics gold medalist, the 1995 World All-around champion, the 1996 European All-around champion, and three time Grand Prix Final All-around champion. Life and career Serebrianska was born in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. She started gymnastics in 1982 at age 4, with her mother Liubov as her coach at the ''Gratsia'' club in Simferopol. She later moved to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, to train at the Deriugina School. In 1994, Serebrianska participated at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg and won gold medals in clubs and ribbon, a silver medal in all-around and bronze medals in hoop and ball. Serebrianska tied Bulgaria's Maria Petrova for the all-round title at the 1995 World Championships in Vienna, Austria. She also won several individual apparatus titles: rope at the 1993 World Championships in Alicante, Spain; hoop (tied with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateryna Serdyuk (archer)
Kateryna Valeriyivna Serdyuk (; born January 22, 1983) is a Ukrainian archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern .... She won a silver medal in the team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In the individual event she placed 16th. ReferencesProfileat Database Olympics 1983 births Living people Ukrainian female archers Archers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic archers for Ukraine Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine Olympic medalists in archery Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen {{Ukraine-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateryna Rohonyan
Katerina Serhiivna Rohonyan (born April 25, 1984) is a Ukrainian-American chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She moved from Ukraine to United States in 2004. She has competed in several U.S. Women's Chess Championships. Rohonyan won the Women's Ukrainian Chess Championship in 2000 in her hometown, Mykolaiv. She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship 2008 in Nalchik, Russia, where she defeated Natalia Zhukova in the first round to progress to the second, losing to Inna Gaponenko. In 2010, she tied for the first place in the Paul Keres Memorial Tournament in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Rohonyan played for the USA team that won the bronze medal at the Women's Chess Olympiad of 2008 in Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateryna Pavlenko
Kateryna Anatoliivna Pavlenko (, ; born August 10, 1988), also known as Monokate (), is a Ukrainian singer, composer, and folklorist. She is the lead vocalist of the Ukrainian electro-folk band Go_A, who would have represented Ukraine at Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with their song " Solovey". After the cancellation of the contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they represented Ukraine in 2021 with " Shum". Early life Pavlenko was born on August 10, 1988, in Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast, a city north-east of Kyiv (at the time in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union). Her mother worked an unpaid job in the military which meant her family was poor and, at one point, homeless. She was surrounded by folk music from an early age. Her grandmother was a singer and taught her the traditional style of singing known as ' white voice' and her grandfather played the accordion. Her mother also sang in a folk choir. During her time at school she studied singing and was encouraged by her teache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateryna Boloshkevich
Kateryna Ivanivna Boloshkevich (; 19 May 1939 – 28 March 2018) was a Ukrainian weaver and statesperson who was a weaver at the of the Ministry of Light Industry of the Ukrainian SSR and an elected deputy of the ninth convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Previously, she worked at the after she graduated from high school. Boloshkevich was a delegate to the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the and was on the Central Audit Commission of the Communist Party of Ukraine. She was a two-time recipient of the Order of Lenin and got the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, the Hero of Socialist Labour and the . Biography On 19 May 1939, Boloshkevich was born into a family of a collective farmer in the village of , Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Following her graduation from high school, she worked at the . From 1961, Boloshkevich worked at the building of the of the Ministry of Light Industry of the Ukrainian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateryna Palekha
Kateryna Borysivna Palekha (; born 20 September 1980) is an athlete from Ukraine. She competes in archery. Palekha represented Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, She placed 59th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 595. In the first round of elimination, she faced 6th-ranked Yuan Shu Chi of Chinese Taipei "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan. Due to the One China principle stipulated by the .... Palekha lost 162-158 in the 18-arrow match, placing 33rd overall in women's individual archery. Palekha was also a member of the 6th-place Ukrainian team in the women's team archery competition. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she lost to Miranda Leek in the last 64. The Ukrainian team that she was part of also lost in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateryna Mikhalitsyna
Kateryna Mikhalitsyna (; born February 23, 1982) is a Ukrainian poet, children's writer, translator and editor. Early life and education Kateryna Mikhalitsyna was born on February 23, 1982, in Mlyniv. In 2003, she completed undergraduate studies in biology in Rivne. Six years later, she graduated in English studies from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. She took on various jobs, then in 2008–2012 worked as an editor and translator at the Astroliabia Publishing House. In 2013, she took on the role of the deputy editor-in-chief of the Old Lion Publishing House, Mariana Savka. In 2014–2015 she took part in Lithuanian-Ukrainian translation studies. Career Mikhalitsyna has published three poetry collections and a number of children's books. As a writer, editor and a translator, she took part in various literary projects and events, such as the all-Ukrainian Add Reading! Initiative, Bologna Children's Literature Exhibition, Publishers’ Forum, and was a benefi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
