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Katja
Katja is a feminine given name. In Germany, the Netherlands, Flanders, and Scandinavia, it is a pet form of Katherine. Katja may refer to: Music *Katja Andy (1906–2013), German-American pianist *Katja Ebstein (born 1945), German singer * Katja Glieson, Australian recording artist * Katja Schuurman (born 1975), Dutch actress, singer and television personality Modelling * Katja Shchekina (born 1986), Russian supermodel Politics * Katja Adler (born 1974), German politician * Katja Boh (1929–2008), Slovenian sociologist, diplomat, politician * Katja Kipping (born 1978), German politician, chairwoman of the Left Party * Katja Husen (1976–2022), German politician * Katja Suding (born 1975), German politician Sports * Katja Demut (born 1983), German triple jumper * Katja Dieckow (born 1984), German diver *Katja Ebbinghaus (born 1948), German tennis player *Katja Gerber (born 1975), German judoka *Katja Haller (born 1981), Italian professional biathlete *Katja Keller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Glieson
Katja-Angelique Glieson (born 19 August 1996), better known as Katja Glieson, is an Australian-German singer from Melbourne. She first gained recognition in 2014 for playing ' Elsa' in the YouTube video '' Princess Rap Battle'', where she raps with Snow White, which has been featured on Perez Hilton, ''Cosmopolitan'', ''The Huffington Post'', MTV, and Pop Crunch. Glieson released a music video called 'Come Thru' which has garnered over seven million views on YouTube. Early life Katja Glieson was born Katja-Angelique Glieson in Melbourne, Australia, to German immigrants. She made a "difficult decision to move away from family and friends to pursue a career in music; she worked three jobs and saved every penny to make the move to Los Angeles in order to live out her dreams". Glieson talked about struggling with shyness and bullying while growing up, made worse by being an overweight little girl. She suffered more than her fair share of ridicule and bullying in elementary schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Kipping
Katja Kipping (born 18 January 1978) is a German politician of The Left party who is serving as Senator for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs in the Berlin state government since December 2021. She was previously a member of the Bundestag representing Saxony from 2005 to 2021. She was federal co-leader of The Left from 2012 to 2021 alongside Bernd Riexinger. Early life and career Kipping was born on 18 January 1978 in Dresden, then part of East Germany (GDR). After completing her Abitur in 1996 at Annen- Gymnasium, Kipping spent a voluntary social year in Gatchina, Russia. Following this, she completed a degree in Slavic studies, with a minor in American studies and public law, at the Dresden University of Technology, from which she obtained her Master of Arts degree in 2003. In her final thesis, she examined the mutual relationship between literature and politics. During her studies, she shared an apartment with four other students. Kipping currently splits her time b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Husen
Katja Husen (12 June 1976 – 28 June 2022) was a German biologist and politician. A member of Alliance 90/The Greens, she was speaker of the party's youth organisation, Green Youth, and served in the Hamburg Parliament from 2004 to 2008. She was CEO of the Centre for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg. Early life and education Husen was born in Istanbul, Turkey, on 12 June 1976, where she mostly lived until age six because of her father's job. She attended schools in Kiel, including one exchange year in Portland, Oregon. After she graduated with an Abitur in 1995, she studied biology at the Technische Universität Braunschweig and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, graduating with a Diplom in 2001. Political career In 1997, Husen joined the Alliance 90/The Greens (GAL) party. She was speaker of the party's youth organisation, Green Youth, from 1998 to 2000. She acted as a member of the party board of the Green Party in Hamburg between 2001 and 2002. Elected to the federal pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Nyberg
Katja Johanna Alice Nyberg (born 24 August 1979) is a naturalized Norwegian handball player, currently retired. She played 99 games and scored 321 goals for the Norwegian national team during her career. With the Norwegian team she won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a silver medal at the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship in France, as well as two gold medals and one silver medal at the European Championships. Career Early years Katja Nyberg is the daughter of Robert Nyberg, the first Finnish handball player to play professionally abroad. She was born in Stockholm while Robert was living in Sweden. The family later relocated to Finland where she grew up. Nyberg played sports from an early age, mainly javelin throw and other athletics varieties. She started her handball career in Helsinki club Sparta IF with her father as coach. Club career Nyberg played for Sparta until she was 18. As handball in Finland was not competitive enough, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Ebstein
Katja Ebstein (born Karin Witkiewicz; 9 March 1945) is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf (now Gniewków, Poland). She achieved success with songs such as "Theater" and "Es war einmal ein Jäger". She was married to , who wrote many of her songs. Ebstein represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1970, 1971 and 1980. She also took part in Ein Lied für Stockholm in 1975 with the song "Ich liebe dich", placing 5th in the selection. . Her best performance was in 1980 when she gained second place with the entry "Theater", her other two songs " Wunder gibt es immer wieder" and "Diese Welt" each came to third places. As noted by John Kennedy O'Connor in his book ''The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History'', Ebstein is the most successful performer to have taken part in the contest without ever winning. She is the only singer to appear in the top three on three occasions. Discography Studio albums *Katja (Liberty 1969) *Wunder gib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Schuurman
Katja Schuurman (born 19 February 1975) is a Dutch actress, singer and television personality. Early life She grew up as the eldest daughter of a Dutch father and a Surinamese mother, born in Curaçao. Her sister Birgit is also a singer and actress. Acting career 1992-1999 Schuurman made her acting debut in 1992 on the television series ''Uit de school geklapt''. Her breakthrough came two years later when she resurfaced in the RTL soap ''Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden (GTST)'' as Jessica, one of Govert Harmsen's three nieces. With two other characters from ''GTST'' she formed the spin-off girl group Linda, Roos & Jessica. Their debut single "Ademnood" (English version: "Turn Your Love Around'") topped the Dutch charts in late 1995. The only disappointment in this successful year was the release of '' De Zeemeerman'' (''The Merman''); it failed to draw people to the cinemas and was voted the worst Dutch movie ever made. Katja continued to release singles with both LR&J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Suding
Katja Suding (born 30 December 1975, in Vechta) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) was a member of the German Bundestag from 2017 to 2021. She served as chairwoman of her party's parliamentary group in the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft from 2010 until 2017. Early life and education Suding grew up in Vechta. During highschool, she spent a year in Logan, Utah in 1993. Suding studied political science and romance studies at the University of Münster and graduated in 2003 as Magistra Artium. Already during her studies, she moved to Hamburg in 1999. After six years as freelance PR consultant, Suding moved to the Hamburg office of international consulting firm Edelman in 2011, where she advised Diageo. Political career Career in state politics Suding has been a member of the FDP since 2006. Since 2008, she has been a member of the Hamburg state executive board of the party. At the 2009 German federal election she stood unsuccessfully in Hamburg-Altona. In De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Andy
Katja Andy (born Käthe Aschaffenburg; 23 May 1907 – 30 December 2013) was a German-American classical pianist and piano professor. Biography Youth and first career steps in Germany Katja Andy was born Käthe Aschaffenburg in 1907 in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was the younger child of Otto Aschaffenburg (1869-1933), a Jewish fabric manufacturer, and his wife, Clara (née Ruben), an amateur pianist who had studied the piano with Clara Schumann. She started playing the piano at the age of three. Her parents were musical patrons and used to accommodate touring soloists of the local philharmonic concerts at the family home, including stars like Adolf Busch, Joseph Szigeti, Eugen d’Albert, and Walter Gieseking. Pianist Edwin Fischer eventually became a close friend of the family. In 1924, she moved to Berlin to study with Edwin Fischer and Michael Wittels. She also attended piano lessons by Artur Schnabel.Bredow, '' Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Kraus
Katja Kraus (born 23 November 1970, in Offenbach am Main) is a German former football player and official. She was the first German woman to be a board member of a Fußball-Bundesliga club, Hamburger SV. Early life Kraus was born in Offenbach am Main, and graduated in Frankfurt in politics and German literature. Football career Kraus joined FSV Frankfurt when she was 16 years old, and played 220 games for the club as goalkeeper in the Women's Fußball-Bundesliga, setting a Women's Bundesliga record in the 1996–97 season, when she played 1314 minutes without conceding a goal. She won the German championship with FSV Frankfurt three times, in 1985–86, 1994–95 and 1997–98, and the DFB cup four times, in 1989–90, 1991–92, 1994–95 and 1995–96. The first championship was before the Bundesliga had been established, the second was during the time that the Bundesliga was held as two regional leagues, and the third was the first championship held as a unified Bundesliga. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Schroffenegger
Katja Schroffenegger (born 28 April 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italy women's national team. Club career She previously played for FC Südtirol in Serie A. On 19 June 2013, she signed with Bayern Munich. International career In April 2011 she made her debut for the Italian national team. She is currently the national team's fourth choice goalkeeper. in UEFA
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Katja Roose
Katja Roose (born 27 March 1981) is a Dutch female professional kite surfer. Biography Early life Playing with wind and water is something Roose grew up with. Her parents took her out sailing when she was just three weeks old. At her first body drag experience in 2001 she was hooked from the start. When she started competing, she wasn't ambitious at all and was already happy to be performing. Instead of being a "nobody" she seemed to have a talent for the sport. Within a year she had sponsors for her kites, wet suits and other clothing. She won the gold medal in the freestyle kiting competition of the 2003 Dutch Championships and took part in the 2004 King of the Air competition in Ho‘okipa, Hawaii, United States, her first international event, finishing fourth. 2005-2008 In 2005, she competed in her first PKRA World Tour organised by the International Kiteboarding Association. She fully focused on the competition circuit and within three tour events she claimed a top fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Shchekina
Katja Shchekina (russian: Катя Щекина, (b. May 18, 1986) is a Russian model. Early life and career Katja was born in 1986 in Perm, Russia to a Russian father and a mother of Komi and Hungarian descent. The rumors of her mother being of a Somali background are not true and Katja has expressed that it has caused her and her family much bother throughout her career as it has no basis she believes some assumed it to be true due to her naturally tanned complexion. Her parents are both white. Shchekina has appeared in ''Vogue Italia'', ''Vogue Paris'' and ''Harpers Bazaar'', and has been featured on the cover of ''L'Officiel'' (France & Russia). In addition, she has done advertisements for Dolce & Gabbana, Adidas, Juicy Couture, Neiman Marcus, and Bergdorf Goodman. She has also walked the runway for many top designers such as Givenchy, Alexander McQueen, La Perla, Etro, Oscar de la Renta, and Stella McCartney, as well as Victoria's Secret Victoria's Secret is an Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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