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Lenka (given Name)
Lenka is a Czech and Slovak feminine given name. It is also a diminutive of other female names, Lena, Elena, and variants. List lenka Notable people with the name include: * Lenka (born 1978), Australian singer-songwriter and actress B-H * Lenka Bartáková (born 1991), Czech professional basketball player * Lenka Bradáčová (born 1973), Czech public prosecutor * Lenka Cenková (born 1977), Czech tennis player * Lenka Clayton (born 1977), British-American conceptual artist * Lenka Çuko (born 1938), Albanian politician * Lenka Dlhopolcová (born 1984), Slovak tennis player * Lenka Dürr (born 1990), German volleyball player * Lenka Dusilová (born 1975), Czech singer-songwriter * (1954), Czech singer and musician. * Lenka Filipová (1993), her daughter and also a singer-songwriter, uses stage name Lenny * Lenka Franulic (1908–1961), Chilean journalist * Lenka Gazdíková, Slovak football goalkeeper * Lenka Háječková (born 1978), Czech beach volleyball player * Lenk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Language
Czech ( ; ), historically known as Bohemian ( ; ), is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. Spoken by over 12 million people including second language speakers, it serves as the official language of the Czech Republic. Czech is closely related to Slovak, to the point of high mutual intelligibility, as well as to Polish to a lesser degree. Czech is a fusional language with a rich system of morphology and relatively flexible word order. Its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by Latin and German. The Czech–Slovak group developed within West Slavic in the high medieval period, and the standardization of Czech and Slovak within the Czech–Slovak dialect continuum emerged in the early modern period. In the later 18th to mid-19th century, the modern written standard became codified in the context of the Czech National Revival. The most widely spoken non-standard variety, known as Common Czech, is based on the vernacular of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Harcarikova
Lenka Eden Kripac (born 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress best known for her song "The Show", from her debut album, ''Lenka''. "The Show" has been used in numerous advertisements, most notably for Old Navy, as well as the Nickelodeon film ''Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'' and the 2011 film ''Moneyball''. Her song "Everything at Once" was used in a Windows 8 television advertisement and in a Disney Studio All Access commercial. Her fifth studio album, ''Attune'', was released in 2017. Early life The daughter of Czechoslovak jazz trumpet musician Jiří Křipač and an Australian schoolteacher, Eden, Lenka was raised in the Australian coastal town of Bega until age seven, when her family moved to Sydney. There she received her schooling, acting and music training, and started to work as a highly regarded theatre actress and later musician. Career 1994–2007: Early years As a teenager, Lenka studied acting at the Australian Theatre for Young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Masná
Lenka Masná (; born 22 April 1985 in Nový Jičín) is a Czech runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She competed at the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 and 2012 World Indoor Championships and the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... without reaching the final. After this she broke through to a higher performance level, reaching the final of the 2013 World Championships and the 2014 World Indoor Championships. In reaching the 2013 World Championships, she set a new personal best of 1:59.56. Competition record References 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Nový Jičín Athletes from the Moravian-Silesian Region Czech female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic Athletes (track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Marušková
Lenka Marušková () née Hyková (born 2 February 1985) is a retired Czech female sport shooter. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the women's 25 metre pistol, and also competed in the 10 metre air pistol. She also competed in the same two events at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... Her father, Vladimír, was also an Olympic-level sports shooter. References External links * ISSF profile 1985 births Czech female sport shooters ISSF pistol shooters Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for the Czech Republic Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Olympic silver medalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Maňhalová
Lenka Maňhalová (born October 28, 1974, in Liberec) is a retired female breaststroke and medley swimmer from the Czech Republic, who twice competed for her native country at the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...: in 1992 and 1996. References sports-reference 1974 births Living people Czech female swimmers Czech female breaststroke swimmers Female medley swimmers Nebraska Cornhuskers women's swimmers Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Czechoslovakia Olympic swimmers for the Czech Republic Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Liberec FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Czech Republic FISU World University Games bronze medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Lichtenberg
Lenka Lichtenberg is a Canadians, Canadian singer, composer, songwriter, and cantorial soloist of Czech Jews, Czech-Jewish descent. She sings in Czech language, Czech, English, French, Hebrew, and Yiddish. Early life and education She was born in Prague, into a family of Jewish origin. Most of her mother's family was murdered during the Holocaust. At the age of nine, Lichtenberg became an actress at the Music Theatre Semafor in Prague. She moved to Denmark, where she studied music at Aarhus Universitet and worked as a club singer. In the 1980s, Lichtenberg moved to Canada and settled in Vancouver, where she continued her studies at the University of British Columbia (B.Ed., music, French language, French), and sang in a Rock music, rock band. She received her master's degree in ethnomusicology at York University in Toronto. Career Lichtenberg performs internationally at Jewish culture festivals, folk and world music festivals and concert series. She has released seven solo al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Ledvinová
Lenka Eden Kripac (born 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress best known for her song "The Show", from her debut album, ''Lenka''. "The Show" has been used in numerous advertisements, most notably for Old Navy, as well as the Nickelodeon film ''Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'' and the 2011 film ''Moneyball''. Her song "Everything at Once" was used in a Windows 8 television advertisement and in a Disney Studio All Access commercial. Her fifth studio album, ''Attune'', was released in 2017. Early life The daughter of Czechoslovak jazz trumpet musician Jiří Křipač and an Australian schoolteacher, Eden, Lenka was raised in the Australian coastal town of Bega until age seven, when her family moved to Sydney. There she received her schooling, acting and music training, and started to work as a highly regarded theatre actress and later musician. Career 1994–2007: Early years As a teenager, Lenka studied acting at the Australian Theatre for Young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Kuncová
Lenka Kuncová (born 21 July 1971 in Čeladná) is a Czech paralympic archer. She won the bronze medal at the Women's team recurve event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as .... References External links * * * Czech female archers Living people Paralympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Paralympic archers for the Czech Republic Archers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics 1971 births Paralympic medalists in archery {{CzechRepublic-Paralympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Kunčíková
Lenka Kunčíková (born 29 July 1995) is a Czech former tennis player. On 10 August 2015, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 588. On 12 September 2016, she peaked at No. 97 in the WTA doubles rankings. In her career, she won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Kunčíková made her WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ... main-draw debut at the 2015 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, in the doubles draw, partnering Karolína Stuchlá. ITF finals Singles (1–1) Doubles (13–9) External links * * 1995 births Living people Czech female tennis players Sportspeople from Nový Jičín Tennis players from the Moravian-Silesian Region 21st-century Czech sportswomen {{CzechRepublic-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Kulovaná
Lenka Kulovaná (born 25 October 1974) is a Czech former competitive figure skater. She is a three-time Prague Skate champion, the 1990 International de Paris silver medalist, and a three-time Czech national champion. Personal life Kulovaná was born on 25 October 1974 in Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia. She has a son, Daniel, with her husband, Emmanuel Petit, a French farrier. Career Kulovaná won gold at the 1990, 1994, and 1995 Prague Skate (Czech Skate). She took silver at the 1990 International de Paris and the 1995 Nebelhorn Trophy. Kulovaná placed fifth at the 1992 European Championships, tenth at the 1993 World Championships, and competed at three Winter Olympics, placing 11th in 1992, 13th in 1994 and 18th in 1998. She was coached by František Pechar, Eva Horklová, and Vlasta Kopřivová in Prague. Kulovaná retired following the 1998 World Championships. After three years performing for Holiday on Ice, she coached skating in the United Arab Emira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Kotková
Lenka Kotková (''née'' Šarounová; born 26 July 1973) is a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. She works at Observatoř Ondřejov (Ondřejov Observatory), located near Prague. Besides numerous main-belt asteroids she also discovered Mars-crosser asteroid 9671 Hemera and Hilda family asteroid 21804 Václavneumann. Lenka Kotková studied meteorology at the faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague. Her tasks at the Astronomical institute AV ČR in Ondřejov are primarily the development of databases, spectroscopical and photometric observation, and data processing. During her work at the department of inter planetary matter her main role was the observation of near-earth asteroids, along with Petr Pravec and Peter Kušnirák she identified a large proportion of known binary asteroids. In the same time period she discovered or co-discovered over one hundred asteroids. At the present time Lenka Kotková works in the stell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Kebrlová
Lenka Kebrlová (born 13 March 1966, in Rakovník) is a Czech former alpine skier who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Calgary, Alberta as the main host city. This marks the m .... References External links * 1966 births Living people Czech female alpine skiers Czechoslovak female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Czechoslovakia Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Winter World University Games medalists in alpine skiing Sportspeople from Rakovník FISU World University Games gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Competitors at the 1987 Winter Universiade {{CzechRepublic-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
