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Mirka (name)
Mirka is a Finnish or Slavic feminine given name, and a surname. It can also be a diminutive of given names such as Miroslava or Mirosław Notable people with the name include: Given name *Mirka Cabrera (born 1994), Ecuadorian model *Mirka Federer (Miroslava Vavrinec, born 1978), Slovak-born Swiss tennis player *Mirka Francia (born 1975), Cuban-Italian volleyball player * Mirka Grujić (1869–1940), Serbian nurse *Mirka Koželuhová (born 1951), Czech tennis player *Mirka Miller (1949–1916), Czech-Australian mathematician and computer scientist, university professor *Mirka Mora (1928–2018), French-born Australian visual artist *Mirka Rantanen, Finnish musician * Mirka Soinikoski (born 1975), Finnish politician *Mirka Vasiljević (born 1990), Serbian actress * Mirka Velinovska (born 1952), Macedonian journalist * Mirka Yemendzakis (died 2013), Greek actress, musician and voice coach Surname * Vladimír Mirka Vladimir Mirka (born 14 December 1928, in Czechoslovakia) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslava (other)
Miroslava may refer to: * Miroslava (actress), Mexican actress in the 1950s ** ''Miroslava'' (film), a 1993 film about the actress * Miroslava of Bulgaria, a daughter of tsar Samuil of Bulgaria * Miroslava, Iași, a commune in Iaşi County, Romania * ''Miroslava'' (fly), a genus in family Scathophagidae The Scathophagidae are a small family (biology), family of Muscoidea which are often known as dung flies, although this misnomer, name is not appropriate except for a few species of the genus ''Scathophaga'' which do indeed pass their larval sta ... Given name * Miroslava Němcová, Czech politician, former speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic * Mirka Federer, birth name Miroslava Vavrinec, wife and manager of Roger Federer * Miroslava Jánošíková (born 1969), Czech Olympic judoka * Miroslava Jaškovská, Czech cross-country skier See also * Miroslav (other) {{disambig, hndis, given name Russian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirosław (given Name)
Mirosław () is a Polish given name of Slavic origin, equivalent to Miroslav. It is composed of the elements ''miro'' 'peace' and ''sław'' 'glory, fame', thus a person who loves peace, or someone who achieves fame by establishing peace. Diminutive forms include Mirek and Mirka. Its feminine form is Mirosława (). Individuals with this name celebrate name day on February 26. People and characters with the name Mirosław(a) *Mirosław Ferić, a Polish fighter pilot, a flying ace of World War II * Mirosław Hermaszewski, the first Pole in space *Mirosława Makuchowska, Polish LGBT rights activist *Mirosław Vitali (1914–1992), Polish physician specialising in treatment and care of amputees *Mirosława Zakrzewska-Kotula,Polish volleyball, basketball and handball player and coach *Mirosław Żuławski, Polish writer, prosaist, diplomatist and screenwriter See also * Mirosław (other) Mirosław may refer to: People *Mirosław (given name), a Polish given name o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Cabrera
Mirka Cabrera (born 10 September 1994) is an Ecuadorian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ecuador and competed at Miss World 2016. Pageantry She was elected Reina de Puerto Bolívar 2009. In 2014, she won Reina de la Minería and Reina de Machala. Also, in the same year, she competed at Reina Mundial del Banano Ecuador where she was the 1st Runner-up. In 2015, Cabrera competed at Miss Ecuador where she was unplaced, and in 2016, she competed at Miss World Ecuador where she was elected the winner, at the end of the evening. Miss World 2016 As the winner of Miss World Ecuador 2016, Cabrera represented Ecuador at Miss World 2016 that was held in the United States. She was in the top 21 in talent competition, but she failed to place in the final top at the coronation event where Stephanie Del Valle Stephanie Del Valle Díaz (born December 30, 1996) is a Puerto Rican musician, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2016. She is the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Federer
Miroslava "Mirka" Federer (born Miroslava Vavrincová on 1 April 1978, later Miroslava Vavrinec) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. She is married to tennis player Roger Federer, having first met him at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She retired from professional tennis in 2002 due to a persistent foot injury. By the time she closed her career, she was a top-100 ranked player. Early life and tennis career Born in Bojnice (then Czechoslovakia), Miroslava emigrated to Switzerland when she was two years old. In 1987, when she was nine, her father took her to watch a tournament at Filderstadt in Germany. Mirka met Martina Navratilova, who thought she looked athletic and should try tennis. Navratilova later sent her a racquet and arranged for her first tennis lesson. In 2002, she teamed up with Roger Federer in the Hopman Cup. Her best Grand Slam performance was in 2001, when she reached the third round of the US Open. Monica Seles defeated her twice. However, a recurrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Francia
Mirka Francia Vasconcelos (born 14 February 1975, in Villa Clara) is a Cuban-Italian volleyball player who has won two Olympic gold medals with the Cuba women's national volleyball team. At 1.84 meters (6 ft) tall, she played as a blocker before becoming a hitter in 2004. Life and career Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, Francia first played volleyball at age ten and joined the junior national team in Havana four years later. With the national team she won two gold medals, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also played on the Cuban national team that won the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in 1994 and 1998. In the 1998-1999 season she played for Romanelli Firenze in the Italian second division before joining Sirio Perugia for the following season. She skipped the 2000-2001 season because of pregnancy, but rejoined Sirio Perugia the next year. With the team she has won the Italian Championship three times (2002–200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Grujić
Mirka Grujić (Belgrade, 1869–1940) was a Serbian volunteer nurse during World War I, president of the Circle of Serbian Sisters, and was the honorary first lady-in-waiting of Queen Maria of Yugoslavia. Biography Mirka Grujić was one of ten children of Jelena and Jevrem Grujić's House, Jevrem Grujić, the Serbian statesman and diplomat. She was highly educated and intelligent. She spoke five languages, painted, played the harpsichord. During the First Balkan War, Second Balkan War, and World War I, Grujić joined the volunteer medical corps as a nurse. She took part in the retreat across Albania and remained with the army until the liberation of Serbia, when she returned to Belgrade. For her work as a nurse, she was given the Medal for Bravery (Serbia), Medal for Bravery. After the war, she became the president of the Circle of Serbian Sisters, whose member she was prior to World War I. In that position, she took care of the poor, the ill, orphans, and helped educate young girls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Koželuhová
Miroslava "Mirka" Koželuhová (born 16 December 1951) is a Czech former professional tennis player. She has also been known by her married name Mirka Bendlová. Biography Koželuhová is the great-niece of tennis player Karel Koželuh, who is an inductee to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. During her career she featured in four editions of the French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and v ..., the first in 1973. The 1973 French Open was also the debut of her then compatriot Martina Navratilova and they played each other in the first round, Navratilova emerging victorious. In 1975 she was a member of the Czechoslovak squad which won the country's first Federation Cup title, then sat out of international tennis for two years when the authorities took away her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Miller
Mirka Miller (née Koutova, 9 May 1949 – 2 January 2016) was a Czech-Australian mathematician and computer scientist interested in graph theory and data security. She was a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Newcastle. Life Miller was born on 9 May 1949 in Rumburk, then part of Czechoslovakia, as the oldest in a family of five children. After attempting to escape Czechoslovakia in 1968, stopped because of her companion's illness, she became a student at Charles University before successfully escaping in 1969 and becoming a refugee in Australia. Miller earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney in 1976, both in mathematics and computer science, and as a student also played volleyball for the New South Wales team and then the Australia women's national volleyball team. She married ornithologist Ben Miller, became a computer programmer working with the Sydney Morning Herald and for NSW Parks and Wildlife on Lord Howe Island, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Mora
Mirka Madeleine Mora (18 March 1928 – 27 August 2018) was a French-born Australian visual artist and cultural figure who contributed significantly to the development of contemporary art in Australia. Her media included drawing, painting, sculpture and mosaic. Early life Mirka Mora was born in Paris to a Lithuanian Jewish father, Leon Zelik, and a Romanian Jewish mother, Celia Gelbein. She was arrested in 1942 during the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (''Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv''). Her father, Leon, managed to arrange for her release from the concentration camp at Pithiviers (Loiret) before Mora and her mother were scheduled to be deported to Auschwitz. The family evaded arrest and deportation from 1942 to 1945 by hiding in the forests of France. After the war, 17-year-old Mirka met a wartime resistance fighter Georges Mora in Paris. They married in 1947. In an interview in 2004, Mora said: Migration to Australia Having survived the Holocaust,Mirka Mora and her husband migrated to Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Rantanen
Mirka Rantanen (born ) is a Finnish musician. He was the drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one mem ... for power metal band Thunderstone when it formed in 2000. Rantanen has also drummed for a number of other Finnish bands, including as a session member for the supergroup Northern Kings. He currently plays drums in the band King Company. Rantanen started a heavy metal band for children called " Hevisaurus" in 2010. His character is an Apatosaurus called "Komppi Momppi". References External links Mirka Rantanenat Encyclopaedia Metallum {{DEFAULTSORT:Rantanen, Mirka Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Finnish heavy metal drummers Warmen members Thunderstone (band) members Year of birth missing (living people) 1970s births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Soinikoski
Mirka Johanna Soinikoski (born 16 December 1975 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Green League at the Tavastia constituency. Soinikoski is a medical specialist by education, graduating with a Licentiate in Medicine from the University of Turku in 2004. She specialised in Anesthesiology. Prior to entering parliament Soinikoski worked as a physician. In 2021, during the Covid-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified ..., Soinikoski publicly supported the implementation of a Covid passport in Finland. References 1975 births Living people Politicians from Helsinki Green League politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (2019–23) 21st-century Finnish women politicians Women members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Vasiljević
Mirka Vasiljević ( sr-Cyrl, Мирка Васиљевић; born 27 September 1990) is a Serbian actress and occasional model and television presenter. She rose to domestic fame with the 2005 film ''We Are Not Angels 2'', the sequel to the 1992 cult film A cult film or cult movie, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following. Cult films are known for their dedicated, passionate fanbase which forms an elaborate subculture, members of which engage ... '' We Are Not Angels''. Vasiljević has since established a career as one of the most eminent young actors in Serbia. In 2005, she earned a Rose d'Or Award for Best Television Actress nomination for her work on '' Love, Habit, Panic''. Personal life Since 2009, Vasiljević has dated footballer Vujadin Savić, the son of Serbian footballer Dušan Savić. In 2011 the couple were expecting a baby, later confirmed to be a boy. After that they got one more son and daughter. Vujad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
