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Nurmi
Nurmi is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne Nurmi (born 1968), Finnish singer, composer and keyboard player, a member of the band Lacrimosa * Dovima Nurmi, Spanish drag queen * Juha Nurmi (born 1959), Finnish retired ice hockey player * Luka Nurmi (born 2004), Finnish racing driver * Maila Nurmi (1922–2008), Finnish-American actress who created the 1950s character Vampira * Markus Nurmi (born 1998), Finnish ice hockey player * Mauno Nurmi (1936–2018), retired football and ice hockey player * Noah Nurmi (born 2001), Finnish footballer * Osku Nurmi, Finnish radio personality * Paavo Nurmi (1897–1973), Finnish runner, nine-time Olympic champion * Teemu Nurmi Teemu Nurmi (born 24 February 1985) is a Finnish ice hockey player currently playing for Lukko of the Finnish Liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in En ... (born 1985), Finnish ice hockey p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Johannes Nurmi (; 13 June 1897 – 2 October 1973) was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He was called the " Flying Finn" or the "Phantom Finn", as he dominated distance running in the 1920s. Nurmi set 22 official world records at distances between 1500 metres and 20 kilometres, and won nine gold and three silver medals in his 12 events in the Summer Olympic Games. At his peak, Nurmi was undefeated for 121 races at distances from 800 m upwards. Throughout his 14-year career, he remained unbeaten in cross country events and the 10,000 metres. Born into a working-class family, Nurmi left school at the age of 12 to provide for his family. In 1912, he was inspired by the Olympic feats of Hannes Kolehmainen and began developing a strict training program. Nurmi started to flourish during his military service, setting Finnish records in athletics en route to his international debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics. After winning a silver medal in the 5000 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maila Nurmi
Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi (December 11, 1922 – January 10, 2008), known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was an American actress who created the campy 1950s character Vampira. She was raised in Astoria, Oregon, where she worked in tuna and salmon canneries. She relocated to Los Angeles in 1940, with hopes of becoming an actress. After several minor film roles, she found success with her Vampira character, television's first horror host. Nurmi hosted her own series, '' The Vampira Show'', from 1954 to 1955, on KABC-TV. After the show's cancellation, she appeared in the 1959 cult film ''Plan 9 from Outer Space'', directed by Ed Wood. She is also billed as Vampira in the 1959 film ''The Beat Generation'', where she appears out of character and instead plays a beatnik poet. Nurmi also appeared in the 1959 crime film '' The Big Operator''. She was portrayed by Lisa Marie in Tim Burton's 1994 biopic, ''Ed Wood''. Early life Maila Nurmi was born to Onni Niemi (earlier Syrjäniemi), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dovima Nurmi
Dovima Nurmi is the stage name of Rafael De Lorente (born 9 June 1996), a Spanish drag queen best known for competing on the first season of '' Drag Race España''. Career In 2021, Dovima Nurmi was cast on reality competition '' Drag Race España'' in its inaugural season, which began airing on May 30, 2021. In the sixth episode, she was nominated as one of the two worst performances of the episode alongside Sagittaria, so it was up to Dovima Nurmi to face her in a lip sync battle to fight to stay in the competition. Due to the friendship between the two, Dovima Nurmi refused to compete, giving the victory to Sagittaria and thus becoming the sixth elimination. After the show aired, Dovima Nurmi was part of the national tour of the ''Gran Hotel de las Reinas'', together with the other contestants of the program and the presenter of the program, Supremme de Luxe. Her drag name originates from a combination of the names of supermodel Dovima and actress Maila Nurmi, who was als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luka Nurmi
Luka Nurmi (born 26 April 2004) is a Finnish racing driver. He has won the title of Ferrari Challenge World Championship as well as the Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ Series. He won the both championship series as the youngest competitor. In addition, in early seasons of his career he won many medals in Karting Finnish Championship series and in other international series. He has also won the Championship in Finland's most popular circuit racing series, Legends - also as the youngest driver in its history. Since karting he has determinately developed his career towards top speed in international GT-series. Career Karting 2009–2018 Born in Tampere, Finland, at age of five Nurmi started competing in karting as he became interested in the thrilling and fast-paced world of motorsport. Determined work in the junior karting groups delivered silver medal in the Rotax Max Finland series, bronze medal in BNL series and bronze medal in Rotax MAX Challenge World Championships. In s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurmi
Nurmi is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne Nurmi (born 1968), Finnish singer, composer and keyboard player, a member of the band Lacrimosa * Dovima Nurmi, Spanish drag queen * Juha Nurmi (born 1959), Finnish retired ice hockey player * Luka Nurmi (born 2004), Finnish racing driver * Maila Nurmi (1922–2008), Finnish-American actress who created the 1950s character Vampira * Markus Nurmi (born 1998), Finnish ice hockey player * Mauno Nurmi (1936–2018), retired football and ice hockey player * Noah Nurmi (born 2001), Finnish footballer * Osku Nurmi, Finnish radio personality * Paavo Nurmi (1897–1973), Finnish runner, nine-time Olympic champion * Teemu Nurmi Teemu Nurmi (born 24 February 1985) is a Finnish ice hockey player currently playing for Lukko of the Finnish Liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in En ... (born 1985), Finnish ice hockey p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Nurmi
Markus Nurmi (born 29 June 1998) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing with HC TPS in the Liiga. He was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the sixth round, 163rd overall, in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Nurmi played as a youth within HC TPS organization and made his Finnish Liiga debut with TPS during the 2015–16 season. Following his seventh season in the Liiga with TPS in 2021–22, Nurmi was signed as a free agent by the Nashville Predators to a one-year, entry-level contract on 10 June 2022. After attending the Predators training camp, Nurmi was re-assigned to begin the 2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ... season with American Hockey League affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals. In a top six forward role, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Nurmi
Noah Nurmi (born 6 February 2001) is a Finnish footballer who plays for IFK Mariehamn. Career Esbjerg fB In December 2017 Danish club Esbjerg fB confirmed, that they had signed Nurmi on a long-term contract, after a good performance for his club KäPa against Esbjerg in the UEFA Youth League. Nurmi got his debut for Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, that plays in the 2nd division, the third-tier of the Danish football league system. Foun ... on 12 July 2019 against FC Midtjylland. On 28 September 2019, Nurmi signed a new contract until the summer 2022. Nurmi was loaned out to FC Inter Turku on 31 January 2020 until the end of the year. On 1 February 2021, Nurmi was sold permanently to FC Inter Turku. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Nurmi
Anne Marjanna Nurmi (born 22 August 1968) is a Finnish singer, composer and keyboard player who is a member of the band Lacrimosa. She lives in Switzerland. Nurmi was born in Tampere. In her youth she sang in church choirs and began playing keyboards. Nurmi is a contralto singer. In 1987, Nurmi and a singer named Jyrki started a gothic rock band called ''Noidat'' ( fi, The Witches). In 1989, two more members, Nauku and Toby, joined the band. The band then changed its name to ''Two Witches'' and started writing its lyrics in English. In 1993, Two Witches toured together with Lacrimosa, where Anne met the German-born musician Tilo Wolff Tilo Wolff (born 10 July 1972) is a German musician and artist. He was born in Frankfurt am Main and currently lives in Switzerland. His longest-running project is the band Lacrimosa, which since its debut in 1990 has produced 11 albums. The b .... Tilo was so fascinated by Anne's voice that he invited her to join his project and so Anne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juha Nurmi
Juha Nurmi (born 25 February 1959) is a retired Finnish ice hockey center who last played for Luleå Hockey in Elitserien (now SHL) in 1990. Nurmi played for Tappara when they won the Finnish championships in 1982. Career Nurmi has played 196 games in Liiga with 158 points and 141 games in Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ... with 121 points. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nurmi, Juha Living people 1959 births Finnish ice hockey centres Tappara players HC TPS players Luleå HF players Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Washington Capitals draft picks Sportspeople from Tampere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osku Nurmi
Osku Nurmi is a Finnish radio personality. He wanted to be a musician or footballer when he was young, but started to host radio programs instead. He has been doing it since the beginning of the 1990s, for example in the local radio stations of Salo and Turku, before moving to Nelonen Media's Rock music station called Radio Rock. Osku Nurmi has also worked as host in Miss Suomi Miss Suomi (Finnish for ''Miss Finland'') is a national beauty pageant in Finland. The pageant was founded in 1931, where the winners were sent to Miss Universe. History Miss Suomi was held for the first time in 1931. Between 1952 and 1955 th ... pre-qualification of Salo. External links Radio Rock - Osku Nurmi Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Finnish radio presenters Place of birth missing (living people) {{radio-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teemu Nurmi
Teemu Nurmi (born 24 February 1985) is a Finnish ice hockey player currently playing for Lukko of the Finnish Liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu .... References External links * Living people Lukko players 1985 births Finnish ice hockey forwards Tappara players Espoo Blues players Ice hockey people from Tampere {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauno Nurmi
Mauno Nurmi (23 December 1936 – 12 July 2018) was a professional football and ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for TPS (ice hockey) and TPS (football). He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986. He was born in Turku, Finland. In football, he played as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ... and made five appearances for the Finland national team between 1959 and 1966. Honours ;HC TPS * SM-sarja (1): 1955–56 References External links Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame bio 1936 births 2018 deaths Finnish ice hockey players Finnish men's footballers HC TPS players Turun Palloseura footballers Finland men's B international footballers Men's association football forwards Finland men's international footballers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
