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Rafał Aleksander Ziemkiewicz
Rafał () is a Polish masculine given name. It is the Polish form of the name Raphael. Notable people with the name A-J * Rafał Adamczyk (born 1974), Polish politician * Rafał Ambrozik (born 1979), Polish politician * Rafał Andraszak (born 1978), Polish footballer * Rafał Antoniewski (born 1980), Polish chess grandmaster * Rafał Augustyn (composer) (born 1951), Polish composer, pianist and writer * Rafał Augustyn (racewalker) (born 1984), Polish race walker * Rafał Augustyniak (born 1993), Polish footballer * Rafał Berliński (born 1976), Polish footballer * Rafał Betlejewski (born 1969), Polish artist * Rafał Blechacz (born 1985), Polish classical pianist * Rafał Bochenek (born 1986), Polish lawyer and politician * Rafał Boguski (born 1984), Polish footballer * Rafał Bruski (born 1962), Polish politician * Rafał Brzoska (born 1977), Polish entrepreneur and investor * Rafał Brzozowski (born 1981), Polish singer and TV presenter, represented Poland in the Eurovis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Names
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic peoples, Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', ''Niemir, Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ''Rogvolod''), *pъlkъ (''Svetopolk'', ''Yaropolk''), *slavъ (''Vladislav'', ''Dobroslav'', ''Vseslav'') and their derivatives (''Dobrynya, Tishila, Ratisha, Putyata'', etc.) * Names from flora and fauna (''Shchuka'' - Northern pike, pike, ''Yersh'' - ruffe, ''Zayac'' - hare, ''Wolk''/''Vuk (name), Vuk'' - wolf, ''Orel'' - eagle) * Names in order of birth (''Pervusha'' - born first, ''Vtorusha''/''Vtorak'' - born second, ''Tretiusha''/''Tretyak'' - born third) * Names according to human qualities (''Hrabr'' - brave, ''Milana/Milena'' - beautiful, ''Milosh'' - beloved, ''Nadezhda -'' hope) * Names containing the root of the name of a Slavic deity (''Troyan'', ''Perunek/Peruvit'', ''Yarovit'', ''Stribor'', ''Šventarag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafał Brzozowski
Rafał Brzozowski (; born 8 June 1981) is a Polish singer and television presenter. His career started through participation in the first season of The Voice of Poland in 2011. He hosted the Polish version of Wheel of Fortune. Brzozowski attempted to represent Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Sky Over Europe", finishing second in the national final ''Krajowe Eliminacje''. He co-hosted the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. He represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ... with the song " The Ride", but failed to qualify to the final, finishing 14th in second semi-final with 35 points. Discography Studio albums Extended plays Singles References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafał Feinmesser
Rafał Feinmesser (1895 – ?) was a Polish chess master. He was murdered in the Holocaust in Warszawa. He played several times in the Warsaw championships. He tied for 5-6th in 1926 (Abram Blass and Paulin Frydman won), tied for 6-7th in 1927 (Stanisław Kohn Stanisław Kohn (1895–1940) was a Polish chess master. Kohn played for Poland in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924. In 1925, he won the Warsaw Championship. In 1926, he tied for 3rd-7th, behind Dawid Przepiórka and Paulin Frydman ... and Leon Kremer won), took 10th in 1928 (Blass won), tied for 5-6th in 1929 (Kremer won), tied for 10-11th in 1930 (Frydman won). Feinmesser, along with other members of the Warsaw team (Blass, Frydman, Kohn, Kremer, Karol Piltz, Henryk Pogorieły) won the gold medal in the 1st Polish Team Championship at Królewska Huta 1929. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafał Fedaczyński
Rafał Fedaczyński (born 3 December 1980) is a Polish race walker. He competed in the 50 km event at the World Race Walking Cup in 2004 and 2006, at the World Championships in 2005 and 2007, and at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics. His best result was eighth place at the 2008 Olympics. He set a personal best of 3:46:05 hours for the 50 km walk at the 2011 Dudinska Patdesiatka, where he was the runner-up behind Matej Tóth.Juck, Alfons (2011-03-27)Toth sets 50km road world lead 3:39:46 IAAF World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international sports governing body, governing body for the sport .... Retrieved on 2011-03-28. Competitions record References External links * * Rafał Fedaczyńskiat the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * 1980 births Living people Polish male race walkers Athletes (track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alojzy Rafał Estreicher
Alojzy Rafał Estreicher or Alois Raphael Estreicher (21 June 1786 – 1 August 1852) was a Polish physician and naturalist who contributed to botany and entomology. He served as a professor of natural history at the Jagiellonian University, University of Krakow. A species of beetle that he discovered was named after him as ''Carabus estreicheri''. Life and work Estreicher was born in Kraków, Krakow where his father Dominik Franciszek Paulo Oesterreicher (1750–1809) was an art professor and amateur entomologist. His mother was Rozalia née Prakesch (1761–1807). He Polonized the family name of Oesterreicher to Estreicher. He studied medicine at the University of Krakow from 1802 and received a surgery degree in 1805. He then taught veterinary medicine for a while. He studied museum practices at the University of Vienna. In 1807 he received a doctorate in medicine and a doctor of philosophy in 1811. From 1809 he was in charge of the botanical garden of Krakow where he reorgan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafał Dutkiewicz
Rafał Dutkiewicz (born 6 July 1959, Mikstat) is a Polish politician and entrepreneur who served as the city mayor of Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from 2002 to 2018. Career till 2002 In the late 1970s and early 1980s he engaged in the organisation of the Christian Culture Weeks in Wrocław and held the chair of the Adam Mickiewicz Scholarship Association. He was also actively involved in the Scouts movement as a member of ZHP (The Polish Scouting Association) General Council. In 1982 he earned the Master of Science degree in applied mathematics from the Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology at the Wrocław University of Technology. He also studied at the Department of Christian Philosophy of the Catholic University of Lublin, and in 1985 obtained his doctoral degree in formal logic ("Research on the Beth semantic tableaux method") under the supervision of Professor Ludwik Borkowski. During the martial law in Poland, he was a member of the undergrou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafal E
Rafal may refer to: People * Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski (born 1969), British experimental physicist * Rafal Kiernicki (1912–1995), Roman Catholic prelate from Ukraine * Rafal Korc (born 1982), Polish Paralympic athlete * Rafał Sznajder (1972–2014), Polish Olympic saber fencer Places *Rafal, Alicante, Valencia, Spain See also *Rafał, the Polish form of the male given name Raphael * Rafał of Tarnów, Polish nobleman {{disambig, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafał Dobrucki
Rafał Dobrucki (born 27 December 1976 Poland) is a Polish former speedway rider. He earned four international caps for the Poland speedway team. Career On 25 July 1999 he won the Continental Final, which formed part of the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification. He went on to qualify as a permanent rider for the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix. In 2003, he won the Polish pairs title. He rode in the British leagues after joining the Oxford Silver Machine in 2004. Speedway Grand Prix results Career Individual World Championship *1997 - 23rd place (1 points) *1999 - 25th place (8 points) *2000 - 21st place (16 points) *2004 - 29th place (5 points) Individual U-21 World Championship *1995 - 11th place (6 points) *1996 - 6th place (10 points) *1997 - 2ns place (11 points +3) Team World Championship *1995 - 6th place (0 points) *''1996 - 2 points in Group A'' *''1999 - 6 points in Semi-Final B'' *''2000 - 4 points in Semi-Final A'' European Club Champions' Cup *2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafał Dobrowolski
Rafał Dobrowolski (born 27 December 1983 in Kielce) is an athlete from Poland, who competes in archery. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Dobrowolski finished his ranking round with a total of 667 points, which gave him the 13th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Nay Myo Aung in the first round, in which he beat the archer from Myanmar 110-106. In the second round Dobrowolski was too strong for Oleksandr Serdyuk. After a 111-111 draw Dobrowolski scored 9 points in the extra round, with Serdyuk scoring eight. In the third round he was unable to beat Park Kyung-Mo (113-105) and was eliminated.Athlete biography: Rafal Dobrowolski beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 17 2008 Together with |
Rafał Dębski
Rafał Dębski (born 1969) is a Polish writer of fantasy, historic, sensational and criminal novels. He works as a psychologist. Since June 2009 he has been editor in chief of the '' Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror magazine.'' He debuted in ''Nowa Fantastyka'' in its May 1998 issue with his tale "Siódmy liść". In 2005 his first novel ''Łzy Nemezis'' was published. In the scope of fantasy literature he won the "Nautilus" award in 2007 for his novel ''Czarny Pergamin'' and in 2008 for ''Gwiazdozbiór kata''. He published a series of criminal novels, in which the main character is police officer Michał Wroński. He also wrote a novel which takes place during the Russo-Chechen conflict. Bibliography Books *''Łzy Nemesis'', Copernicus Corporation, October 2005 () *''Czarny Pergamin'', Fabryka Słów, October 2006 () *''Przy końcu drogi'', Fantasmagoricon, October 2006 () *''Gwiazdozbiór kata'', Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, May 2007 () *''Kiedy Bóg zasypia'', Fabryka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafał Czuper
Rafał Czuper (born 19 February 1988) is a Polish para table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal. He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ..., winning a silver and bronze medal. He competed at the 2013 European championship. References External links * Rafal Czuper Archives– International Table Tennis Federation (ittf.com) Rafal Czuperat the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympicsalternate link * * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafał Cieśla
Rafał Cieśla (born 16 March 1967) is a retired Polish athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. He represented his country at two World Indoor Championships and two European Indoor Championships. His personal bests are 13.66 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+1.6 m/s, Warsaw 1992) and 7.63 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.65 seconds (Devynne Ch ... (Spała 1992). International competitions References 1967 births Living people Polish male hurdlers Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Polish sportsmen 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-hurdles-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
