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Rak (surname)
Rak (Czech and Slovak feminine: Raková) is a surname appearing in various languages. Rák (feminine: Ráková) is a Hungarian-language surname, often appearing in Slovakia. Notable people with these surnames include: Rak * Dmitry Rak (born 1976), Belarusian freestyle skier *Edita Raková (born 1978), Slovak ice hockey player * Isabelle Ledoux-Rak (born 1957), French physicist * Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (born 2002), English footballer *Miljenko Rak Miljenko Rak (born 20 September 1947) is a Croatian former long-jumper and fitness trainer. He had worked as the trainer with Olympic gold medal-winning skier, Janica Kostelić, and football manager, Slaven Bilić. He is currently fitness coach ... (born 1947), Croatian long-jumper and athletic trainer * Natalia Rak (born 1986), Polish street artist * Nikola Rak (born 1987), Croatian footballer * Radek Rak (born 1987), Polish writer * Renata Rak (born 1973), Polish politician * Richmond Rak (born 1985), Ghanaian-Swiss footballer * Samuel R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Rak
Dmitry Rak (born 21 June 1976) is a Belarusian Freestyle skiing, freestyle skier. He competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics. References 1976 births Living people Belarusian male freestyle skiers Olympic freestyle skiers for Belarus Freestyle skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Skiers from Minsk {{Belarus-freestyle-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edita Raková
Edita Raková (born 18 May 1978) is a Slovak ice hockey defender. International career Raková was selected for the Slovakia national women's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She played in all five games, but did not record a point. She played in all three games of the 2010 Olympic qualifying campaign. Raková also appeared for Slovakia at seven IIHF Women's World Championships, across three levels. Her first appearance came in 2005. She appeared at the top level championships in 2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R .... Career statistics International career References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Ledoux-Rak
Isabelle Ledoux-Rak (born 1957) is a French physicist and Professor at the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, where she is director of the Quantum and Molecular Photonics Laboratory (LPQM - UMR CNRS 8537) and coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Master's degree. Her research interests focus on the study of the non-linear optical properties of molecules and nanomaterials. Education Ledoux-Rak studied chemistry and physical sciences at the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles, and joined the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications to study engineering in 1981. She obtained a Ph.D. in physics from the Centre National d'Études des Télécommunications (CNET) at Bagneux in 1988, under the supervision of Joseph Zyss. Her thesis studied the non-linear optical properties of organic molecules and was distinguished with the Prize of the Physical Chemistry Division of the French Society of Chemistry. Research and career Ledoux-Rak continued her postdoctoral re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (born 5 October 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Crystal Palace. Club career Crystal Palace Rak-Sakyi was originally in the youth system at Chelsea, before joining Crystal Palace in 2019. His first appearance in the Crystal Palace first-team squad was as an unused substitute against his previous club on 10 April 2021, and he signed his first professional contract for the club two days later. He made his debut as a substitute in a 3–0 defeat against former club Chelsea on 14 August 2021 in the Premier League. Rak-Sakyi made his first start for the club in their final home game of the 2021–22 season, a 1–0 win against Manchester United. 2022–23 season: Loan to Charlton Athletic On 11 August 2022, Rak-Sakyi joined Charlton Athletic on a season-long loan for their 2022–23 campaign. He made his debut for the Addicks, aged 19, in a 5–1 League One win at home to Plymouth Argyle on 17 Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miljenko Rak
Miljenko Rak (born 20 September 1947) is a Croatian former long-jumper and fitness trainer. He had worked as the trainer with Olympic gold medal-winning skier, Janica Kostelić, and football manager, Slaven Bilić. He is currently fitness coach in Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatia men's national handball team. Rak was the fitness coach for the Croatia national handball team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Having studied for a degree is physical education at University of Novi Sad, competing for SFR Yugoslavia, as a long-jumper he took part in the 1967 Mediterranean Games in Tunis winning the gold medal with a jump of . Four years later in the 1971 Mediterranean Games he won the silver medal with a jump of , and in the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split he won the bronze medal with a jump of . Rak worked as a coach in Osijek training athletes such as 800-metre runner Slobodanka Čolović and long-jumper Siniša Ergotić. Rak started as a footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Rak
Natalia Rak (or just Rak; born 1986) is a Polish street artist. She uses brightly colored paint to do multistory murals on the sides of buildings around Poland and Internationally. Originally painting canvases, she switched to street art. Education Natalia Rak is a graduate of Art High School in Radom. She studied Fine Art at the University of Łódź, Poland, focusing mainly in Graphic Design. History Natalia Rak's subjects are typically murals of one or two individuals, mostly women. Her larger than life paintings try to invoke mystery and metaphor, often using classic stories like Adam and Eve and Romeo and Juliet. The artist uses a palette of bright colours in many of her realistic murals. Rak started showing her work in street art exhibitions in 2009 in Łódź. A year later she participated in a show called "Different histories, join futures" in Zgorzelec. In Greater Poland at the SCABB festival, she painted a mural that was filmed by CNN. Coming back in 2012 and in 2013 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Rak
Nikola Rak (born 29 August 1987) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Croatian First Football League club NK Lučko. Club career In June 2012 Rak signed a two-year contract with Slaven Belupo. In his debut for the club in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League on 19 July 2012, he scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 victory over Portadown. Three days later, he hit a brace in a 3–0 away win against Cibalia in the first round of Prva HNL. In 2016 Rak signed for S.League champions Warriors FC Warriors Football Club was a Singaporean professional football club based in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore, that played in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. Before changing their name on 20 January 2013, they .... Career statistics Club Honours Šibenik * Croatian Second League: 2019–20 References External links * Nikola Rakat Sportnet.hr 1987 births Living people Footballers from Zagre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radek Rak
Radek Rak (born 1987) is a Polish veterinarian best known as a writer of fantasy literature. He authored both novels and short stories. His novels are winners of several Polish literary awards. With the 2015 short story "Kwiaty paproci" ("Fern Flowers") he took part in the project '' Polish Legends''. ''Baśń o wężowym sercu'' was adapted into an opera by and for stage by . He is married and a resident of Kraków. Novels * ''Kocham cię, Lilith'' (2014, debut novel) ::Robert Z., a patient of a sanatorium is involved with "demonic painter Iwona" and the "intriguing doctor Małgorzata". But suddenly Iwona disappears and it turns out that nobody but Robert ever saw her... The novel, starting realistrically, gradually turns out into a dreamlike, illogical, fantastic tale... Eventually the titular Lilith appears as well... *''Puste niebo'' Empty Sky"(2016) ::From publisher's review: "The novel was created out of longing for times gone by, a city that never existed and a history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Rak
Renata Urszula Rak (née ''Woropaj''; born 29 June 1973) is a politician and teacher. Since 2023, she is a member of the Sejm of Poland. She belongs to the Civic Platform party. Biography Renata Rak (née ''Woropaj'') was born on 29 June 1973 in Szczecinek, Poland. In 1997 she graduated from the Faculty of Biology, Geography, and Oceanography of the University of Gdańsk with a degree in biology. She worked as a teacher in Szczecinek. Rak was a member of a neighbourhood council of Trzesieka, and in 2014 she unsuccessfully run for an office of a member of the Szczecinek City Council as a member of the Civic Platform. She was elected to the office in 2016. In 2018, she was elected as a member of the Szczecinek County Council. In 2023 she was elected as a member of the Sejm of Poland. Private life She is married to Daniel Rak, a politician, who from 2018 to 2024 was a mayor of Szczecinek Szczecinek (; ) is a historic city in Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland, capital of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond Rak
Richmond Ageymang-Rak (born 10 March 1985) is a Ghanaian-Swiss footballer, who currently plays as midfielder for FC Le Mont in the Swiss Challenge League. He holds both a Ghanaian passport and a Swiss passport. Career Rak signed a -year contract with Neuchâtel Xamax in January 2007. In August 2011, he signed with Swiss side FC Le Mont for the 2011–2012 Swiss Challenge League The Challenge League (known as the Dieci Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league system and lower of two professional leagues in the country. Ten teams play in the Challenge League; the wi ... season after his contract with Neuchâtel Xamax had expired and was not renewed. External linksProfile at Ghanaweb at Sport.de 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Rak-Sakyi
Samuel Rak-Sakyi (born 27 March 2005) is an English footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Chelsea. Club career Born in London, Rak-Sakyi joined Chelsea at the age of eight. He also had played as a defensive midfielder. Rak-Sakyi signed his scholar with Chelsea in July 2021. He won the U18 Premier League Cup with Chelsea in 2021–22 season. During the 2023–24 season, he was key player for Chelsea U23, but suffered a season ending injury in February. With his youth contract expired in June 2024, Chelsea had prolonged talk to renew his contract. On 21 August 2024, Rak-Sakyi signed a two-year contract with Chelsea. In November 2024, he was included in the senior match squad for the first time in the UEFA Conference League match against Panathinaikos. On 7 November 2024, Rak-Sakyi made his senior debut for Chelsea in an 8–0 win over FC Noah in the UEFA Conference League, being subbed on in the 79th minute for Christopher Nkunku. On 12 December 2024, Rak-Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Štěpán Rak
Štěpán Rak (born 8 August 1945) is a Czech classical guitarist and composer of Ukrainian origin. He is well known for the technical innovations that he uses in his compositions. Biography Štěpán Rak was born as Štěpán Slivka in Prague to Cilja (Vasilina) Slivka (1924-1993). His mother escaped from Carpathian Ruthenia in 1941 after it was occupied by Hungary. She was imprisoned in USSR and joined Czechoslovak Army in 1944. Štěpán was adopted by Marie and Josef Rak in 1946 and his biological mother later returned to Ukraine. Rak first studied at a Fine Arts High School in Prague and continued with guitar studies at the Prague Conservatory until 1970. Later he studied composition at the Prague Academy of Arts. In 1973, his orchestral composition ''Hiroshima'' won a second prize at a Czechoslovak competition for young composers. From 1975 to 1980 he taught guitar at the Jyväskylä Conservatory in Finland. After his return to Czechoslovakia he taught at Prague Conservato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
