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Rinka (other)
Rinka may refer to: People with the given name *John Rinka, (1948) American college basketball player *Silvia Rinka, (1962) East German swimmer * Rinka (model), Japanese fashion model *Rinka Duijndam,(1997) Dutch handballer *, Japanese figure skater Places *Rinka Falls Rinka Falls (; sl, slap Rinka) is a waterfall in the Logar Valley, in the Municipality of Solčava in northern Slovenia. It is the source of the Savinja River. It has been proclaimed a natural heritage feature. Rinka Falls is one of the most be ..., a waterfall in the Logar Valley, northern Slovenia Other uses *Rinka, a dog belonging to Norman Scott, shot in a bungled murder attempt {{dab Japanese feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rinka
John Rinka (born October 4, 1948) is an American former college basketball player best known for his high-scoring offensive ability and accurate jump shot while at Kenyon College from 1966 to 1970. A shooting guard, Rinka is in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) top ten in all-time scoring despite playing before the advent of the three–point line and the shot clock. He once scored 69 points in a game, which is tied for the 21st-highest single game output in NCAA history; his 41.0 points per game average in 1969–70 as well as his 3,251 career points are also the eighth-highest average and total, respectively. Kenyon College Rinka, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin native, did not get serious consideration from any Division I colleges coming out of Shorewood High School due to his size. Kenyon College, a Division III school in Ohio, was his only viable option. From 1966 to 1970, Rinka played for Kenyon in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) and set nearly every school an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Rinka
Silvia Rinka (later Madeja, born 27 July 1962) is an East German swimmer who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in the breaststroke, she finished eighth in the 200 m breaststroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Rinka is married to Uwe Madeja Uwe Madeja (born 6 February 1959) is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. He won a silver in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Madeja also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championshi ..., who won the silver medal in the canoeing C-2 1000 m event at those same games. ReferencesSports-reference.com profile 1962 births German female swimmers Living people Olympic swimmers for East Germany Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics German female breaststroke swimmers {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinka (model)
is a Japanese fashion model, ''tarento'' and actress. Her real name (and maiden name) is . Rinka is represented with Stardust Promotion. She graduated from Tokyo Girls' School Junior High and High School. Rinka also attended a dental hygienist vocational school. Awards Filmography TV dramas Films Variety programmes Radio programmes TV advertisements Discography and works Singles As ※All out of print As Rinka Jewellery Bibliography Photo albums Magazines Essays See also *hitomi (singer) – Rinka co-starred in ''hitomi Japanese girl collection 2005–Love.Music.Love Fashion–''. Also, she talked about hitomi's photobook. References External links * * * * – Wayback Machine The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web founded by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit based in San Francisco, California. Created in 1996 and launched to the public in 2001, it allows the user to go "back in time" and see ... (archived 8 May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinka Duijndam
Rinka Duijndam (born 6 August 1997) is a Dutch female professional handballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sola HK and the Dutch national team. She represented the Netherlands at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019. The Netherlands won their first title after defeating Spain in the final. .... Achievements * REMA 1000-ligaen **''Bronze:'' 2022/2023 *Norwegian Cup ** Silver: 2022/2023 References External links * 1997 births Living people People from Wateringen Dutch female handball players Expatriate handball players Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from South Holland 21st-century Dutch women Olympic handball players for the Netherlands {{Netherlands-handball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinka Watanabe
is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2022 Skate Canada International champion and the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy champion. Personal life Watanabe was born on 19 July 2002 in Chiba. Watanabe learned to speak English from her time living and training in Vancouver. Skating career Early years Watanabe began figure skating at the age of three after watching Shizuka Arakawa win gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics on TV. After winning the 2013 Japanese national novice B gold medal, she was invited to skate in the gala at the 2013 NHK Trophy. In 2017, Watanabe moved to Vancouver, Canada, after her longtime coach, Megumu Seki, moved from Chiba to coach there. Given few international assignments in the early years of her junior career, she won the junior silver medal at the 2018 Bavarian Open and gold in the junior competition in the 2019 Coupe du Printemps. Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the rink that Watanabe trained at in Vancouver closed down, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinka Falls
Rinka Falls (; sl, slap Rinka) is a waterfall in the Logar Valley, in the Municipality of Solčava in northern Slovenia. It is the source of the Savinja River. It has been proclaimed a natural heritage feature. Rinka Falls is one of the most beautiful and best-known waterfalls in Slovenia. It is also a popular tourist destination. With its drop of , it is the highest of the 20 waterfalls in the Logar Valley. The longest step has a length of . It is visited in all seasons of the year. In the winter it is popular with ice-climbers. The best view of the waterfall is from Kamnik Saddle (). There are also four mountains in the vicinity called Rinka: Carniola Mount Rinka (''Kranjska Rinka''; ), Carinthia Mount Rinka (''Koroška Rinka''; ), Styria Mount Rinka (''Štajerska Rinka''; ), and Little Mount Rinka (''Mala Rinka''; ). The name ''Rinka'' comes from the Slovene common noun ''rinka'' 'ring, hoop, link of a chain'. It is a borrowing from German (cf. ''Ringel'', ''Ringl'', et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Josiffe
Norman Josiffe (born 12 February 1940), better known in the media as Norman Scott, is an English former dressage trainer and model who was a key figure in the Thorpe affair, a major British political scandal of the 1970s. The scandal revolved around the alleged plot by his ex-boyfriend, Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe, to murder Scott after Scott threatened to reveal their relationship to the media. Early life Josiffe was born in Sidcup, Kent, to Ena Dorothy Josiffe (née Lynch,General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. Bromley, Q4 formerly Merritt, 1907–1985), and Albert Norman Josiffe (1908–1983), her second husband, who abandoned his wife and child soon after Norman's birth. Educated at Bexleyheath, he later changed his surname to "Lianche-Josiffe" by amending his mother's maiden name, Lynch, and for a time called himself "the Hon Norman Lianche-Josiffe". When Jeremy Thorpe, MP, took him to stay wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Feminine Given Names
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants i ... * Japanese studies {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
