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Tīna Siliņa
Tīna Siliņa (born 10 January 1995 in Ventspils) is a Latvian curler from Jelgava. She is currently the alternate for the Latvian National Women's Curling Team. Career At the national level, she is a three-time Latvian junior champion (2012, 2015, 2016). Siliņa competed in her first European Curling Championships in 2018 at the 2018 European Curling Championships. The team had an impressive performance, finishing with a 4–5 record in the A Division including defeating higher-ranked Scotland's Eve Muirhead. This qualified them for the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship The 2019 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2019 LGT World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from 16 to 24 March at the Silkeborg Sportscenter in Silkeborg, Denmark. Qualification The following nat .... There, the team struggled, finishing in last place with a 1–11 record. Teams References External links * * Video: Living people 1995 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ventspils
Ventspils () is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country. At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It is situated on the Venta River and the Baltic Sea, and has an ice-free port. The city's name literally means "castle on the Venta", referring to the Ventspils Castle, Livonian Order's castle built alongside the Venta River. Other names Ventspils was historically known as ''Windau'' in German language, German. It had a Russian language, Russian name from the time of the Russian Empire, called ''Виндава (Vindava)'' or ''Виндау (Vindau),'' although ''Вентспилс (Ventspils)'' has been used since World War II. Some other names for the city include , Estonian language, Estonian: Vindavi, and . History Ventspils developed around the Livonian Order Ventspils Castle, built along the Venta River. It was chartered in 1314 and became an important mercantile c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. As skip of the Scotland team, Muirhead won the 2011 European Championships in Moscow, the 2013 World Championships in Riga, the 2017 European Championships in St. Gallen and the 2021 European Championships in Lillehammer. She is also a four-time World Junior Champion (2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011). A four-time Olympian, she represented Great Britain at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014, Pyeongchang 2018 and Beijing 2022 in which she was chosen as one of Great Britain's flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony. In Sochi, she became the youngest-ever skip, male or female, to win an Olympic medal. She curls out of the Dunkeld Curling Club based in Pitlochry. She announced her re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helma Gerda Bidiņa
Helma is a feminine German or Dutch given name, and a Czech surname. Notable persons with that name include: * Helma Knorscheidt (born 1956), East German shot putter * Helma Lehmann (born 1953), German rower * Helma Neppérus (born 1950), Dutch politician * Helma Orosz (born 1953), German politician * Helma Sanders-Brahms (1940–2014), German film director See also * Hilma Hilma is a female given name that was in occasional use at the turn of the 20th century. The name was made popular by the German poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. The name was used in early 19th century Scandinavian literature, probably as a vari ... {{given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madara Bremane
Madara may refer to: * ''Madara'' (manga), a 1987 Japanese media franchise *Madara (village), in Bulgaria * ''Madara'' (EP), EP by The Gazette * ''Madara'' (music video), video album by The Gazette *Madara Uchiha, a character in the manga/anime series ''Naruto'' *Madara, also called Nyanko-sensei, a character in the manga/anime series ''Natsume's Book of Friends'' People *John Madara, songwriter and record producer *Madara Chennaiah, a 12th-century Kannada vachana poet and saint who was a cobbler by profession. *Madara Līduma (born 1982), World Cup level Latvian biathlete *Madara Mālmane (born 1989), Latvian model *Madara Palameika (born 1987), Latvian javelin thrower See also *Madar (other) * Madaras (other) *Madara Rider The Madara Rider or Madara Horseman (, ''Madarski konnik'') is a large early medieval rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of Madara. The monument is dated to the very late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dace Ābelīte
A dace is a small fish that can be one of many different species. The unmodified name is usually a reference to the common dace (''Leuciscus leuciscus''). This, like most fish called "daces", belongs to the family Leuciscidae, mostly in subfamily Leuciscinae. Daces in the Cyprinidae: * Common dace, ''Leuciscus leuciscus'' * Chinese mud carp, '' Cirrhinus chinensis'' (called "dace" in Hong Kong) or mud carp (''Cirrhinus molitorella'') * Columbia River dace, ''Ptychocheilus oregonensis'' (a pikeminnow) * Desert dace, ''Eremichthys acros'' (a monotypic genus) * European daces, genus ''Leuciscus'' * Fallfish, ''Semotilus corporalis'' (a creek chub called "dace" in Canada) * Horned dace, ''Semotilus atromaculatus'' (a creek chub) * Japanese dace '' Tribolodon hakonensis'', genus ''Tribolodon'' * Korean splendid dace, ''Coreoleuciscus splendidus'' * Lake Candidus dace, ''Candidia barbata'' * Mexican daces, genus †''Evarra'' * Moapa dace, ''Moapa coriacea'' (a monotypic genus) * Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Marija Šefanovska
Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna of East Anglia, King (died c.654) * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) * Anna of Poland, Countess of Celje (1366–1425) * Anna of Cilli (1386–1416) * Anna, Grand Duchess of Lithuania (died 1418) * Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (1432–1462) * Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (died 1514) * Anna, Duchess of Prussia (1576–1625) * Anna of Russia (1693–1740) * Anna, Lady Miller (1741–1781) * Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1783–1857) * Anna, Lady Barlow (1873–1965) * Anna (feral child) (1932–1942) * Anna (rapper) (born 2003) * Anna (singer) (born 1987) * C. N. Annadurai (1909–1969), Indian politician, known as Anna (elder brother) * Sunil Shetty (born 1961), Indian actor, known by his nickname Anna Places Australia * Hundred of Anna, a cadastral d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inga Apmane
''Inga'' is a genus of small tropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing treesElkan, Daniel. "Slash-and-burn farming has become a major threat to the world's rainforest" ''The Guardian'' 21 April 2004 and shrubs, subfamily Mimosoideae. ''Inga''s leaves are pinnate, and flowers are generally white. Many of the hundreds of species are used ornamentally. Several related plants have been placed into this genus at one time, for example Yopo (Cohoba, Mopo, Nopo or Parica – ''Anadenanthera peregrina'' – as ''Inga niopo''). The seeds are covered with sweet white powder. The pulp covering the seeds is lightly fibrous and sweet, and rich in minerals; it is edible in the raw state. The tree's name originates from the Tupi word ''in-gá'' meaning "soaked", due to the fruit powder consistency. The tree usually blooms twice a year. Within the ''Inga'' genus there are around 300 species, most of them native and growing in the Amazon forest region although some species are also found in Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnis Veidemanis
Arnis Veidemanis is a Latvian curler, curling coach and former darts Darts is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small projectile point, sharp-pointed projectile, projectiles known as dart (missile), darts at a round shooting target, target known as a #Dartboard, dartboard. Point ... player. At the national level, he is a Latvian men's champion curler (2021), two-time Latvian mixed champion curler (2013, 2014) and two-time Latvian mixed doubles champion curler (2014, 2020). Teams Men's Mixed Mixed doubles Record as a coach of national teams References External links * * * * * * * * Arnis Veidemanis photos - sportfoto.com* Video: Living people Latvian male curlers Latvian curling champions Latvian curling coaches Latvian darts players Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Latvian people {{Latvia-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Gaidule
Laura may refer to: People and fictional characters * Laura (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters with the name * Laura, muse of Petrarch's poetry * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia, a town * Laura Bay, a bay on Eyre Peninsula * Laura River (Queensland) * Laura River (Western Australia) Italy * Laura (Capaccio), a village of the municipality of Capaccio, Campania * Laura, Crespina Lorenzana, a village in Tuscany United States * Laura, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Laura, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Laura, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Laura, Ohio, a village Elsewhere * Laura, Saskatchewan, Canada, a hamlet * Laura, Marshall Islands, a town * Laura, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, a village * Laura River (Romania) * 467 Laura, an asteroid Arts and entertainment Art * ''Laura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agita Puriņa
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Agita may refer to: * "Agita", a song from the 1984 film ''Broadway Danny Rose'' * 4392 Agita, a minor planet * Agita language, an old name for the Fuyug language of Papua New Guinea * Ryan Agita and Stanis Agita, members of the Papua New Guinea national Australian rules football team 2014 and 2017 See also * Heartburn * Indigestion * Annoyance * Ajita (other) Ajita, Ajitha or Ajeeta may refer to: * ''Ajita'', an alternative name of the future Buddha Maitreya * ''Ajita'', a name applied to various mythological figures, including Shiva, Vishnu and Ajitanatha * Ajit (given name), an Indian masculine given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
