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Vakalis
Vakalis ( el, Βακάλης) is a Greek surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Donna Vakalis (born 1979), Canadian modern pentathlete * Nassos Vakalis (born 1966), American animator and film director * Nikos Vakalis (1939–2017), Greek politician {{Surname Greek-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Vakalis
Donna Marie Vakalis is a Canadian modern pentathlete. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's competition, finishing in 29th place. Athletic career Vakalis became a member of the Canadian national modern pentathlon team in 2009. She qualified for the 2012 Olympics after finishing 20th at the UIPM World Cup Final in Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi .... Her personal best is 5348 points, achieved at the 2012 Guatemala Open (where she placed first). In June 2016, she was named to Canada's Olympic team. Personal life Vakalis attended McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, receiving an honours bachelor's degree of arts and science. She received a professional master's degree in architecture from the University of Toronto, and began PhD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassos Vakalis
Nassos Vakalis ( el, Νάσος Βακάλης) is an animation director and animator. Early life Nassos (Athanassios) Vakalis was born and raised in Athens, Greece. Since childhood, he demonstrated an interest in art, submitting his early work in various contests and winning numerous prizes and distinctions. Education During adolescence Nassos’ interest turned toward character animation. He got his start working as a cartoon and graphics artist for several advertising agencies and small studios in Athens and later pursued his studies in art and animation in the United States. Nassos attended the Department of Film and Video at Pratt Institute, New York and acquired his B.F.A. in Fine Arts, majoring in Character Animation from California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California. During his senior year at college, Nassos participated in the Short Film Festival of Drama Greece where he premiered his animated debut film ''Don't Feed the Bear''. This film attracted the att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikos Vakalis
Nikos Vakalis (born December 1939–23 March 2017) was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2009. Biography He studied Physics with a scholarship at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He served as a reservist officer (head of Faculty) in the Artillery. He founded the Frontistirio Vakalis in 1967. After studying the British educational system he founded in 1972 the College of Advance Education collaborating with the British examining bodies Cambridge, AEB and JMB. In 1999 he extended his activities founding the publishing house Publications Vakali. He also entered the market of Information Technology with the founding of the training company e-master, and the company executive training market with the founding of the Business Training Centre. He wrote and published the books "About Friction", "Mechanics", "Electricity" and "Thermodynamics" and many collections of exercises. He was married to Helen Mpousiou and had two sons, Andonis who is 38 (Bachelor a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
