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Valdemaras
Valdemaras is a Lithuanian masculine given name, from Old High German name Waldemar. Its shortened form is Valdas. The equivalent forms in other languages are: * Scandinavian, Finnish : Valdemar * Estonian : Voldemar * German : Waldemar, Woldemar * Hungarian : * Italian : * Latvian : Voldemārs Individuals with the name Valdemaras include: *Valdemaras Chomičius (born 1959), Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player *Valdemaras Katkus (born 1958), Lithuanian politician *Valdemaras Martinkėnas Valdemaras Martinkėnas (10 March 1965 – 20 July 2004) was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional footballer and coach. Career Born in Alytus, Martinkėnas was the goalkeeper for the Lithuanian national team in the years after independence fro ... (1965–2004), Soviet and Lithuanian footballer * Valdemaras Venckaitis (born 1983), Lithuanian Greco-Roman wrestler {{given name Lithuanian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdemaras Chomičius
Valdemaras Chomičius (also known as Valdemaras Homicius; born May 4, 1959) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball team, and an assistant coach for the Lithuanian national team. As a tall point guard he is best remembered as the captain from the "golden years" of Žalgiris Kaunas by winning three consecutive USSR League championships against the rival CSKA Moscow in 1985–1987. His former teams include Žalgiris Kaunas, Forum Valladolid, CAI Zaragoza. He also has played in Italy for Aprimatic Bologna (Serie A2) in the 1990–1991 season. He last played for Olimpas Žemaitija during the 1996–1997 season. He served as player-coach for Kraitenė Marijampolė, was the assistant coach with PBC Ural Great Perm from 1999 to 2004, also serving as head coach for the team in the 2004-2005 season. He briefly coached PBC Dynamo Moscow in 2003, and was the assistant coach for BC UNICS, serving as the team's head coach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdemaras Venckaitis
Valdemaras Venckaitis (born September 4, 1983 in Vilnius) is a Greco-Roman wrestler from Lithuania, who competed for the men's 74 kg (middleweight division) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He was eliminated in the first round of the competition, after being defeated by Peru's Sixto Barrera, and finished in fourteenth place. Venckaitis also won the bronze medal for his category at the 2007 World Wrestling Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. He is the brother of Edgaras Venckaitis, who later competed for the lightweight division at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo .... References External links NBC 2008 Olympics profile 1983 births Living people Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestlers for Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdemaras Katkus
Valdemaras Katkus (born 17 February 1958 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. See also *Politics of Lithuania Politics of Lithuania takes place in a framework of a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Lithuania is the head of state and the Prime Minister of Lithuania is the head of government, and of a ... References External linksverslas.banga.lt 1958 births Living people Politicians from Kaunas 20th-century Lithuanian politicians Signatories of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania {{Lithuania-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdemaras Martinkėnas
Valdemaras Martinkėnas (10 March 1965 – 20 July 2004) was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional footballer and coach. Career Born in Alytus, Martinkėnas was the goalkeeper for the Lithuanian national team in the years after independence from the USSR, appearing in most of the qualifying games for the 1994 World Cup. He won 19 caps for his country. He also won the Lithuanian league championship with Zalgiris Vilnius in 1991, and starred in Dynamo Kyiv's 1992–93 Ukrainian league championship win. Later, he became goalkeeping coach to the Estonian national side. Martinkėnas died at the age of 39 in Nova Gorica in Slovenia, drowning in a strong current after having gone for a swim in a mountain river. He was the goalkeeping coach of Flora Tallinn at the time, and was in Slovenia preparing for their Champions League qualifier against NK Gorica. Honours * A Lyga champion: 1991. * A Lyga bronze: 1990. * Ukrainian Premier League champion: 1993. * Ukrainian Premier League r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdas
Valdas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It is the shortened form of Valdemaras and other Lithuanian names containing the Germanic or Baltic element "wald" ("rule"). Individuals with the name Valdas include: *Valdas Adamkus (born 1926), Lithuanian politician, former President of Lithuania * Valdas Dabkus (born 1984), Lithuanian basketball player *Valdas Dambrauskas (born 1977), Lithuanian football manager *Valdas Dopolskas (born 1992) Lithuanian marathon runner *Valdas Ivanauskas (born 1966), Lithuanian footballer *Valdas Kasparavičius (born 1958), Lithuanian footballer *Valdas Kazlauskas (born 1958), Lithuanian racewalker *Valdas Trakys (born 1979), Lithuanian footballer *Valdas Urbonas (born 1967), Lithuanian footballer *Valdas Vasylius Valdas Vasylius (born 3 September 1983) is a Lithuanian basketball player. He played collegiately at Old Dominion University. He also represented the Lithuanian national basketball team at the 2007 Summer Universiade. Growing up in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July 1253. In the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Language
Lithuanian ( ) is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the official language of Lithuania and one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.8 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 200,000 speakers elsewhere. Lithuanian is closely related to the neighbouring Latvian language. It is written in a Latin script. It is said to be the most conservative of the existing Indo-European languages, retaining features of the Proto-Indo-European language that had disappeared through development from other descendant languages. History Among Indo-European languages, Lithuanian is conservative in some aspects of its grammar and phonology, retaining archaic features otherwise found only in ancient languages such as Sanskrit (particularly its early form, Vedic Sanskrit) or Ancient Greek. For this reason, it is an important source for the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voldemar
Voldemar is largely an Estonian masculine given name. People with the name Voldemar include: *Voldemar Aussem (1879–1936), Soviet nobleman, communist official and diplomat *Voldemar Hammer (1894–1982), Estonian politician *Voldemar Jaanus (1905–1977), Estonian politician *Johann Voldemar Jannsen (1819–1890), Estonian journalist and poet *Voldemar Kuslap (born 1937), Estonian opera and operetta singer and actor *Voldemar Lender (1876–1939), Estonian engineer and the first Estonian mayor of Tallinn *Voldemar Lestienne (1931–1990), French writer and journalist *Voldemar Mägi (1914–1954), Estonian wrestler *Voldemar Mellik (1887–1949), Estonian sculptor *Voldemar Noormägi (1895–1967), Estonian lightweight weightlifter *Voldemar Oinonen (1891–1963), Finnish military commander *Voldemar Panso (1920–1977), Estonian stage director, actor and theatrical teacher *Voldemar Päts (1878–1958), Estonian artist, art teacher and politician *Voldemar Peterson (1908–1976), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voldemārs
Voldemārs is a Latvian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the Germanic " Waldemar". Voldemārs may refer to: *Voldemārs Elmūts (1910–1966), Latvian basketball player *Voldemārs Lūsis (born 1974), Latvian athlete, javelin thrower, Olympic competitor *Voldemārs Mežgailis (1912-1998), Latvian chess master * Voldemārs Ozols (1884-1949), Latvian military commander, military theorist and politician * Voldemārs Plade (1900-????), Latvian football forward and football manager *Voldemārs Reinholds (1903-1986), Latvian Waffen SS soldier *Voldemārs Sudmalis (1922-1990,) Latvian football defender *Voldemārs Veiss (1899-1944), Latvian soldier and Nazi collaborator *Voldemārs Vītols (1911–1980), Latvian middle-distance runner * Voldemārs Zāmuēls (1872-1948), Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia *Voldemārs Žins Voldemārs Žins (born 1905, date of death unknown) was a Latvian footballer who played for Olimpija Liepāja and Latvia national football te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldemar
Waldemar, Valdemar or Woldemar is an Old High German given name. It consists of the elements ''wald-'' "power", "brightness" and ''-mar'' "fame". The name is considered the equivalent of the Slavic name Vladimir, Volodymyr, Uladzimir or Włodzimierz. The Old Norse form ''Valdamarr'' (also ''Valdarr'') occurs in the Guðrúnarkviða II as the name of a king of the Danes. The Old Norse form is also used in Heimskringla, in the story of Harald Hardrada, as the name of a ruler of Holmgard (Veliky Novgorod), in this case as a translation of the Slavic name ''Volodimer''.Alison Finlay (2004). ''Fagrskinna: A Catalogue of the Kings of Norway''. Brillp. 236 The ''Fagrskinna'' kings' sagas also have ''Valdamarr'' as the translation of Slavic ''Volodimer''/''Vladimir'', in reference to both Vladimir the Great and Vladimir Yaroslavovich. The German form was introduced to Scandinavia as ''Valdemar'' in the 12th century, with king Valdemar I of Denmark. People with the name Royalty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woldemar
Woldemar is a given name, a variant of Waldemar. Notable people with the name include: * Woldemar Bargiel (1828–1897), German composer of classical music * Woldemar Brinkmann (1890–1959), German architect and interior designer associated with Nazi architecture * Woldemar Hägglund (1893–1963), Major General Finnish Army in the second world war * Woldemar Kernig (1840–1917), Russian and Baltic German internist and neurologist, saved many with meningitis * Woldemar Mobitz (1889–1951), German physician * Oskar Woldemar Pihl (1890–1959), Russian silversmith, Fabergé workmaster * Woldemar Voigt (1850–1919), German physicist who taught at the Georg August University of Göttingen * Woldemar von Daehn (1838–1900), Finnish politician * Woldemar von Seidlitz (1850–1922), Russian-born German art historian * Ulrich Frédéric Woldemar, Comte de Lowendal (1700–1755), German-born French soldier and statesmen * Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824–1895), sovereign of the Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
