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Victoria Williams (other)
Victoria Williams (born 1958) is an American singer/songwriter and musician. Victoria Williams may also refer to: Sportspeople * Victoria Williams (badminton) (born 1995), badminton player from England * Victoria Williams (footballer) * Victoria Williams (swimmer), participated in Swimming at the 1988 Summer Paralympics * Victoria Williams (water polo), represented United States at the 2013 Summer Universiade Others * Victoria Williams (actress) (born 1956), British actress * Kirsty Williams (Victoria Kirstyn Williams), Welsh politician * Victoria McCloud, UK judge, who practiced law under the maiden name Victoria Williams See also * Vicki Williams (born 1956), wrestler {{Hndis, Williams, Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Williams
Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the early 1990s, Williams was the catalyst for the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. Biography Williams was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1986, she worked with then-husband Peter Case on his debut album, following a year later with her own debut, ''Happy Come Home'', produced by Anton Fier, with an accompanying 28 minute documentary by D. A. Pennebaker. In 1990, she released ''Swing the Statue''. She also often appeared onstage and on record with the band Giant Sand. In 1993, she acted in Gus Van Sant's '' Even Cowgirls Get the Blues'', who also made the video for "Tarbelly and Featherfoot". In early 1992, as Williams' career was beginning to take off, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Because she did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Williams (badminton)
Victoria Anne Williams (born 15 May 1995) is an English badminton player. She studied Psychology at the Loughborough University. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series(6 titles, 7 runners-up) ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ... tournament References External links * 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Frimley English female badminton players {{England-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Williams (footballer)
Victoria Williams (born 5 April 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back. She last played for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion. Born and raised in England, she is a member of the Jamaica women's national team. Williams joined Doncaster Rovers Belles as an eight-year-old, and returned to the club in 2009 after spells with Leeds United and Arsenal. In July 2013, she helped Great Britain to secure a gold medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering ..., Russia. Career Brighton & Hove Albion On 20 May 2021, Brighton announced Williams had signed a contract extension with the club. On 5 May 2023, Brighton reported that Williams, and four other players, would leave when their contracts expire i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Williams (swimmer)
Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the early 1990s, Williams was the catalyst for the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. Biography Williams was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1986, she worked with then-husband Peter Case on his debut album, following a year later with her own debut, ''Happy Come Home'', produced by Anton Fier, with an accompanying 28 minute documentary by D. A. Pennebaker. In 1990, she released ''Swing the Statue''. She also often appeared onstage and on record with the band Giant Sand. In 1993, she acted in Gus Van Sant's '' Even Cowgirls Get the Blues'', Van Sant also made the video for "Tarbelly and Featherfoot". In early 1992, as Williams' career was beginning to take off, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Because she did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 1988 Summer Paralympics ...
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of 257 events. Medal table Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal summary Men's events Women's events References Swimming at the Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games {{Paralympic Games Swimming 1988 Summer Paralympics events 1988 Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Williams (water Polo)
Victoria Williams (born December 23, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the early 1990s, Williams was the catalyst for the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. Biography Williams was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1986, she worked with then-husband Peter Case on his debut album, following a year later with her own debut, ''Happy Come Home'', produced by Anton Fier, with an accompanying 28 minute documentary by D. A. Pennebaker. In 1990, she released ''Swing the Statue''. She also often appeared onstage and on record with the band Giant Sand. In 1993, she acted in Gus Van Sant's '' Even Cowgirls Get the Blues'', Van Sant also made the video for "Tarbelly and Featherfoot". In early 1992, as Williams' career was beginning to take off, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Because she did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States At The 2013 Summer Universiade
The United States competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. Medalists Athletics The United States will be represented in athletics. Men ;Track & road events ;Field events Women ;Track & road events ;Field events Badminton The United States will be represented by two male and two female badminton players. Men Women Mixed Basketball The United States has qualified both a men's and a women's team. Men The men's team will participate in Group C. Team roster The men's team roster is as follows: , valign="top" , ; Head coach * (Davidson College) ; Assistant coach(es) * ( University of Michigan) * ( University of South Carolina) ; Team Physician * (Duke University) ; Athletic Trainer * (Davidson College) ---- ;Legend: * (C) Team captain * nat field describes country of university * Age field is age on July 7, 2013 Preliminary round Classification round Final rank: 9 Women The women's team will p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Williams (actress)
Victoria Williams (born 1956) is a British actress. She started her career at the end of the sixties as a child actor and played various roles in different TV drama productions. Her most notable part (then credited as "Vicky Williams") was that of Nicky Gore, the central character of the 1975 adaptation of Peter Dickinson's '' The Changes'', a trilogy that chronicled the sudden and violent descent by British society into a pre-industrial and pre-technological age. Accessed August 1, 2009. She was one of the two human actors in the Children's ITV series, '' The Riddlers'', about two humanoid creatures who lived in her garden, which ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsty Williams
Victoria Kirstyn Williams (born 19 March 1971) is a Welsh politician who served as Minister for Education in the Welsh Government from 2016 to 2021. She was a Member of the Senedd (MS) from 1999 to 2021. She previously served as the Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats from December 2008 to May 2016 and subsequently from June 2017 to November 2017 in an acting capacity. Early and personal life Williams was born in Taunton, Somerset to Welsh parents, whilst her librarian father was working there. After moving to Liverpool, in 1974 the family moved to the village of Bynea, Carmarthenshire, where she grew up. Educated at the independent St Michael's School, Llanelli, she then graduated from the Victoria University of Manchester with an honours degree in American studies, including a period studying at the University of Missouri. She then returned to work for the learning resources department of Carmarthenshire College in Llanelli, before taking up a post as a marketing and pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria McCloud
Victoria McCloud is a British lawyer and former judge. A trans woman, McCloud was the youngest Master in the High Court of Justice when appointed in 2006 as a deputy and then as a full judge in 2010. McCloud is also a Chartered Psychologist and legal author. She retired from the bench in April 2024. Early life and education McCloud was born in Surrey, England on 13 October 1969. She was inspired become a lawyer, as a child, after watching the television series ''Crown Court.'' McCloud graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1990 with a degree in Experimental Psychology and obtained a doctorate in 1993 in human visual system science. A year later, McCloud completed a law conversion course and was called to the bar in 1995. Career McCloud had previously been a barrister at Coram Chambers. From 2006 McCloud was a Deputy Costs Judge / Taxing Master, then appointed a Queen's Bench Master in June 2010 and also re-appointed as a Costs Judge / Taxing Master in 2017. McCloud w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
