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2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship
The 2008 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from March 22 to March 30, 2008 at the Wesbild Centre in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. This championship also served as one of the qualifiers for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Teams Round robin standings Round robin results Draw 1 ''March 22, 13:00'' Draw 2 ''March 22, 18:00'' Draw 3 ''March 23, 10:30'' Draw 4 ''March 23, 16:00'' Draw 5 ''March 23, 20:00'' Draw 6 ''March 24, 8:30'' Draw 7 ''March 24, 1:00 PM'' Draw 8 ''March 24, 18:30'' Draw 9 ''March 25, 8:30'' Draw 10 ''March 25 13:00'' Draw 11 ''March 25, 18:00'' Draw 12 ''March 26, 8:30 AM'' Draw 13 ''March 26, 13:00'' Draw 14 ''March 26, 18:00'' Draw 15 ''March 27, 8:30'' Draw 16 ''March 27, 13:00'' Draw 17 ''March 27, 18:00'' Tiebreaker Playoffs 3 vs. 4 1 vs. 2 Semifinal Bronze medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon, BC
Vernon is a city in the Okanagan region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is northeast of Vancouver. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former MLA of British Columbia who helped establish the Coldstream Ranch in nearby Coldstream, the City of Vernon was incorporated on December 30, 1892. The City of Vernon has a population of 40,000 (2013), while its metropolitan region, Greater Vernon, has a population of 58,584 as of the Canada 2011 Census. With this population, Vernon is the largest city in the North Okanagan Regional District. A resident of Vernon is called a "Vernonite". History The site of the city was discovered by the Okanagan people, a tribe of the Interior Salish people, who initially named the community Nintle Moos Chin, meaning "jumping over place where the creek narrows". This name refers to a section of the Swan Lake that passes through Downtown Vernon, the community's central business district. Some of these were part of the Okanagan In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbin
Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest city by metropolitan population (urban and rural together) in Northeast China. Harbin has direct jurisdiction over nine metropolitan districts, two county-level cities and seven counties, and is the eighth most populous Chinese city according to the 2020 census. The built-up area of Harbin (which consists of all districts except Shuangcheng and Acheng) had 5,841,929 inhabitants, while the total metropolitan population was up to 10,009,854, making it one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world. Harbin, whose name was originally a Manchu word meaning "a place for drying fishing nets", grew from a small rural settlement on the Songhua River to become one of the largest cities in Northeast China. Founded in 1898 with the coming of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Dupont
Madeleine Kanstrup Dupont (born 26 May 1987 in Glostrup, Denmark) is a Danish curler from Copenhagen. She won the Frances Brodie Award in 2004. She currently skips her own team with teammates Mathilde Halse, Denise Dupont (Madeleine's sister), and My Larsen. Dupont has competed in three Olympic Games and 13 World Championships, winning medals at the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship (silver) and the 2009 World Women's Curling Championship (bronze). She won a gold medal at the World Junior "B" Curling Championships in 2004 and a silver medal in 2002 at the European Curling championships as an alternate for Dorthe Holm's team. She also won a bronze medal at the 2007 World Junior Curling Championships. She won two bronze medals at the European Championships, throwing last rocks for Denmark, in 2008 and 2009. At the Olympics, Dupont threw last rocks for her country at the 2010 Vancouver Games, where the team finished in fourth place. She skipped the Danis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelina Jensen
Angelina Camilla Jensen (born 23 May 1973) is a Danish curler from Kastrup. Jensen has won two bronze medals in six attempts at the World Junior Curling Championships. She won her first bronze in 1993 playing third for Dorthe Holm and won bronze again in 1994 skipping. She had also played on the Danish team at the 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992 Junior Championships. Jensen played in her first World Curling Championship in 1994 throwing third stones for Helena Blach Lavrsen. Denmark finished 9th that year. Jensen would not return to the Worlds again until 2006, when she threw lead rocks but also skipped. Denmark finished in sixth place. At the 2007 World Women's Curling Championship, Jensen threw second rocks and skipped, and won her first medal at the Worlds- a silver when she lost 8–4 to Canada (skipped by Kelly Scott) in the final. Jensen and her team represented Denmark again at the World Championships in 2008 finishing 7-4 for 5th Place losing a Tiebreaker to Japan, 2009 winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tårnby
Tårnby () is a town in Denmark, the seat of Tårnby Municipality in the Capital Region of Denmark. It is located approximately south of central Copenhagen on the island of Amager. Neighbouring settlements include the Copenhagen suburb of Sundbyvester to the north and Kastrup to the south. Copenhagen Airport is situated to the east of Tårnby. It includes the islets Saltholm and Peberholm. History There's no clear date for the founding of Tårnby, but archaeological expeditions prior to the building of the Øresund Bridge suggest that the first traces of Tårnby originated around the 12th century around a farm from which the village grew. In the 16th century, Danish King Christian II invited Dutch settlers to Amager. That made Tårnby, like the neighbouring city of Dragør, also have some traces of Dutch history and culture. In 1970, Tårnby also became the administrative division of the adjacent city of Kastrup, as part of a larger reform of the Danish counties. Geography Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Šimmerová
Jana may refer to: Entertainment * ''Jana'' (film), a 2004 Tamil film by Shaji Kailas * Jana (singer) (born 1974), Serbian singer * Jana (Native American singer), née Jana Mashonee * ''Jana of the Jungle'', animated series created by Doug Wildey for Hanna-Barbera Productions * Jana, a character in the television series ''Containment'' * "Jana", a single by Killing Joke from the album '' Pandemonium'' Other * Jana (given name), a given name (and list of people with the given name) * Jana (brand), a brand of drinks * ''Jana'' (moth), a genus of moths * Jana (Vedic period), a term for tribes in ancient India * Jana Bhava (''knowledge''), a sutra and Putanjali's discourse related to the basic tenets of Yoga and is wisdom * Jamahiriya News Agency or JANA, Libya's state news agency (1964–2011) * Diana (mythology), also called Jana, the ancient Roman goddess of the moon, the hunt, and chastity See also * *Janna (other) *Janata (other) *Lok (other), ''p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sára Jahodová
Sára Jahodová is a Czech and later British female curler and curling coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process ** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers Transportation * Co .... Teams Women's Mixed Record as a coach of national teams References External links *Czech national women team (2008) - Czech Curling Federation(web archive)Jahodová Sára - Player statistics (all games with his/her participation) - Czech Curling Association Living people 1984 births Czech female curlers English female curlers English curling champions Czech curling coaches English curling coaches Place of birth missing (living people) Czech emigrants to England {{England-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Šafaříková
Jana may refer to: Entertainment * ''Jana'' (film), a 2004 Tamil film by Shaji Kailas * Jana (singer) (born 1974), Serbian singer * Jana (Native American singer), née Jana Mashonee * ''Jana of the Jungle'', animated series created by Doug Wildey for Hanna-Barbera Productions * Jana, a character in the television series ''Containment'' * "Jana", a single by Killing Joke from the album '' Pandemonium'' Other * Jana (given name), a given name (and list of people with the given name) * Jana (brand), a brand of drinks * ''Jana'' (moth), a genus of moths * Jana (Vedic period), a term for tribes in ancient India * Jana Bhava (''knowledge''), a sutra and Putanjali's discourse related to the basic tenets of Yoga and is wisdom * Jamahiriya News Agency or JANA, Libya's state news agency (1964–2011) * Diana (mythology), also called Jana, the ancient Roman goddess of the moon, the hunt, and chastity See also * *Janna (other) *Janata (other) *Lok (other), ''p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kateřina Urbanová
Kateřina Urbanová (born 1 June 1984) is a Czech female curler and curling coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process ** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers Transportation * Co .... Teams Record as a coach of national teams References External links *Czech national women team (2012) - Czech Curling Federation(web archive)Urbanová Kateřina (CC ZBRASLAV) - Player statistics (all games with his/her participation) - Czech Curling Association Living people 1984 births Czech female curlers Czech curling coaches {{CzechRepublic-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenka Černovská
Lenka Černovská (born 16 December 1985) is a Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places *Czech, ... curler. Teams Women's Mixed References External links *Czech national women team (2012) - Czech Curling Federation(web archive)Černovská Lenka (CC DION) - Player statistics (all games with his/her participation) - Czech Curling Association Living people 1985 births Czech female curlers Place of birth missing (living people) {{CzechRepublic-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Jinli
Liu Jinli (; ; born March 16, 1989 in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang) is an internationally elite curler from China.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-curling/athletes/jinli-liu_ath1015314Za.html She curls out of the club in Heilongjiang and is currently a member of the Chinese National Team. As a member of the National Team she will compete for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Team China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the Alternate for the team. Teammates Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games *Wang Bingyu, ''Skip'' *Liu Yin (curler), Liu Yin, ''Third'' *Yue Qingshuang, ''Second'' *Zhou Yan (curler), Zhou Yan, ''Lead'' References External links * 1989 births Living people Chinese female curlers Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic curlers of China Sportspeople from Qiqihar Olympic medalists in curling Medalists at the 2010 Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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