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2011 Winter Deaflympics
The 2011 Winter Deaflympics ( sk, Zimné Deaflympijské hry 2011) officially known as the 17th Winter Deaflympics ( sk, 17. Zimná Deaflympiáda) was originally scheduled to be held from 18 February 2011 to 26 February 2011 in Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia. This was the first time that Slovakia was selected to host a Deaflympic event. But the multi-sporting event was cancelled due to the lack of preparations, lack of readiness and reluctance by the Deaflympic Committee of Slovakia prior to the event. The event was also cancelled mainly due to the alleged fraud by the former President of the Deaflympic Committee of Slovakia, Jaromir Ruda. The Winter Games was cancelled and was postponed to 2015, which was the 18th Winter Deaflympics. Bidding and organization Vysoke Tatry was selected as the host city for the 17th Winter Deaflympics which was approved by the 39th Congress of International Committee of Sports for the Deaf on 4 January 2005 in Australia, Melbourne just before the 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vysoké Tatry
Vysoké Tatry (; hu, Magastátra, ; german: Höhe Tatra, ; pl, Wysokie Tatry, ; cs, Vysoké Tatry, ), formally Mesto Vysoké Tatry () is a town at the feet of the Slovak part of High Tatras in Slovakia including all the major resorts in that region. It was created in 1990, and its official name from 1990 to 1999 was ''Starý Smokovec'', which is the name of one of its major settlements. Features and statistics The town of Vysoké Tatry is special in many aspects. It is not a true town, but a conglomerate of separate and different settlements (originally separate villages), whose only common feature is that they are the main tourist resorts in the Slovak High Tatras, while being connected through a common railway network (the Tatra Railway). After the country's capital, the town is Slovakia's major tourist destination. It has around 4,000 inhabitants, excluding tourists. It is located at an elevation of above sea level. Covering , it is Slovakia's second-largest urban area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 In Disability Sport
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2011 In Multi-sport Events
Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''Eleven'', a 1970 collection of short stories by Patricia Highsmith *''Eleven'', a 2004 children's novel in The Winnie Years by Lauren Myracle *''Eleven'', a 2008 children's novel by Patricia Reilly Giff *''Eleven'', a short story by Sandra Cisneros Music *Eleven (band), an American rock band * Eleven: A Music Company, an Australian record label *Up to eleven, an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie ''This Is Spinal Tap'' Albums * ''11'' (The Smithereens album), 1989 * ''11'' (Ua album), 1996 * ''11'' (Bryan Adams album), 2008 * ''11'' (Sault album), 2022 * ''Eleven'' (Harry Connick, Jr. album), 1992 * ''Eleven'' (22-Pistepirkko album), 1998 * ''Eleven'' (Sugarcult album), 1999 * ''Eleven'' (B'z album), 2000 * ''Eleven'' (Reamonn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cancelled Multi-sport Events
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Deaflympics
The Deaflympics also known as Deaflympiad (previously called World Games for the Deaf, and International Games for the Deaf) are a periodic series of multi-sport events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at which Deaf athletes compete at an elite level. Unlike the athletes in other IOC-sanctioned events (the Olympics, the Paralympics, and the Special Olympics), athletes cannot be guided by sounds (such as starting pistols, bullhorn commands or referee whistles).International Committee of Sports for the Deaf – News . Deaflympics.com. Retrieved 17 October 2011. The games have been organized by the '' Comité International des Sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comite International Des Sports Des Sourds
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2005 Summer Deaflympics
The 2005 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 20th Summer Deaflympics, is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 5 January to 16 January 2005 in Melbourne, Australia. Bidding process A bid for the games was held on 9 March 1999 in Davos, Switzerland. *Melbourne, - 59 *Košice, - 33 Venues The games were held at eleven different venues. * Olympic Park - Athletics (track and field), Football, Opening and closing ceremonies * Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre - Badminton, Basketball, Handball, Aquatics (Swimming, Water polo), Table tennis, Volleyball (Indoor), Wrestling * Ballarat City Oval and Victoria Park - Athletics (Marathon) * Ballarat - Cycling (1000m Sprint Event, 50 km Individual Point Race, 35 km Time Trial), Orienteering * Buninyong - Cycling (100 km Road Race) * Green Gully Reserve - Football * Kingston Heath Reserve - Football * Melbourne International Shooting Centre - Shooting * Boroondara Tennis Centre - Tennis * Sunsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Summer Deaflympics
The 2009 Summer Deaflympics (), officially known as the XXI Summer Deaflympic Games and commonly known as Taipei 2009, is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 5 to 15 September 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China). It is the third Summer Deaflympics to be held in the Asia-Pacific region. Judo, karate, and taekwondo have been recognized as new summer disciplines in the Deaflympics sports competition program. Bidding process The Chinese Taipei Sport Association for the Deaf expressed its intention to bid for the 2009 Summer Deaflympics following its participation at the 2001 Summer Deaflympics in Rome. Athens, Greece, the host city of the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Paralympics, was also bidding for the hosting right. On November 24, 2002, ICSD President John Lovett arrived in Taipei, and visited all recommended venues and facilities during the one-week stay. The Chinese Taipei Sport Association for the Deaf gave Mr. Lovett multimedia pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vysoke Tatry
Vysoke ( uk, links=no, Високе), rural localities in Ukraine, may refer to: * Vysoke, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, a village in Nizhyn Raion * Vysoke, Krynychky Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a village * Vysoke, Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a village * Vysoke, Tomakivka Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a village * Vysoke, Donetsk Oblast * Vysoke, Kherson Oblast, a village * Vysoke, Kyiv Oblast, a village * Vysoke, Hrebinka Raion, Poltava Oblast, a village * Vysoke, Lokhvytsia Raion, Poltava Oblast, a village * Vysoke, Pyriatyn Raion, Poltava Oblast, a village * Vysoke, Zinkiv Raion, Poltava Oblast, a village * Vysoke, Kherson Oblast, a village in Beryslav Raion * Vysoke, Krasnopillia Raion, Sumy Oblast, a village * Vysoke, Okhtyrka Raion, Sumy Oblast, a village * Vysoke, Vinnytsia Oblast, a village * Vysoke, Volyn Oblast, a village * Vysoke, Melitopol Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, a village * Vysoke, Mykhailivka Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, a village Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaromir Ruda
Jaromír, Jaromir, Jaroměr is a Slavic male given name. Origin and meaning Jaromír is a West Slavic given name composed of two stems ''jaro'' and ''mír''. The meaning is not definite: *Polish ''jary'' (archaic) = „spry, young, strong“; ''mir'' = „prestige, good reputation“ *Upper Sorbian ''jara'' = „very“; ''měr'' = „peace“ *old- Ruthenian ''jaro'' = „sun“; ''mir'' = „peace, world“ False etymology In the Czech, the name is seemingly composed from two other words. Word ''Jaro'' means „spring“ and word ''mír'' means „peace“. Variations * Jaroměr (Upper Sorbian) * Jaromir (Polish) * Jaromír ( Czech, Slovak) The female forms are Jaromira or Jaromíra. The short form is Jesko. People known as Jaromir Royalty * Jaromir, Duke of Bohemia * Jaromir (Bishop of Prague) Others * Jaromír Blažek, Czech football goalkeeper * Jaromír Dragan, Slovak ice hockey player * Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech writer * Jaromír Funke, Czech photographer * Jar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
