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2011 Women's Pan American Challenge
The 2011 Women's Pan American Challenge was the first edition of the Women's Pan American Challenge. It was held between 31 July and 7 August 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, simultaneously with the men's tournament. Uruguay won the tournament for the first time by defeating Guyana 6–0 in the final. Brazil won the bronze medal by defeating Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ... 2–1 in the third place playoff. Participating nations A total of five teams competed for the title: * * (host nation) * * * Results Preliminary round Fixtures ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification round Third and fourth place Final Awards Statistics Final standings Goalscorers References {{Women's Pan American Challenge Women's Pan American Challenge Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Viana
María Teresa Viana Aché (born 26 March 1993) is an indoor and field hockey player from Uruguay. Personal life Teresa Viana comes from a large family, being one of twelve siblings. Career Indoor Teresa Viana made her debut for the Uruguayan indoor team at the 2017 Indoor Pan American Cup in Georgetown, where she won a bronze medal. She went on to represent the team again at the 2021 Indoor Pan American Cup in Spring City, Pennsylvania. Field hockey Viana made her debut for the national team in 2012 during the inaugural season of the FIH World League. She was a member of the team at the 2017 Pan American Cup in Lancaster. The following year she won a silver medal at the 2018 South American Games in Cochabamba. In 2019, she appeared at the FIH Series Finals in Hiroshima, and the Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Sandison
Leigh may refer to: Places In England Pronounced : * Leigh, Greater Manchester, Borough of Wigan ** Leigh (UK Parliament constituency) * Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Pronounced : * Leigh, Dorset * Leigh, Gloucestershire * Leigh, Kent * Leigh, Staffordshire * Leigh, Surrey * Leigh, Wiltshire * Leigh, Worcestershire * Leigh-on-Mendip, Somerset (also known as Leigh upon Mendip) * Leigh Delamere, Wiltshire * Leigh Green, Kent * Leigh Park, Hampshire * Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire * Leigh Woods, Somerset * Abbots Leigh, Somerset * East Leigh, Devon * Little Leigh, Cheshire * Little Leighs, Essex * North Leigh, Oxfordshire Elsewhere * Leigh, County Tipperary, Ireland * Leigh, Nebraska, United States * Leigh, New South Wales, in Bellingen Shire, Australia * Leigh, New Zealand * Leigh, Texas, United States, the location of historic site Mimosa Hall * Leigh Canyon and Leigh Lake, Wyoming, United States * Leigh River (Victoria), Australia Other uses * Leigh (name), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriela Xavier
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Gabriela may refer to: * Gabriela (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian feminine given name * ''Gabriela'' (1942 film), a Czech film * ''Gabriela'' (1950 film), a German film * ''Gabriela'' (1983 film), a Brazilian film * ''Gabriela'' (2001 film), an American film * ''Gabriela'' (1960 TV series), a Mexican telenovela * ''Gabriela'' (1964 TV series), a Mexican telenovela * ''Gabriela'' (1975 TV series), a 1975 Brazilian telenovela * ''Gabriela'' (2012 TV series), a 2012 Brazilian telenovela * Gabriela Women's Party (General Assembly Binding Women for Reforms, Integrity, Equality, Leadership, and Action), a feminist Filipino political alliance See also *Gabriella (other) Gabriella may refer to: * Gabriella (given name), a feminine given name * ''Gabriella di Vergy'', an opera seria by Gaetano Donizetti (1826, revised 1838), and an opera by Mercadante (1828), based on the tragedy ''Gabrielle de Vergy'' by Dormont De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marzana Fiedtkou
Marzanna (in Polish), Morė (in Lithuanian), Marena (in Russian), Mara (in Ukrainian), Morana (in Czech, Slovene and Serbo-Croatian), Morena (in Slovak and Macedonian) or Mora (in Bulgarian) is a pagan Slavic goddess associated with seasonal rites based on the idea of death and rebirth of nature. She is an ancient goddess associated with winter's death, rebirth and dreams. In ancient Slavic rites, the death of the Goddess Marzanna at the end of winter becomes the rebirth of Spring of the Goddess Kostroma (Russian), Lada or Vesna representing the coming of Spring. Some medieval Christian sources such as the Czech 13th century Mater Verborum compare her to the Greek goddess Hecate, associating her with sorcery. 15th century Polish chronicler Jan Długosz likened her in his ''Annales'' to Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture (together with another Slavic goddess Dziewanna). Lithuanian, Latvian and some Estonian sources, dated between the 13th and 14th century, note th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique De Groot
"Dominique" is a 1963 French language popular song, written and performed by the Belgian female singer Jeannine Deckers, better known as Sœur Sourire ("Sister Smile" in French) or The Singing Nun. The song is about Saint Dominic, a Spanish-born priest and founder of the Dominican Order, of which she was a member (as Sister Luc-Gabrielle). The English-version lyrics of the song were written by Noël Regney. In addition to French and English, Deckers recorded versions in Dutch, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese. It was a top selling record in 11 countries in late 1963 and early 1964. Commercial performance "Dominique" reached the Top 10 in 11 countries in late 1963 and early 1964, topping the chart in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It reached the Top 5 in Norway, Denmark, Ireland and South Africa, with the song making it into the lower reaches of the Top 10 in the Netherlands, West Germany, and the United Kingdom. The song reached and sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantelle Fernandes
Chantelle can refer to: * Chantelle (lingerie), a French women's underwear trademark. * Chantelle (band), a Puerto Rican merengue musical group. * Chantelle (animal), the name given for a female partridge (also called a 'hen'). Places * Chantelle, Allier, a commune of the Allier département in France. * Chantelle, Pretoria, a suburb of Pretoria to the north west of the Pretoria CBD * Deneuille-lès-Chantelle, commune in the Allier department in central France * Canton of Chantelle, an administrative division in central France People * Chantelle Anderson (1981) American basketball player * Chantelle Barry, Australian singer and actress * Chantelle Eberle (1981) Canadian curler * Chantelle Fiddy, British journalist * Chantelle Handy (1987) basketball player for Great Britain women's national basketball team * Chantelle Houghton, the non-celebrity winner of ''Celebrity Big Brother 4'' in 2006 * Chantelle Kerry (1996) Australian figure skater * Chantelle Newbery (1977) Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trisha Woodroofe
Trisha is a unisex given name, usually derived from the female Latin given name Patricia. Notable people and characters with the name include: People * Trisha (actress), Indian film actress Trisha Krishnan (born 1983) *Trisha Baptie (born 1973), Canadian anti-prostitution activist * Trisha Brown (1936–2017), American choreographer and dancer, one of the founders of the postmodern dance movement *Trisha Donnelly (born 1974), American conceptual artist * Trisha Goddard (born 1957), British television presenter *Trisha Low, American author and poet * Trisha Noble (born 1944), Australian singer and actress * Trisha Paytas (born 1988), American singer, actress and YouTube personality * Trisha Yearwood (born 1964), American country singer Fictional characters * Trisha Elric, in the ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' manga universe *Trisha Thoon ''Arrested Development'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network from November 2, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Carvalho (field Hockey)
Paula Carvalho (born 9 April 1965) is a former synchronized swimmer from Brazil. She competed in both the and . Paula's sister is Tessa Carvalho, who was her partner in the women's duet at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References 1965 births Living people Brazilian synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers for Brazil Synchronized swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Synchronized swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Brazil-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofía Mora
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. Sofia may also refer to: People * Sofia (given name), alternate form of the given name Sophia *Sofia (Filipino singer), a bossa nova singer from the Philippines *Sofia (Swedish singer), full name Sofia Berntson Places *Sofía (Echinades), an island of the Ionian Islands of Greece * Sofia, Drochia, a commune in Drochia district, Moldova * Sofia, Hînceşti, a commune in Hînceşti district, Moldova * Sofia, New Mexico, an unincorporated community in Union County, New Mexico, USA * Sofia Province, a province of Bulgaria * Sofia Region, a region in northern Madagascar * Sofia Valley, a valley in Bulgaria * The Sofia, an apartment building in New York City Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Sofia'' (1948 film), an American film shot in Mexico set in Sofia * ''Sofia'' (1987 film), a Argentine film * ''Sofia'' (2018 film), a Belgian film *'' Assassin's Bullet'', a 2012 American film alternately titled ''Sofia'' in some interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
