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2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships – Women's KL2
The women's KL2 competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho. Schedule The schedule was as follows: All times are Western European Summer Time Western European Summer Time (WEST, UTC+01:00) is a summer daylight saving time scheme, 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in: * the Canary Islands * Portugal (including Madeira but not the Azores) * t ... (UTC+1) Results Heats The fastest three boats in each heat advanced directly to the final. The next four fastest boats in each heat, plus the fastest remaining boat advanced to the semifinal. Heat 1 Heat 2 Semifinal The fastest three boats advanced to the final. Final Competitors raced for positions 1 to 9, with medals going to the top three. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships - Women's KL2 ICF ICF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montemor-o-Velho
Montemor-o-Velho () is a town and concelho, municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 26,171, in an area of 228.96 km². History In 711, the Muslim invasion of Iberia, Arab occupation of the Iberian Peninsula began. Montemor-o-Velho, a fluvial-maritime port of great importance at the time, was the target of conquests and reconquests throughout the 9th to the 12th centuries: in 848 the first Reconquista, Christian reconquest of Montemor was made by king Ramiro I of Asturias, Ramiro I of León, who gave the castle to abbot João, who resisted in the same year the siege made by the caliph of Córdoba Abd al-Rahman II. In 878 Afonso III the Great occupied Coimbra and proceeded to repopulate the Mondego River, Mondego line; on December 2, 990 there was another onslaught of Arabs led by Almanzor, Almançor, who take the castle of Montemor-o-Velho, and its government is given to Froila Gonçalves, a descendant of the Portucalen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Seipel
Susan Seipel (born 4 April 1986) is an Australian Para-canoeist, a gold and bronze medallist in kayak and outrigger canoe at the 2015 and 2016 World Championships. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Personal Seipel, a Bellbowrie resident of Queensland, was born with Arthrogryposis Multiplex, a rare disorder characterised by fusion of joints and absent muscle formation in her legs. Born in Ipswich, Queensland she attended St Peter Claver College. In 2003, she completed Information Technology certificates and in 2004, a TAFE course in horse management. In 2008, she completed a Diploma of Applied Science, Equine Studies Major at the University of Queensland. She has undertaken a course in Professional Leadership at La Trobe University. Seipel was awarded a Full Sporting Blue at Griffith University whilst undertaking a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons). She is a volunteer and ambassador for the RSPCA at Wacol, Que ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascale Bercovitch
Pascale Noa Bercovitch ( he, פסקל ברקוביץ'; born August 21, 1967) is a Franco-Israeli writer, Israeli film director and paralympic 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 impaire ... athlete. Early life Bercovitch was born in France to Jews, Jewish father and non-Jewish mother. In her youth, she was a track and field champion of Picardy. On 13 December 1984, aged 17, she slipped while in a train station in Angers and got pulled under an incoming train, causing the amputation of both of her legs above the knee. She was preparing at the time to immigrate to Israel, fulfilling her plans shortly later and volunteering to serve with the Israel Defense Forces. Following her military service she began practicing disabled sports, attempting to achieve the criteria for the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
