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	Athans V Athans is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Gary Athans (born 1961), Canadian alpine skier George Athans (born 1952), Canadian water skier * George Athans (diver) (1921–2007), Canadian diver Gina Athans (born 1984), South African model Michael Athans (1937–2020), Greek engineer Peter Athans (born 1957), American mountain climber Philip Athans (born 1964), American writer Tom Athans (born 1961), American businessman See also Athan Athan is a Greek male given name, which means "eternal life" or "immortal". It can be a variant of Athanasios, and is of rising popularity among younger Greek parents. The name Athan may refer to: People * Athan Catjakis (1931-2022), American po ... {{surname, Athans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gary Athans Gary Athans (born 12 June 1961 in Kelowna, British Columbia) is a Canadian former alpine skier who competed in the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр .... Athans was a water-ski champion, and then spent eight years on the Canada national team and later represented his nation at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where he finished 26th. In 2009, Athans along with his family, were inducted into the Central Okanagan Sports Hall of Fame. His father George Athans, was captain of the Canadian Olympic team in 1948 and was a gold medal diver at the 1950 British Empire Games. His mother Irene was a Manitoba champion in swimming and synchronized swimming and a Canadian record holder in masters swimming. His brothers George Junior (water skiing) and Greg (ballet skiin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	George Athans George Athans (born 6 July 1952) is a Canadian retired competitive water skier. During his career he won 10 consecutive national titles from 1965 to 1974, the first at age 13. Also known as George Athans Jr. to distinguish him from his father, Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame diver George Athans Sr. Born in Kelowna, British Columbia, Athans was a member of the Canadian water ski team from 1966 to 1974 and participated in his first world championship in 1967. Athans won the world water ski championship in 1971 and 1973 and was named Canada's male amateur athlete of the year in both of those years. At his final national championship in 1974, his closest competitor was his brother, Greg Athans. A knee injury prevented Athans from competing for the Canadian title in 1975 and he retired from competition. During his competitive career, Athans moved to Montreal to attend Sir George Williams University. He competed in the Canadian ''Superstars'' competition in 1978 (finishing fourth) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	George Athans (diver) George Athans Sr. (4 January 1921 – 27 February 2007) was a Canadian diver. He was born in Kelowna, British Columbia, and was the father of Gary Athans. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he placed 25th in 10 metre platform. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ..., where he placed 8th in men's platform and 9th in springboard. References External linksGeorge Athans at Canadian Olympic Team 1921 births 2007 deaths Sportspeople from Kelowna Olympic divers for Canada Divers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Canadian male divers Divers at the 1938 British Empire Games Divers at the 1950 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gina Athans Gina Athans (born 7 June 1984) is a South African former beauty queen and model of Greek origin. Born in Johannesburg, her father is a doctor and her mother a businesswoman. She was raised on a small holding in Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg. Crowned Miss South Africa Teen 2000 aged 17, she then signed for IMG Models and moved to Paris. Developing her modelling career, she was the first South African model to appear in ''Marie Claire'', and has been voted ''FHM'' sexiest woman in the world and South Africa's most Stylish Woman. She had a small part in the Daniel Craig film ''Flashbacks of a Fool'' (2008). She also opened her own PR Firm, Gina Athans PR in 2009, which was hired to provide a PR make-over for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi before the 2011 Libyan Civil War. She further assisted on PR campaigns for various heads of States of Africa. She is also known for her support of charitable causes. She is a business woman in her own right. She founded Holanathi in 2018, and the busi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Michael Athans Michael Athans (born Michael Athanassiades in Drama, Greece, May 3, 1937 - May 26, 2020) was a Greek-American control theorist and a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a Fellow of the IEEE (1973) and a Fellow of the AAAS (1977). He was the recipient of numerous awards for his contributions in the field of control theory. A pioneer in the field of control theory, he helped shape modern control theory and spearheaded the field of multivariable control system design and the field of robust control. Athans was a member of the technical staff at Lincoln Laboratory from 1961 to 1964, and a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science faculty member from 1964 to 1998. Upon retirement, Athans moved to Lisbon, Portugal, where he was an Invited Research Professor in the Institute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico where he received a honoris causa doctorate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Peter Athans Peter Athans (born March 1, 1957) is one of the world's foremost high-altitude mountaineers. In 2008 he was celebrated for summiting Mount Everest seven times, and was given the moniker "Mr. Everest". His first attempt to climb Everest in 1985 via the West Ridge, and further attempts in 1986, 1987, and 1989 were unsuccessful, but he succeeded in summitting in 1990 as part of an expedition that included Scott Fischer and Wally Berg. Athans is one of several western Himalayan guides who have adopted Nepal as a second home, and who have taken up the cause of the Sherpa people and their culture. Rescues In 1996 he was a key participant in the rescue of several climbers during the May 1996 Everest Disaster. For his efforts the American Alpine Club awarded him and his partner Todd Burleson and Anatoli Boukreev the David A. Sowles Memorial Award. The next year, Athans removed the body of a friend - Bruce Herrod, a South African climber who had perished just weeks after the 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Philip Athans Philip Athans (born 1964 in Rochester, New York) is an American editor and author. Biography Philip Athans was born in 1964 in Rochester, New York, but was raised in Chicago. Athans grew up reading Marvel comics and ''Starlog'' magazines, and watching ''Star Trek''. He graduated from film school in 1985 and started small circulation literary magazine called ''Alternative Fiction & Poetry''. Although Athans used to work in a record store while working on his writing career in his spare time, he was taken on in the book publishing department of TSR in 1995 when J. Robert King resigned from his full-time position as editor, and Athans stayed on through the 1997 transition to Wizards of the Coast. Athans became Managing Editor for Wizards of the Coast Book Publishing, where he spent most of his time as the Forgotten Realms novel line editor. There he edited dozens of anthologies and novels, and continued to write his own, and helped launch the Greyhawk, ''Dark Matter'', ''StarDrive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tom Athans Tom Athans (born 1961) is an American media executive. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Democracy Radio, an organization that created and produced progressive talk radio shows that included ''The Ed Schultz Show'' and ''The Stephanie Miller Show''. After his tenure at Democracy Radio, he joined Air America Radio as Executive Vice President for Programming. Athans was married to U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow from 2003 to 2010. Early life and career Athans, of Greek descent, was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was a congressional aide in the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Previous to his tenure as a staffer in Congress, he was elected to local office and served two terms as a Councilman and President of the Village Council in Oxford, Michigan. Athans is also a veteran of the United States Air Force and the Michigan Air National Guard. Career In 2002, Athans and radio industry veteran Paul Fiddick founded Democracy Radio, an organization dedicated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]