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Alina
Alina is a female given name of European origin. It is particularly common in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. It may be derived from the name Adelina. Alina was one of the top 10 most popular names in Switzerland and one of the top 50 most popular names in Finland, Norway, Germany and Austria in 2020. Notable people A–G * Alina Baraz (born 1993), American singer * Alina Bârgăoanu, Romanian university professor * Alina Bercu (born 1990), Romanian concert pianist * Alina Bucur, Romanian-born mathematician and university professor * Alina Cho, American television correspondent * Alina Cojocaru (born 1981), Romanian ballet dancer * Alina Devecerski (born 1983), Swedish singer * Alina Dikhtiar (born 1988), Ukrainian skater * Alina Alexandra Dumitru (born 1982), Romanian judoka * Alina Eremia (born 1993), Romanian singer * Alina Fernández (born 1956), daughter of Fidel Castro and Natalia Revuelta Clews * Alina Forsman (1845-1899), Finnish sculptor * Alina Frasa (1834- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Baraz
Alina Baraz (russian: Алина Бараз; born September 24, 1993) is an American singer from Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio. In 2015, Baraz and Electronic music, electronic producer Galimatias released a collaborative EP together titled ''Urban Flora'' through Ultra Music after discovering each other's work online. The EP was met with positive reception and streaming media, streaming success. Baraz released her first solo EP, ''The Color of You'' in 2018. In April 2020, Baraz released her debut studio album, ''It Was Divine''. Early life Alina Baraz was born on September 24, 1993, in Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, to Russian Americans, Russian-Ukrainian Americans, Ukrainian parents. She was the first child in her family born in United States. Growing up, her parents raised her on classical music, and on her own, she became interested in 1990s in music, '90s music and singers such as Adele, Amy Winehouse and Corinne Bailey Rae. She began singing at a young age in her choir, gospel c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Bârgăoanu
Alina Bârgăoanu is a Romanian university professor and the dean of the faculty of communication and public relations of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest, of which she was the acting rector between 2012 and 2014. She is also the current chair of the board of the European Institute of Romania, a public institution that supports the government of Romania in its policy making as a member of the European Union. She is the holder of a Jean Monnet chair, and is the author or co-author of books and articles in the fields of communication, disinformation and European Union affairs. Achievements In April 2012 Alina Bargaoanu became the dean of the faculty of communication and public relations of SNSPA. Between December 2012 and December 2014, Alina Bargaoanu was the acting rector of this university, replacing Remus Pricopie, who was appointed minister of education of Romania. In October 2014 she was appointed president of the board of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Eremia
Alina Eremia (; born 15 December 1993 in Buftea) is a Romanian singer, TV personality, and former member of the LaLa band, who represented Romania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song ''Țurai''. She plays ''Ioana'' in the teenage sitcom series Pariu cu viața. From 2014, she participated at the Romanian version of Dancing with the stars on Antena 1 and she was in the jury of '' Next Star''. She also worked for Disney Romania as a Voice actress, dubbing the singing voice of Pocahontas in ''Pocahontas'' (Romanian dubbing from 2008) and '' Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World'' (Romanian dubbing from 2009), and both speaking and singing voices of Belle in ''Beauty and the Beast'', '' Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas'' and '' Belle's Magical World'' (Romanian dubbing from 2010). Alina was a member of ''Miracol'' for over six years. During that time, she also studied piano at the School of Music and Fine Arts, Bucharest. She is one of the most re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Gorghiu
Alina-Ștefania Gorghiu (; born September 16, 1978) is a Romanian lawyer and politician who served as president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) from December 2014 until December 2016. She was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest from December 2008 to December 2016. Since the latter date, she has represented Timiș County in the Romanian Senate. Biography Origins and education Born in Tecuci, Gorghiu completed secondary studies at Vlaicu Vodă National College in Curtea de Argeș in 1997. She then attended the Law and Administration Faculty of Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University in Bucharest, graduating in 2001. In 2002–2003, she took postgraduate courses at the University of Bucharest's Law Faculty, and from 2004–2008 worked on a degree at the Economics, Law and Administration Faculty of the University of Pitești. She holds a master's degree in Communications and Public Relations from the National School of Administration and Political Science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Cojocaru
Alina Cojocaru (born 27 May 1981) is a Romanian ballet dancer. She was previously a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet and a lead principal with the English National Ballet. Early years Alina Cojocaru was born and raised in Bucharest, Romania. She has one sister. From a young age she studied gymnastics. Later she began ballet classes, despite never having seen a live ballet. Training At the age of 7 or 8 she began gymnastic classes, progressing at the age of 9 to a Bucharest ballet school which acted as a feeder for the Romanian State Ballet school. Later the same year she took and passed the entrance exam for the school and a few months later was chosen (with 8 other Romanian students) by the director of the Kiev Ballet school to take part in a student exchange. She left her family to train at the school, and did not speak any Ukrainian. Initially, Cojocaru and the other Romanian students were taught separately, before being integrated with the other students in the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Harnasko
Alina Aliaksandraŭna Harnasko ( be, Аліна Аляксандраўна Гарнасько; russian: Али́на Александро́вна Горносько́; born 9 August 2001) is a Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast and former junior rhythmic gymnastics group gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic all-around bronze medalist, 2021 World Championships all-around silver medalist and ribbon gold medalist, 2020 European all-around silver medalist, and twice Grand Prix final all-around silver medalist (2018 & 2020). Junior 2015 Harnasko has won numerous medals in the Junior World Cup and Junior Grand Prix series. She briefly competed as a member of the Belarusian Group that competed at the 2015 European Junior Championships where Belarus won Group silver in the All-around and gold in 5 Balls. Right after, she started competing as individual again. On October 16-18 she competed at International Tournament Tart Cup, where she took bronze medal in Junior All-around (59.50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Devecerski
Alina Natalie Devecerski (born 27 March 1983) is a Swedish pop singer from Sundbyberg. She is managed by Anders Johansson and signed to EMI Sweden. At age 19, she started singing in a girl band. She has also written songs for many other artists. In 2010, she launched her solo career working for a year and a half writing solo material for herself only. Her 2012 debut single was "Jag svär". Her follow-up single "Flytta på dej! "Flytta på dej!" (which translates as "Move over")O'Neil, Luke (1 August 2012)We Interviewed Swedish Electro Sensation, Alina Devecerski ''Vice (magazine)'' is a single by Swedish pop singer Alina Devecerski Alina Natalie Devecerski (born 27 ..." hit the Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart and stayed at No. 1 for 2 weeks, and was No. 1 in Norway and Denmark. She has been signed to appear at many music festivals in Sweden to promote her singing career. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Fernández
Alina Fernández Revuelta (born 19 March 1956, Cuba) is a Cuban anti-communist activist. She is the daughter of Fidel Castro and Natalia Revuelta Clews. She is one of the best known Cuban critics of the government of Cuba and her father's and uncle's rule, where she lived until 1993. Biography Fernández lived with her mother, Natalia "Naty" Revuelta Clews, who was born in Havana in 1925 and stepfather, Orlando Fernández. In Cuba, she worked as a model and public relations director of a Cuban fashion company, according to the University Program Board. In 1993, at age 37, she left Cuba for Spain using false papers and a wig. Elena Díaz-Verson Amos, a Cuban immigrant, and wife to John Amos (an Aflac, Inc. founder) helped Fernández leave Cuba. Fernández lived in Columbus, Georgia, with Díaz-Verson for several years. Fernández has one daughter. In an interview in 2008 with ''Foreign Policy'' magazine, she said she had been closer to her uncle, Raúl Castro, than she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Garciamendez
Alina Lisi Garciamendez Rowold (born 16 April 1991) is an American-born Mexican former footballer who played as a defender. She has been a member of the Mexico women's national team. Early life Born in Los Gatos, California, to Edsel Garciamendez-Budar and Lisi Rowold-Garciamendez, Alina's family moved to Texas, where she attended Ursuline Academy in Dallas. Garciamendez helped lead Ursuline to four consecutive Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools Division I championships, extending the school's streak to 19 consecutive titles. A three-time TAPPS District 1-5A Player of the Year, Garciamendez was rated as the 34th-best college prospect in the class of 2009 by ESPN Rise. During her senior year, she scored eight goals and had 12 assists as a senior midfielder, completing her fourth season as a starter and second as a captain. She also participated in track and field. Garciamendez won a national club championship with Dallas Texans Red 91 in 2008 and reached the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Ibragimova
Alina Rinatovna Ibragimova (russian: link=no, Али́на Рина́товна Ибраги́мова; ba, Алина Ринат ҡыҙы Ибраһимова born 28 September 1985) is a Russian-British violinist. Early life and education Ibragimova was born in Polevskoy, Russian SSR, to a Bashkir family. Her family was musical, and she began playing the violin at the age of 4. At 5 she started at the Gnessin School of Music in Moscow, studying under Valentina Korolkova, and by the age of 6 had started her career by playing with various orchestras, including the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. She was aged 10 in 1996 when her father, Rinat Ibragimov, took up the post of principal double bass with the London Symphony Orchestra, and the family moved to England. In the following year, Ibragimova began her studies at the Yehudi Menuhin School (where her mother is professor of violin) under Natasha Boyarskaya. In December 1998, Ibragimova performed with Nicola Benedetti at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Dikhtiar
Alina Dikhtiar (born 29 July 1988) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian pair skater. With partner Filip Zalevski, she is the 2006 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships, Ukrainian silver medalist and 2005 Junior national champion. Their highest placement at an ISU Championship was 12th at the 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 2005 World Junior Championships. Programs (with Zalevski) Competitive highlights (with Zalevski) References External links * Alina Dikhtiar / Filip Zalevskiat Tracings.net Pairs on Ice: Dikhtiar & Zalevski Ukrainian female pair skaters Sportspeople from Dnipro 1988 births Living people {{Ukraine-figure-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Alexandra Dumitru
Alina Dumitru (; born 30 August 1982) is a Romanian judoka, one-time Olympic champion and eight-time European champion. At the Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg, 2008 Summer Olympics she defeated Japanese double gold medallist Ryoko Tani, who until then had been undefeated in major international competitions for 12 years. Career 2008 Summer Olympics Dumitru defeated the legendary five-time Olympian Ryoko Tani by "Waza-ari, keikoku" in a shocking Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg, –48 kg semifinal upset at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium. She controlled the five-minute showdown, maintaining her position with strong defense, refusing to budge or give her experienced foe a chance to mount a strong attack. It worked, as Tani lost points for passivity. Then she flipped Cuba's Yanet Bermoy becoming the first Romanian judoka to win a gold medal in the Summer Olympic Games. 2012 Summer Olympics She took part in the Judo at the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
