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Almudena Cid Tostado
Almudena Cid Tostado (born 15 June 1980 in Vitoria, País Vasco, Spain) is a former Spanish individual rhythmic gymnast who competed on the Spanish national team. She is the only rhythmic gymnast who has competed in four Olympic finals. She became the first Spanish gymnast in history to have competed in two Olympic finals, Atlanta and Sydney, and she is the only rhythmic gymnast to make the finals at four consecutive Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 She also won the gold medal in the XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 and she has been awarded many other national and international recognitions; among others, the gold medal in the Royal Order of Sports Merit in 2009, which is a Spanish civil Order of Merit intended to recognise yearly activities in the fields of sport and physical education. In June 2001, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique The International Gymnastics Federation (French: Fédération Internationale d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitoria-Gasteiz
es, vitoriano, vitoriana, , population_density_km2 = auto , blank_name_sec1 = Official language(s) , blank_info_sec1 = Spanish, Basque , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST = CEST , utc_offset_DST = +2 , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 01001–01015 , area_code_type = Dialing code , area_code = , leader_title = Alcalde , leader_name = Gorka Urtaran , leader_party = Basque Nationalist Party , website = , module = , footnotes = Click on the map for a fullscreen view Vitoria-Gasteiz (; ), also alternatively spelled as Vittoria in old English-language sources, is the seat of government and the capital city of the Basque Country and of the province of Álava in northern Spain. It holds the autonomous community's House of Parliament, the headquarters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fédération Internationale De Gymnastique
The International Gymnastics Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, FIG) is the body governing all disciplines of competitive gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on July 23, 1881, in Liège, Belgium, making it the world's oldest existing international sports organisation. Originally called the European Federation of Gymnastics, it had three member countries—Belgium, France and the Netherlands—until 1921, when non-European countries were admitted and it received its current name. The federation sets the rules, known as the Code of Points, that regulate how gymnasts' performances are evaluated. Seven gymnastics disciplines are governed by the FIG: artistic gymnastics, further classified as men's artistic gymnastics (MAG) and women's artistic gymnastics (WAG); rhythmic gymnastics (RG); aerobic gymnastics (AER); acrobatic gymnastics (ACRO); trampolining (TRA); Double mini trampoline (DMT), tumbling (TUM) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Móstoles
Móstoles () is a municipality of Spain located in the Community of Madrid. With over 200,000 inhabitants, it is the region's second most populated municipality after Madrid. Móstoles was a small town for a long time, but expanded rapidly in the second half of the 20th century. The city also hosts the main campus of the Rey Juan Carlos University. Geography The municipality presents a largely flat relief. The main hydrographic features are the Guadarrama river at the western end of the municipality and several of the latter's left bank tributary creeks, including the Arroyo del Soto and the Arroyo de los Combos. It lies at 660 metres above sea level. History Human beings have been present since the Paleolithic. Evidence of that fact are sites in which there are flint gravel and arrow tips. Some traces of presence of Roman civilisation occur in the current municipality, specifically of the late period. They mainly consist of ceramic remains. There is no evidence of a town i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrelodones
Torrelodones is a municipality in the northwest of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, Spain. It is situated 29 kilometers northwest from the city of Madrid. Because of its location between the Sierra de Guadarrama and the metropolitan area of the capital, it is linked to two districts in Madrid: the agricultural area of Guadarrama and the metropolitan area of Madrid. It lies at an average altitude of 845 meters. According to the 2014 census, 22,838 people live in the municipality, distributed among seven towns. The people of Torrelodones earn among the highest per capita incomes of the Community of Madrid. Services, hotels, and construction are the main economic activities. In 2012 it had about 22,680 inhabitants. With over three colleges and four developments, Torrelodones is usually divided into two parts: the "Torrelodones town", where there is the Town Hall, and the "Torrelodones colony", where there are schools, homes and small businesses. The town has an interesting artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasapalabra
''Pasapalabra'' is a Spanish television game show, adapted from the British format ''The Alphabet Game''. The title is a portmanteau of the Spanish verb ''pasar'', "pass", and ''palabra'', literally "word". Gameplay In each episode, two contestants team with celebrities to play various games. A team's correct responses in these games score seconds, extending their contestant's time limit in the final game, known as or . In the , gameplay proceeds through letters of the Spanish alphabet. For each letter, the host reads a definition of a word starting with or containing that letter. A contestant responds with a word, or passes by saying "". Completing the with every response correct wins the show's progressive jackpot. Advanced gameplay sees one player immediately passing (Pasapalabra) to skip letters they don't know the answer to and then deliberately running their clock down during the round when their opponent has got letters wrong and cannot win, unless they believe they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Gálvez (TV Presenter)
Christian Gálvez (b. Móstoles, Madrid; 19 May 1980) is a Spanish television presenter, actor, amateur historian and writer. Biography He studied English studies. Career He began acting aged 15 in ''Médico de familia'', and then in ''La casa de los líos'' (1996) and ''Al salir de clase'' (1998). Later on he presented TV programs such as ''Verano noche'', ''Humor a toda marcha'' and ''Desperado Club Social'' between 1999 and 2002. He also dubbed the videogame ''Little Big Planet''. He was known as a reporter on ''Caiga quien caiga'' (2005–2007), broadcast on Telecinco and presented by Manel Fuentes. Before finishing ''Caiga quien caiga'', he was chosen to present the game show ''Pasapalabra'' on 16 July 2007, which was previously aired on Antena 3, replacing Jaime Cantizano. He hosted the show for eleven years; the program received the highest ratings in Spain and was awarded for Premios Ondas (2008) and several TP de Oro. He combined ''Pasapalabra'' with other programs, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corporación De Radio Y Televisión Española
The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. (; ), known as Radiotelevisión Española or RTVE, is the state-owned public corporation that assumed in 2007 the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service known as Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española. It provides multi-station television ( TVE) and radio services ( RNE), as well as online and streaming services. Since the entry into force of the ''Ley de Financiación de RTVE'' in 2009, RTVE is primarily funded by a combination of subsidies from the General State Budget and a fee levied on the private agents' gross revenue (3.0 % for private free-to-air channels, a 1.5 % for private subscription channels and a 0.9 % for telecom companies). RTVE is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The corporation's central headquarters are located in Pozuelo de Alarcón. History Precedents Spanish state-wide public broadcasting services have undergone numerous restructurings and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Channel
Olympic Channel is an over-the-top Internet television service operated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was launched on August 21, 2016, alongside the closing of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The service aims to maintain year-round interest in the Olympic movement, carrying documentaries and other programming chronicling the Olympic Games, as well as coverage of events in Olympic sport outside of the Games. The IOC operates the service with an international focus, but also stated plans to work with local National Olympic Committees and rightsholders to establish localized versions and linear services as franchised versions of Olympic Channel. Goal The service's main goal is to maintain year-round interest in Olympic sports between iterations of the Summer and Winter Olympics, especially among a younger audience; it features coverage of competitions in Olympic sport, as well as short and long-form programmes focusing on Olympic athletes. The service initially broadca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AS (newspaper)
''Diario AS'' () is a Spanish daily sports newspaper that concentrates particularly on football. Profile ''Diario AS'' is part of PRISA which also owns '' El País'' and ''Cinco Días''. The paper particularly covers news of the Community of Madrid football teams: Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Getafe CF, CD Leganés, and Rayo Vallecano. It competes directly with ''MARCA''. In addition to Madrid, the newspaper also has satellite bureaus in Barcelona, Bilbao, A Coruña, Seville, Valencia and Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari .... In May 2012 the newspaper launched aEnglish language sub-siteoffering original journalism and articles translated from the original Spanish by native English-language speakers. The circulation of ''Diario AS'' was 181,172 co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marca (newspaper)
''Marca'' (), stylised as ''MARCA'', is Spain's national daily sport newspaper owned by Unidad Editorial. The newspaper focuses primarily on football, in particular the day-to-day activities of Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, and Atlético Madrid. Also, It has daily and fresh information about influencers, Instagram Girls, an infamous programme first dates, and other Pink press. It has a daily readership of over 2,500,000, the highest in Spain for a daily newspaper, and more than half of sports readership, as of 2007. Since February 2001, there has also been an association 24-hour/day sports radio station, Radio Marca. In 2010, the TV channel MARCA TV was launched, before being closed in 2013. History and profile ''Marca'' was founded on 21 December 1938, at the height of the Spanish Civil War, in nationalist-held San Sebastián. Its founding editor was Manuel Fernández Cuesta, uncle of businessman Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta. On 3 September 1987 Luis Infante became the editor of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almudena Cid 2002 Leganés 2 , in Majorca
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Almudena or La Almudena may refer to: *Almudena (given name), a feminine Spanish given name *Virgin of Almudena, medieval statue of Mary, Mother of Jesus, kept in Madrid *Catedral de la Almudena, in Madrid *Cementerio de la Almudena, the biggest cemetery of Madrid *La Almudena (Madrid Metro), a station See also *Almudaina, municipality in eastern Spain *Royal Palace of La Almudaina The Royal Palace of La Almudaina (, ) is one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family. Categorized as an Alcázar (fortified palace), it is located in Palma, the capital city of the Island of Mallorca, Spain. History This imposing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almudena Cid Y Jennifer Colino 2002 Granada , in Majorca
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Almudena or La Almudena may refer to: * Almudena (given name), a feminine Spanish given name *Virgin of Almudena, medieval statue of Mary, Mother of Jesus, kept in Madrid * Catedral de la Almudena, in Madrid *Cementerio de la Almudena, the biggest cemetery of Madrid * La Almudena (Madrid Metro), a station See also * Almudaina, municipality in eastern Spain *Royal Palace of La Almudaina The Royal Palace of La Almudaina (, ) is one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family. Categorized as an Alcázar (fortified palace), it is located in Palma, the capital city of the Island of Mallorca, Spain. History This imposing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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