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Basketball ID At The 2000 Summer Paralympics
Basketball ID at the 2000 Summer Paralympics consisted of a men's event with eight teams competing. The sport was a form of basketball adapted for players with intellectual disabilities (ID). Cheating controversy The Basketball ID event at the 2000 Paralympic Games were marred by one of sport's biggest controversies which saw a classification of athlete removed from the next two Paralympic games. Fernando Martin Vicente, former head of the Spanish Federation for Mentally Handicapped Sports, allowed athletes with no disabilities to compete at the Games in order to win the gold medal. The team at the centre of the row was the Spanish basketball team, who won the gold medal after beating Russia in the final despite fielding a team mainly composed of athletes with no intellectual disability. The athletes were quickly exposed and the IPC reacted by stripping Spain of their medal and removing all events from the following Games for athletes with intellectual disabilities. Events for at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrzej Kołodziejczyk
Andrzej is the Polish form of the given name Andrew. Notable individuals with the given name Andrzej * Andrzej Bartkowiak (born 1950), Polish film director and cinematographer * Andrzej Bobola, S.J. (1591–1657), Polish saint, missionary and martyr * Andrzej Chyra (born 1964), Polish actor * Andrzej Czarniak (1931–1985), Polish alpine skier * Andrzej Duda (born 1972), Polish 6th president * Andrzej Jajszczyk, Polish scientist * Andrzej Kmicic, fictional protagonist of Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel ''The Deluge'' * Andrzej Kokowski (born 1953), Polish archaeologist * Andrzej Krauze (born 1947), Polish-British cartoonist and illustrator * Andrzej Leder (born 1960), Polish philosopher and psychotherapist * Andrzej Mazurczak (born 1993), Polish basketball player * Andrzej Mleczko (born 1949), Polish illustrator * Andrzej Nowacki (born 1953), Polish artist * Andrzej Paczkowski (born 1938), Polish historian * Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991), Polish composer * Andrzej Person, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Basketball Competitions Hosted By Australia
International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The Three Degrees album), 1975 *''International'', 2018 album by L'Algérino Songs * The Internationale, the left-wing anthem * "International" (Chase & Status song), 2014 * "International", by Adventures in Stereo from ''Monomania'', 2000 * "International", by Brass Construction from ''Renegades'', 1984 * "International", by Thomas Leer from ''The Scale of Ten'', 1985 * "International", by Kevin Michael from ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * "International", by McGuinness Flint from ''McGuinness Flint'', 1970 * "International", by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from '' Dazzle Ships'', 1983 * "International (Serious)", by Estelle from '' All of Me'', 2012 Politics * Political international, any transnational organization of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 In Basketball
Championships Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Olympics *Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, Men: *: *: *: *Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, Women: *: *: *: Professional *Men **2000 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers over the Indiana Pacers 4-2. MVP: Shaquille O'Neal ***1999–2000 NBA season, 2000 NBA Playoffs, 2000 NBA draft, 2000 NBA All-Star Game *Women **2000 WNBA Championship, WNBA Finals: Houston Comets over the New York Liberty 2-0. MVP: Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, Cynthia Cooper ***2000 WNBA season, 2000 WNBA Playoffs, 2000 WNBA draft, 2000 WNBA All-Star Game College *Men **2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA Division I: Michigan State University 89, University of Florida 76 **2000 National Invitation Tournament, National Invitation Tournament: Wake Forest University 71, University of Notre Dame 61 **2000 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament, NCAA Division II: Metropolitan Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wittke (basketball Player)
Robert Otto Wittke Jr. (born September 23, 1957) is an accountant and Republican politician. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 62nd district, representing the northern half of Racine County. Biography Born in Racine, Wisconsin, to Robert Wittke Sr. and Margaret Wittke ''née'' Jankowski, Wittke graduated from William Horlick High School in 1975 and received a B.A. in accounting from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 1980. He worked as a tax accountant for Modine Manufacturing in Racine from 1980 to 1986, then at Snap-on Inc. in Kenosha from 1988 to 1994. He then worked for Deloitte in their tax consultancy from 1994 to 2002. Since 2012, he has been employed by CORPTAX, a tax software as a service company based in Deerfield, Illinois. Wittke resides in Wind Point, Wisconsin, he is married and has four children. Political career Wittke first ran for Racine Unified School Board in 2013, placing fourth in a top-three at-large election. In 2015, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadeusz Truszczyński
''Tadeusz'' is a Polish first name, derived from Thaddaeus. Tadeusz may refer to: * Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895–1966), Polish military leader * Tadeusz Borowski (1922–1951), Polish writer and The Holocaust survivor * Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874–1941), Polish gynaecologist, writer, poet, art critic, translator of French literary classics and journalist * Tadeusz Brzeziński (1896–1991), Polish consular official and the father of President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski * Tadeusz Czeżowski (1889–1981), Polish philosopher and logician * Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (1898–1939), Polish journalist and author of over a dozen popular novels * Tadeusz Drzazga (born 1975), Polish weightlifter * Tadeusz Hollender (1910–1943), Polish poet, translator and humorist * Tadeusz Jordan-Rozwadowski (1866 – 1928) was a Polish military commander, diplomat, and politician, a founder of the modern Polish Republic * Tadeusz Kantor (1915–1990), Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grzegorz Sobuś
Grzegorz (german: Falkenstein) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmża, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Chełmża and north of Toruń )'' , image_skyline = , image_caption = , image_flag = POL Toruń flag.svg , image_shield = POL Toruń COA.svg , nickname = City of Angels, Gingerbread city, Copernicus Town , pushpin_map = Kuyavian-Pom .... References Grzegorz {{Toruń-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łukasz Skory
Łukasz or Lukasz () is a Polish masculine given name, derived from Greek Λουκᾶς, Lukas. Derived family names are Łukaszewski, Łukaszewicz/ Łukasiewicz/ Lukashevich, Lukash (as transliterated from Ukrainian and Belarusian), Lukashenko (Ukrainian)/Lukashenka (Belarusian). The name may refer to: * Łukasz Abgarowicz (born 1949), Polish politician * Łukasz Broź (born 1985), Polish footballer (defender) who plays for Widzew Łódź * Łukasz Burliga (born 1988), Polish footballer who plays for Wisła Kraków *Łukasz Chyła (born 1981), Polish track and field sprint athlete * Łukasz Cieślewicz (born 1987), Polish professional football (soccer) player *Łukasz Ciepliński (1913–1951), Polish soldier who fought in the Polish anti-Nazi and anti-communist resistance movements * Łukasz Czapla (born 1982), Polish sport shooter, a four-time World champion * Łukasz Derbich (born 1983), Polish footballer * Lukasz Dumanski (born 1983), Ivory Coast-born Polish-Canadian prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafał Jastrząb
Rafał is the Polish form of the male given name Raphael. Rafał (Polish pronunciation: ) may refer to: *Rafał Śliż (born 1983), Polish ski jumper *Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz (born 1964), Polish fiction author and journalist *Rafał Andraszak (born 1978), Polish footballer *Rafał Augustyn (composer) (born 1951), composer of classical music, pianist, music critic, writer and scholar of Polish philology *Rafał Augustyn (racewalker) (born 1984), Polish race walker *Rafał Berliński (born 1976), Polish footballer *Rafał Blechacz (born 1985), Polish classical pianist *Rafał Boguski (born 1984), Polish footballer *Rafał Bruski (born 1962), Polish politician, president of Bydgoszcz (2010) * Rafał Brzozowski (born 1981), Polish singer and TV presenter, represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 *Rafał Dębski (born 1969), Polish writer of fantasy, historic, sensational and criminal novels *Rafał de Weryha-Wysoczański, Ph.D., (born 1975), Polish art historian, genealogi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Krzemiński (basketball Player)
Adam Krzemiński (born 27 January 1945 in Radecznica) is a Polish journalist and commentator, frequently featured on German television and radio, specialized in German-Polish relations and history. Considered "one of the leading publicists of Poland", he has been editor of the Polish weekly '' Polityka'' since 1973, has been guest editor of the German weekly ''Die Zeit'' and has written for many other international publications. His books include ''Polen im 20. Jahrhundert: ein historischer Essay'' (Munich: Beck, 1993). Krzemiński was awarded the Goethe Medal in 1993 and the Essay Prize of the Polish P.E.N. Club PEN International (known as International PEN until 2010) is a worldwide association of writers, founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere. The association has autonomous Internationa ... in 1996. Krzeminski is Chairman of the German-Polish Association. References 1945 births Living people Polish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
