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Corina Creţu
Corina is a female given name of ancient Greek origin, derived from κόρη (''korē'') meaning "girl, maiden". ''Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon'' Variants and diminutives include , Cori, Corri, Corinne, Corine, Kora, Korina and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece ( el, Ἑλλάς, Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity ( AD 600), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories. Most of these regions were officially unified only once, for 13 years, under Alexander the Great's empire from 336 to 323 BC (though this excludes a number of Greek city-states free from Alexander's jurisdiction in the western Mediterranean, around the Black Sea, Cyprus, and Cyrenaica). In Western history, the era of classical antiquity was immediately followed by the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine period. Roughly three centuries after the Late Bronze Age collapse of Mycenaean Greece, Greek urban poleis began to form in the 8th century BC, ushering in the Archaic period and the colonization of the Mediterranean Basin. This was followed by the age of Classical G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corina Brussaard
Corina Brussaard is a leading scientist for Antarctic viral ecology working for the Royal Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ) and is a Special Professor of Viral Ecology at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Early life and education Brussaard was educated at University of Groningen (RUG), The Netherlands, studying marine biology, and microbial ecology. She defended her PhD thesis on 'Phytoplankton cell lysis and ecological implications' in 1997. She was awarded a Marie Curie TMR-grant supplied by the EC for 2 year Post Doctoral research at the University of Bergen, Norway. In 2000 she started as Independent Research Fellow at the NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research where she was involved in the EC-FP5 project BIOHAB (Biological Control of Harmful Algal Blooms - role of eutrophication) studying the growth and mortality of HAB-species, while at the same time setting up a virus ecology research program. She became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corina Dumitru
Corina Dumitru (born 24 October 1973) is a Romanian swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References External links * 1973 births Living people Romanian female butterfly swimmers Olympic swimmers of Romania Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Romania-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corina Dumitrescu
Corina Dumitrescu is a Romanian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party and since 2007 rector of Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University from Bucharest. She is also Advisory Board of the journal ''Cogito''. She was nominated Education Minister in the Victor Ponta cabinet, but withdrew her candidacy after the media reported she plagiarized a law book A law book is a book about law. It is possible to make a distinction between "law books" on the one hand, and "books about law" on the other. This distinction is "useful". A law book is "a work of legal doctrine". It consists of "law talk", that i ..., of Professor Octavian Manolache, that she co-authored with her husband, Cristian Dumitrescu, deputy and member of the Social Democratic Party. Notes External links Video conference "Medierea, metoda alternativa moderna la justitia clasica" Year of birth missing (living people) Rectors of universities in Romania Living people {{Romania-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corina Dumbrăvean
Corina Dumbrăvean (born 15 April 1984 in Bistriţa) is a Romanian former middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. She finished second at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow. At the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg she finished sixth in a personal best time of 4:02.24 minutes. She received a two-year doping ban from November 2007 to 2009. She refused to submit to testing in June 2010 and was given a lifeban from the sport of athletics. . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-30. See also * |
Corina Drăgan-Terecoasa
Corina Drăgan-Terecoasa (born 15 December 1971) is a Romanian luger. She competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the .... References 1971 births Living people Romanian female lugers Olympic lugers of Romania Lugers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1998 Winter Olympics People from Comarnic {{Romania-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corina Del Parral
Corina del Parral Durán (b. 25 January 1905, Bahía Blanca – d. 8 February 1979, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine writer, poet, pianist, and composer. Married to President José María Velasco Ibarra, she served four terms as the First Lady of Ecuador. Biography Corina del Parral Durán was born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina to Ernst Patrick Parral López-Chacón and Corina Eulogia Durán Peña on 25 January 1905. She began basic studies at the French Institute of Jeanne d'Arc and music at the Williams Conservatory, both in Bahía Blanca. She graduated from the latter with high marks, then went to Buenos Aires to continue her music and piano studies. Using her musical education, del Parral composed classical pieces for the piano and orchestra, and Argentine and Ecuadorian folk music. Her Ecuadorian musical folk songs were interpreted by the group Los Brillantes to raise funds for the Ecuadorian institution she founded herself, while she was the First Lady of Ecuador, to suppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corina Crivăț
Corina Crivăț (born 24 September 1958) is a Romanian volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardl ... at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1958 births Living people Romanian women's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players of Romania Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Volleyball players from Bucharest {{Romania-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corina Crețu
Corina Crețu (born June 24, 1967 in Bucharest) is a Romanian politician and a former European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms. Crețu is a member of the Romanian PRO Romania and Member of the European Parliament (sitting with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats). Between June 2014 and October 2014, she served as a Vice-President of the European Parliament. Political career Crețu studied at the Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Cybernetics, graduating in 1989. She spent a year working as an economist at a factory in Blaj until 1990. She then worked as a journalist and political commentator between 1990 and 1992 for newspapers ''Azi'', ''Curierul Național'', and ''Cronica Română'' before joining the Spokesperson's office of the Cabinet of President Ion Iliescu (1992-1996). In 1996, she became a member of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PDSR). Between 2000 and 2004, Crețu was Presidential Advisor, Presidential Spokesperson and Head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corina Constantin
Oana Corina Constantin (born 12 November 1991 in Constanța, Romania) is a retired senior Romanian aerobic gymnast.Federation Internationale de Gymnastique Oana Corina Constantin She is the 2013 World Games Champion in Individual Woman, 2016 World Champion in Individual Woman, 2014 World Champion in Trio and Group, as well as 2015 and 2011 European Champion in Individual Woman.European Union of Gymnastics Statistics Aerobic Gymnastics She has been called Romania's most successful aerobic gymnast since [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corina Claudia Corduneanu
Corina Claudia Corduneanu (born 8 February 1988) is a Romanian former tennis player. She started played tennis at the age of seven. On 12 June 2006, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 305. On 12 September 2005, she peaked at No. 389 in the doubles rankings. She won six singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Career In July 2005, she won her first professional singles title at the $10k event in Bucharest beating compatriot Mihaela Moldovan in the final. In June 2006 won singles title at the $25k event in Galatina beating compatriot uzbek Iroda Tulyaganova Iroda Tulyaganova ( uz, Ирода Тўлаганов, translit=Iroda To'laganova; born 7 January 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Uzbekistan. Tulyaganova has career-high WTA rankings of 16 in singles (reached in June 2002) and ... in the final. Corduneanu played on the WTA Tour in 2006 in qualifying for Palermo. She retired from professional tennis in 2008. ITF f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corina Chiriac
Corina Chiriac (born 26 October 1949) is a Romanian singer, composer, lyricist, television director and actress. She was one of the most successful Romanian singers of the 1970s and 1980s. So far she has recorded over 500 songs and performed in many Romanian TV variety shows. She toured Eastern Europe extensively during the 70s and early 80s (the former East Germany, Russia, Bulgaria, Poland, the former Czechoslovakia etc.). She graduated from the National Theatre Institute in 1972. She is the daughter of Romanian composer Mircea Chiriac (1919–1994). Between 1988 and 1994 she lived in the US. For being very popular in Romania, she received an offer from Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. The studio is the flagship producer of live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios unit ..., and provides the voice of Ursula in 1994 , 2005 and Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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