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Cycling At The 2008 Summer Paralympics – Mixed Road Time Trial
The Mixed individual time trial CP 1/CP 2 at the 2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ... took place on September 12 at the Changping Triathlon Venue. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Mixed road time trial Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was first time the new Paralympic logo featured in the Summer Paralympics since its rebranding after the 2004 Summer Paralympics. 3,951 athletes from 146 countries took part,"Beijing 2008" the largest number of nations ever (ten more than the 2004 Games in Athens). Five countrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changping Triathlon Venue
The Ming Tombs Reservoir or the Shisanling Reservoir (十三陵水库) is a dam in Changping District of northern Beijing. Named for the Ming tombs nearby, it is the lower reservoir of the Shisanling Pumped Storage Power Station. The earth-fill embankment dam An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and ... is high and long. The dam creates a reservoir that can store of water and contains a controlled chute spillway. In 2008, the reservoir was one of the nine temporary venues of the Beijing Olympics. It was used for the Triathlon events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, during which it was known as the Triathlon Venue (). References Beijing2008.cn Triathlon Venue profile External links * Venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic triathlon venues Changping District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Stone (cyclist)
David Robert Stone, MBE (born 30 April 1981) is a British para-cyclist. Stone specialises in the Road Race and Time Trial events, winning gold medals in both events at Paralympic and World Championship level. In the 2009 New Year Honours he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). Early life David was born in Birmingham in 1981. He started cycling aged 8, and competed in his first race aged 15, when he was spotted by the manager of the Great Britain team. Disability David suffers from cerebral palsy. He has described cycling as an outlet of frustration, and a source of freedom and enjoyment. Competition record See also * 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes To commemorate British gold medal winners at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics, various post boxes in the home towns of the medal winners around the United Kingdom, plus one each on Sark and the Isle of Man, were repainted gol ... References {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Weise
Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously as Barbara, Macedonian singer * Bárbara (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer Film and television * ''Barbara'' (1961 film), a West German film * ''Bárbara'' (film), a 1980 Argentine film * ''Barbara'' (1997 film), a Danish film directed by Nils Malmros, based on Jacobsen's novel * ''Barbara'' (2012 film), a German film * ''Barbara'' (2017 film), a French film * ''Barbara'' (TV series), a British sitcom Places * Barbara (Paris Métro), a metro station in Montrouge and Bagneux, France * Barbaria (region), or al-Barbara, an ancient region in Northeast Africa * Barbara, Arkansas, U.S. * Barbara, Gaza, a former Palestinian village near Gaza * Barbara, Marche, a town in Italy * Berbara, or al-Barbara, Lebanon * Berbara, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Medal Icon
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal in a pure form. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions. Gold often occurs in free elemental ( native state), as nuggets or grains, in rocks, veins, and alluvial deposits. It occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver (as electrum), naturally alloyed with other metals like copper and palladium, and mineral inclusions such as within pyrite. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, often with tellurium (gold tellurides). Gold is resistant to most acids, though it does dissolve in aqua regia (a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid), forming a soluble tetrachloroaurate anion. Gold is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Medal Icon
Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite. Most silver is produced as a byproduct of copper, gold, lead, and zinc Refining (metallurgy), refining. Silver has long been valued as a precious metal. Silver metal is used in many bullion coins, sometimes bimetallism, alongside gold: while it is more abundant than gold, it is much less abundant as a native metal. Its purity is typically measured on a per-mille basis; a 94%-pure alloy is described as "0.940 fine". As one of the seven metals of antiquity, silver has had an enduring role in most h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronze Medal Icon
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such as arsenic or silicon. These additions produce a range of alloys that may be harder than copper alone, or have other useful properties, such as ultimate tensile strength, strength, ductility, or machinability. The three-age system, archaeological period in which bronze was the hardest metal in widespread use is known as the Bronze Age. The beginning of the Bronze Age in western Eurasia and India is conventionally dated to the mid-4th millennium BCE (~3500 BCE), and to the early 2nd millennium BCE in China; elsewhere it gradually spread across regions. The Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age starting from about 1300 BCE and reaching most of Eurasia by about 500 BCE, although bronze continued to be much more widely used than it is in mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Homan (cyclist)
Mark Brian Homan (born April 17, 1979) is a Canadian curler from Ottawa. He is the brother of four time Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion skip Rachel Homan. He is a former provincial junior men's and provincial mixed champion. Homan played lead for the John Morris rink that won the 1997 Ontario Junior Championship. The team represented Ontario at the 1997 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where they lost in the final to Alberta's Ryan Keane.http://cloudfront6.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Juniors_Men_1997.pdf After the season, Homan left the team to play Junior hockey. Homan later moved to Montreal, Quebec, where he would play in the 2008 & 2009 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championships. He played second for Guy Hemmings in 2008, finishing with a 3-6 record. At the 2009 Quebec Men's Provincial Curling Championship, Homan played third for Sébastien Robillard, again finishing with a 3-6 record. In 2009, Homan moved back to Ottawa. He joined the Greg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riaan Nel
Riaan is a generally male given name, popular in South Africa. It is also a Hindu male given name meaning 'Little King'. Notable people with the name include: * Riaan Botha (born 1970), South African pole vaulterRiaan Fitzgerald a South African creative designer * Riaan Cruywagen (born 1945), South African television news reader and voice artist * Riaan Engelbrecht, South African rugby league player * Riaan Liebenberg, South African athlete * Riaan Manser (born 1973), South African pioneering explorer * Riaan Schoeman (born 1989), South African swimmer * Riaan Smit (born 1984), South African rugby union footballer * Riaan Vermeulen (born 1984), South African rugby union player * Riaan Viljoen (born 1983), South African rugby union rugby player * Riaan Walters (born 1980), Namibian cricketer * Riaan van Zyl (born 1972), American rugby union player See also * Adriaan * Rian * Rhian Rhian ( ) is a feminine given name, a variation of ''rhiain'', the common Welsh word for " maiden". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Farroni
Giorgio Farroni (born 28 September 1976) is an Italian Paralympic cyclist who has won three medals at the Summer Paralympics The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral .... References External links * * 1976 births Living people Paralympic cyclists for Italy Paralympic silver medalists for Italy Paralympic bronze medalists for Italy Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the European Para Championships Paralympic medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics People from Fabriano Sportspeople from the Province of Ancona Cyclis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aitor Oroza
Aitor Oroza Flores is a Spanish Paralympic cyclist. He has represented Spain at the Paralympics in 2008 and 2012. His best result in the Paralympics was the seventh place, achieved in 2008. He has competed at several World Championships, winning three gold medals in the individual time trial and one more gold medal in the road race. Personal Oroza was born on 17 July 1976 in Bilbao, Biscay, and has cerebral palsy. He lives in the Province of Burgos, Castile and León. In 2012, he lived in Los Altos, Burgos. Cycling Oroza is a T1 classified cyclist. He took up the sport when he was 18 years old. At the 2002 World Championships in Altenstadt, Oroza won two silver medals. At the 2006 World Championships in Switzerland, he won a pair of gold medals. At the 2007 World Championships in Bordeaux, France, he won a gold medal and a silver medal. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Competing in two road events, his best finish was seventh, achieved in the individual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
