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Vestri Women's Basketball Coaches
Vestri may refer to: * Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri, dwarfs in Nordic mythology * Íþróttafélagið Vestri, an Icelandic sports club ** Vestri (football club) ** Vestri men's basketball People with the surname: * Archimede Vestri, Italian patriot and architect of the 19th century * René Vestri (1938–2013), French politician See also * Vestris (other) Vestris may refer to: Performers * Angiolo Vestris (1730–1809), French-Italian ballet dancer and actor * Auguste Vestris (1760–1842), French dancer, illegitimate son of Gaétan Vestris * Auguste Armand Vestris (1788–1825), French dancer, s ... * Vestry {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austri, Vestri, Norðri And Suðri
In Nordic mythology, Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri (); are four dwarfs who hold up the sky after it was made by the gods from the skull of the jötunn Ymir. They are referred to both in Gylfaginning in the Prose Edda and in kennings. They have been further linked to ("dwarfs"), supports for the main beam of some halls, that are likely named due to the roof being seen as a reflection of the sky in Old Nordic religion. Names and etymology Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri have been variously translated as "The one in the East, West, North and South" and "East, West, North and South". The names derive from non, austr, , and , meaning ''east'', ''west'', ''south'' and ''north'' respectively. Attestations Gylfaginning The longest description of the dwarfs is given in Gylfaginning from the Prose Edda, when after the death of Ymir, Odin (in his guise as Þriði) describes the creation of the sky: Kennings In the skald Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld's Óláfsdrápa Trygg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Íþróttafélagið Vestri
Íþróttafélagið Vestri, known as Vestri, is an Icelandic multi-sports club based in northern Westfjords. The club was formed in 2016 from the merger of KFÍ (basketball), Skellur (volleyball), Sundfélagið Vestri (swim) and BÍ/Bolungarvík Knattspyrnudeild Vestra, also known as Vestri, is the football department of the Íþróttafélagið Vestri multi-sport club and is based in Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland. Men's History The club was founded in 1986 as the football department of ''B ... (football). Basketball Vestri's basketball was founded in 1965 as ''Körfuknattleiksfélag Ísafjarðar'' or ''KFÍ'' for short. Its men's team has played several seasons in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball), Úrvalsdeild karla, with their best season coming in 1998–1999 when it finished 3rd and made it to the semi-finals of the playoffs. Its women's team played in the top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball), Úrvalsdeild kvenna from 1999 to 2002, making the playoffs in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestri (football Club)
Knattspyrnudeild Vestra, also known as Vestri, is the football department of the Íþróttafélagið Vestri multi-sport club and is based in Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland. Men's History The club was founded in 1986 as the football department of ''Badmintonfélag Ísafjarðar'', or BÍ for short. It first participated in the Icelandic tier-4 league, then known as 4. deild karla, that same year and their first coach was former Icelandic international player Björn Helgason. In 1988, Ísafjörður biggest club, Íþróttabandalag Ísafjarðar (ÍBÍ), folded after years of financial difficulties and most of their players moved over to BÍ who took over as the town's major football club. The club took up the name BÍ'88 to mark the new beginning and Jóhann Króknes Torfason was hired as the head coach. They won their group in 4. deild convincingly, scoring 46 goals while conceding only 3, with their biggest win being an 18–0 victory over Höfrungur. In the 4. deild playoff they came o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestri Men's Basketball
The Vestri men's basketball team, commonly known as Vestri, is a basketball team based in Ísafjörður, Iceland. The club was founded in 1965 as Körfuknattleiksfélag Ísafjarðar and held that name until it merged with newly founded Íþróttafélagið Vestri multi-sport club in 2016 and became its basketball department. History The club was founded in 1965 as ''Körfuknattleiksfélag Ísafjarðar'' (KFÍ). In March 1983, KFÍ finished first in its group in 2. deild karla and played Laugdælir, Breiðablik and Íþróttafélag Menntaskólans á Egilsstöðum (ÍME) in they playoffs for the 2. deild championship and promotion to 1. deild karla. According to the rules at the time, each team would play the other three once and the team with the best win–loss record would be crowned champions. KFÍ lost its first game to Breiðablik, 79–76, despite 29 points from Guðjón Már Þorsteinsson and 21 points from Jón Oddsson. In the second game, against Laugdælir, KFÍ s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archimede Vestri
Archimede Vestri (1846–1904) was an Italian patriot and architect, born in Siena. Along with his father, Giovanni, and his sister, Baldovina Vestri, they were forced to flee Siena and their home, Palazzo Vestri, in 1849. Baldovina was a well-known friend and supporter of Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as ''Gioxeppe Gaibado''. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as ''Jousé'' or ''Josep''. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patr .... Archimede is best known for his design in 1887 of the Loggia at the Piazza Indipendenza, Siena. The area was designated in 1879 to accommodate a monument to the martyrs of the wars of Italian independence. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Vestri, Archimede Date of birth unknown Date of death unknown Place of death missing 1846 births 1904 deaths 19th-century Italian architects People from Siena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Vestri
René Vestri (25 October 1938 in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France – 6 February 2013, in Paris) was a French politician. He was a member of the Senate of France for the Alpes-Maritimes department, a member of the General council of the Alpes-Maritimes and the mayor of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. He was a member of the Rassemblement pour la République (RPR) and of the Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Social ... (UMP). In 2010 Vestri was indicted for money laundering, influence peddling and conspiracy. In 2011, in a separate corruption case, he received a suspended five-month prison sentence and a 3000 Euros fine. References 1938 births 2013 deaths Union for a Popular Movement politicians French senators of the Fifth Republic Senators of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestris (other)
Vestris may refer to: Performers * Angiolo Vestris (1730–1809), French-Italian ballet dancer and actor * Auguste Vestris (1760–1842), French dancer, illegitimate son of Gaétan Vestris * Auguste Armand Vestris (1788–1825), French dancer, son of Auguste Vestris * Gaétan Vestris (1729–1808), French-Italian ballet dancer * Lucia Elizabeth Vestris (Elizabetta Lucia Bartolozzi, 1797–1856), English singer and actress-manager, wife of Auguste Armand Vestris, called on stage Madame Vestris as well as her great-aunt-in law. * Rose Vestris Françoise-Rose Gourgaud (7 April 1743, in Marseille – 5 October 1804, in Paris), stage name Madame Vestris, was a French actress. She was the sister of Pierre-Antoine Gourgaud, stage name Dugazon. She married the ballet-dancer Angiolo Ve ... (Françoise-Rose Gourgaud, 1743–1804) French actress, wife of Angiolo Vestris, called on stage Madame Vestris Ships * , a British passenger liner that sank on 12 November 1928; 112 of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
