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Finland Women's National Basketball Team
The Finland women's national basketball team represents Finland in international women's basketball competitions. They are governed by Basketball Finland. Finland has appeared in five editions of the EuroBasket between 1952 and 1987, with 6 wins in 34 matches. It hasn't qualified for a major tournament since. 2021 Roster Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2021 qualification. 2011 Roster * Guards ** .83Krista Gross ** .70Anette Juvonen ** .73Vilma Kesänen ** .75Linda Lehtoranta ** .72 Reetta Piipari * Forwards ** .82Evita Iiskola ** .83Henna Koponen ** .85Heta Korpivaara ** .74Dionne Pounds ** .77 Henna Salomaa ** .87 Minna Sten ** .89Tiina Sten ** .90 Taru Tuukkanen ** .80 Hanna Vapamaa See also * Finland women's national under-19 basketball team * Finland women's national under-17 basketball team * Finland women's national 3x3 team Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pekka Salminen (basketball)
Pekka Salminen (born 11 August 1937 in Tampere) is a Finnish Professor of Architecture and founder and a senior partner of PES-Architects, formed in 1968, in Helsinki, Finland. He is also the founder of Unije Workshop International UWI, and the Centre for Architecture and Urban Planning, formed in Unije, Croatia, in 1987. He received a BSc in architecture from Tampere Institute of Technology in 1960, and an MSc in architecture from Helsinki University of Technology, 1966. At that time he was employed by notable Finnish architect Timo Penttilä and worked on the design of Penttilä's most notable work Helsinki City Theatre, completed in 1967. On Penttilä's death in 2011, Salminen wrote the chief obituary in the Finnish architectural press. Salminen is a member of the Finnish Association of Architects SAFA and the Association of Croatian Architects. Memberships and honors * Professor, honorary title granted by the President of Finland, 1998 * President of Finnish Association o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirka Dettmann
Mirka ( ar, مِركة) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located Southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,555 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. History Just southeast of the village (at grid 172/199) is a site where sherds mainly from the Persian era have been found. Pottery sherds from the early and late Roman, Byzantine, early Muslim and Medieval eras have been found at the village site. Ottoman era Mirka, like all of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517. In the 1596 tax registers, it was part of the ''nahiya'' ("subdistrict") of Jabal ''Sami'', part of the larger Sanjak of Nablus. It had a population of 9 households, all Muslims. The inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, a press for olive oil or grape syrup, in addition to occasional re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionne Pounds
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Dionne may refer to: *Dionne (name) * Centre Marcel Dionne, a multi-purpose arena in Quebec, Canada * Dionne Lake in Nunavut, Canada * Dionne quintuplets, the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy * USS Dionne (DE-261), a destroyer escort ship of the United States Navy during World War II *"Dionne", song by Prince Crystal Ball (box set) See also *Dion (other) *Dione (other) Dione may refer to: Astronomy * 106 Dione, a large main belt asteroid *Dione (moon), a moon of Saturn *Helene (moon), a moon of Saturn sometimes referred to as "Dione B" Mythology *Dione (Titaness), a Titaness in Greek mythology *Dione (mythology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heta Korpivaara
Heta is a conventional name for the historical Greek alphabet letter Eta (Η) and several of its variants, when used in their original function of denoting the consonant . Overview The letter Η had been adopted by Greek from the Phoenician letter Heth () originally with this consonantal sound value, and ''Hēta'' was its original name. The Italic alphabets, and ultimately Latin, adopted the letter H from this Greek usage. However, Greek dialects progressively lost the sound from their phonological systems. In the Ionic dialects, where this loss of happened early, the name of the letter naturally changed to ''Ēta'', and the letter was subsequently turned from a consonant to a new use as a vowel, denoting the long half-open sound. In this function it later entered the classical orthography adopted across the whole of Greece. According to traditional accounts, the new vowel, ''Ēta'', was originally the innovation of the poet Simonides of Ceos (556-468 BC). In dialects that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henna Koponen
Henna is a dye prepared from the plant ''Lawsonia inermis'', also known as the henna tree, the mignonette tree, and the Egyptian privet, the sole species of the genus ''Lawsonia''. ''Henna'' can also refer to the temporary body art resulting from the staining of the skin from the dyes. After henna stains reach their peak color, they hold for a few days, then gradually wear off by way of exfoliation, typically within one to three weeks. Henna has been used since antiquity in ancient Egypt and Indian subcontinent to dye skin, hair and fingernails, as well as fabrics including silk, wool, and leather. Historically, henna was used in West Asia including the Arabian Peninsula and in Carthage, other parts of North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Indian subcontinent. The name "henna" is used in other skin and hair dyes, such as ''black henna'' and ''neutral henna'', neither of which is derived from the henna plant. Etymology The English name "henna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evita Iiskola
Evita may refer to: Arts * ''Evita'' (1996 film), a 1996 American musical drama film based on the 1976 concept album of the same name * ''Evita'' (2008 film), a documentary about Eva Péron * ''Evita'' (album), a concept album released in 1976 and produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice about Eva Péron * ''Evita'' (musical), a stage musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice * ''Evita'' (soundtrack), the third soundtrack album by American singer Madonna from the 1996 film of the same name * Evita Bezuidenhout, a character portrayed by South African performer, author, satirist, and social activist Pieter-Dirk Uys * Evita Fusilier, a recurring character from the American television series ''Cloak & Dagger'' People with the name * Eva Perón (also Evita; 1919–1952), wife of Argentine President Juan Perón (1895–1974) and First Lady of Argentina * Evita Robinson (born 1984), African-American woman known for her role as a pioneer of the urban travel movement Other * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forward (basketball)
In the sport of basketball, there are five players play per team, each assigned to positions. Historically, these players have been assigned, to positions defined by the role they play on the court, from a strategic point of view. The three main positions are guard, forward, and center, with the standard team featuring two guards, two forwards, and a center. Over time, as more specialized roles developed, each of the guards and forwards came to be differentiated, and today each of the five positions are known by unique names, each of which has also been assigned a number: point guard (PG) or 1, the shooting guard (SG) or 2, the small forward (SF) or 3, the power forward (PF) or 4, and the center (C) or 5. In the early days of the sport, there was a "running guard" who brought the ball up the court and passed or attacked the basket, like a point or combo guard. There was also a "stationary guard" who made long shots and hung back on defense before there was the rule of backcourt v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Lehtoranta
Linda may refer to: As a name * Linda (given name), a female given name (including a list of people and fictional characters so named) * Linda (singer) (born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer * Anita Linda (born Alice Lake in 1924), Filipino film actress * Bogusław Linda (born 1952), Polish actor * Solomon Linda (1909–1962), South African Zulu musician, singer and composer who wrote the song "Mbube" which later became "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Places * Linda, California, a census-designated place * Linda, Missouri, a ghost town * Linda, Tasmania, Australia, a ghost town * Linda, Georgia, village in Abkhazia, Georgia * Linda, Bashkortostan, village in Bashkortostan, Russia * Linda Valley, Tasmania * 7169 Linda, an asteroid * Linda, a small lunar crater - see Delisle (crater) Music * ''Linda'' (Linda George album), 1974 * ''Linda'' (Linda Clifford album), 1977 * ''Linda'' (Miguel Bosé album), 1978 ** "Linda" (Miguel Bosé song), the title song * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilma Kesänen
Vilma is a feminine first name. People named Vilma include: *Vilma Abrahamsson (born 1999), Swedish football player *Vilma Bánky (1901–1991), Hungarian silent film actress *Vilma Bardauskienė (born 1953), Lithuanian long jumper *Vilma Beck (1810–1851), Hungarian writer and freedom fighter *Vilma Charlton (born 1946), Jamaican sprinter *Vilma Cibulková (born 1963), Czech film and stage actress *Vilma Degischer (1911–1992), Austrian actress *Vilma Ebsen (1911–2007), American musical theatre and film actress, sister of actor Buddy Ebsen *Vilma Egresi (1936–1979), Hungarian sprint canoer *Vilma Espín (1930–2007), Cuban revolutionary, feminist and chemical engineer, wife of Raúl Castro *Vilma Ferrán (1940–2014), Argentine actress *Vilma G. Holland (1928–2005), Puerto Rican artist *Vilma Hollingbery (born 1932), British actress *Vilma Hugonnai (1847–1922), Hungarian medical doctor *Vilma Rose Hunt (1926–2012), Australian scientist and writer *Vilma Ibarra (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anette Juvonen
Anette Ingegerd Olsson (born 21 June 1971), known by the stage name Anette Olzon, is a Swedish singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish from 2007 to 2012. She is also the vocalist of Swedish classic rock band Alyson Avenue, and of the Finnish heavy metal band The Dark Element. Early life Olzon was raised in a musical family and has been singing since childhood. Her mother also forced her to play the oboe for eight years. She toured with her mother's band and sang with them on some occasions. Later, she started to take part in various talent shows and received laudable recognition. The first band she joined at seventeen years of age (Take Cover) was a cover band. However, it was short-lived as she took part in several bands and projects. At 21, she played the leading role in the rock opera/musical "Gränsland" in Helsingborg. After that she got into the Balettakademien in Gothenburg. She sang in choirs, did studio work for various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krista Gross
Krista is a female given name, a mostly North European (Finland, Estonia and Sweden) variant of the male name Christian. The name Krista can be spelled with a "Ch", making it Christa. It means "Follower of Christ". People named Krista *Krista Allen (born 1971), American actress *Krista Aru (born 1958), Estonian historian, museologist and politician *Krista Benjamin (born 1970), American poet *Krista Blunk, American sports analyst *Krista Branch, American singer *Krista Bridge, Canadian writer * Krista Bridges (born 1968), Canadian actress *Krista Buecking (born 1982), Canadian visual artist *Krista Davey (born 1978), American soccer player *Krista Detor (born 1969), American singer *Krista Donnenwirth (born 1989), American softball player *Krista Donaldson (born 1973), Canadian-American engineer *Krista DuChene (born 1977), Canadian athlete *Krista Erickson, Canadian broadcaster *Krista Errickson (born 1964), American actress *Krista Fanedl (born 1941), Slovenian alpine skier *Kri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
