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Frey (surname)
Frey is a surname of German origin, from the Middle High German word "vri," meaning "free," and as a name, it referred to a free man, as opposed to a bondsman or serf in the feudal system. Other variations include Freyr, Freyer, Freyda, Freyman, Freyberg, Freystein, Fray, Frayr, Frayda, Frayberg, Frayman, Freeman. Frei, Frey, Fray, Frej or Freij is the surname of the following people Frei *Alexander Frei, Swiss football player * Arturo Frei, Chilean politician * Beatrice Frei, Swiss curler *Carl Frei, German organ builder *Carmen Frei, Chilean politician *Christian Frei, Swiss filmmaker *Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile *Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, president of Chile *Emil Frei, an American physician and oncologist *Fabian Frei, Swiss football player *Frances X. Frei, American academic and businesswoman * Günther Frei (born 1942), Swiss mathematician and historian of mathematics *Hans Wilhelm Frei, American theologian *Heinz Frei, Swiss wheelchair athlete *Jerry Frei, America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Frei
Karl Frei (March 8, 1917 – June 18, 2011) was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London where he received a gold medal in the rings Ring may refer to: * Ring (jewellery), a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry * To make a sound with a bell, and the sound made by a bell :(hence) to initiate a telephone connection Arts, entertainment and media Film and ... discipline."1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Gymnastics" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 28, 2008) References 1917 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fahd Jassem Al-Freij
Fahd Jassem al-Freij ( ar, فهد جاسم الفريج) (born 17 January 1950) is the former Minister of Defense of Syria, took office on 18 July 2012 and left office on 1 January 2018. Early life and education Freij was born in Rahjan in a Sunni Arab tribe on 17 January 1950. He joined the Syrian Arab Army in 1968, and graduated as an armoured corps lieutenant from the Homs Military Academy in 1971. Freij attended different courses and a higher military education: * Bachelor in Military Sciences, Armoured Officer, Homs Military Academy, in 1971, * Staff Course, * Airborne paratroops course, * General Command and Staff Course, * Higher Staff Course (War Course). Career On 8 August 2011, Freij was appointed Chief of Staff of the Syrian Arab Army during the Syrian civil war. In December 2011, defected Syrian Army officers reported that prior to his appointment of Chief of Staff, al-Freij commanded the Syrian Army Special Forces in the regions of Daraa, Idlib and Hama during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias Freij
Elias Mitri Freij ( ar, الياس فريج; 1918 – 29 March 1998), was a Palestinian Christian politician. He was the mayor of Bethlehem from 1972 to 1997. Freij was born in 1918 in Bethlehem to a family which could trace its residence in Bethlehem back 500 years. He graduated from the British-run Bishop Gobat school in Jerusalem in 1940. In the early 1950s, he headed the local branch of the Holy Land Mission, an American Presbyterian-backed charity. As the owner of a string of shops selling olivewood and mother-of-pearl souvenirs, he was appointed to Bethlehem town council under Jordanian rule in 1960. He remained on the council when Israel occupied the West Bank in the 1967 war, which had been previously occupied by Jordan in the aftermath of 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He was named and has been set up as a mayor in May 1972 by actual elected and winner Ibrahim Salim Abu-Hmud with 1181 votes, in the second place Ayyoub Musallam with 1007 votes and Elias Freij in third place wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Siegmund Frei
Wilhelm Siegmund Frei (5 September 1885 – 27 January 1943) was a German dermatologist best known for his contributions to Durand-Nicolas-Favre disease, a sexually transmitted disease found mainly in tropical and subtropical climates. He is also known for the Frei Test, which was developed in 1925 for the detection of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV). Early life Wilhelm Siegmund Frei was born in Neustadt, Upper Silesia. His father, Emil Frei, was a mining firm director, from Neustadt. His mother was Frederika Ring, who came from Austria. Wilhelm had two sisters, Gerta Frei (1887 — presumably killed by Nazis) and Josephina Frei (1888). Life Wilhelm studied medicine in Freiburg, Germany, and went on to get his doctorate in Göttingen in 1913. He met Magda Frankfurter (1885–1973) when they were both studying medicine in Freiburg and was married on 12 January 1912. They had their first child Marianne, later that year on 7 November 1912, and their second child Fritz was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorsten Frei
Thorsten Frei (born 8 August 1973) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2013. Political career Frei first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election. From 2013 until 2017, he was a member of the Committee on European Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on Civilian Crisis Prevention. Since 2018, Frei has been serving as deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, under the leadership of successive chairs Ralph Brinkhaus (2021–2022) and Friedrich Merz (2022–present). In this capacity, he coordinates the group's legislative activities on consumer protection, domestic affairs, sports, and minorities. He has also been serving on the Committee on the Election of Judges (''Wahlausschuss''), which is in charge of appointing judges to the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. In addition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Frei (biathlete)
Thomas Frei (born 17 April 1980) is a retired Swiss biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time .... References External linksProfile on biathlonworld.com 1980 births Living people Swiss male biathletes [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Frei
Thomas Frei (born 19 January 1985) is a Swiss road bicycle racer. Frei was Swiss Junior champion in road cycling in 2002. Between 2004 and 2006 he cycled for the Bürgis Cycling Team and won the Mountain Championship for U23 cyclists. In the 2007 and 2008 seasons, Frei rode for UCI ProTour team before moving to for 2009 on a two-year contract. There he was roommate and domestique for future Tour de France champion Cadel Evans. In his second season with BMC, Frei tested positive for EPO. He was withdrawn from competition by his team in April 2010 during the Giro del Trentino when the doping violation was revealed, before the team released him altogether. As of August 2011, Frei was training full-time with the intention of returning to professional cycling upon the completion of his two-year suspension from competition. Major results ;2002 :National Junior Road Championships ::1st Road race ::3rd Time trial : 1st Mountainrun Bowil-Chuderhüsi : 2nd Mountainrun Silenen-Ams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanya Frei
Tanya Frei (born 31 May 1972) is a Swiss curler and Olympic medalist. She received a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...."2002 Winter Olympics – Salt Lake City, United States – Curling" – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on March 19, 2008) References External links * 1972 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Frei
Stefan Frei (born 20 April 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Seattle Sounders FC. Born in Switzerland, Frei moved with his family to the United States as a teenager. He has spent his entire professional career playing in Major League Soccer. Youth and college Frei moved from Switzerland to the United States with his parents and brother in the late 1990s at the age of 15. He attended De La Salle High School in Concord, California. He played college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2008, he was named to the All-Pac-10 first team and the NSCAA Far West All-Region team, and was also named to Top Drawer Soccer's Team of the Season. During his college years, Frei also played with both San Francisco Seals and San Jose Frogs in the USL Premier Development League. Club career Toronto FC Frei was named MVP at the 2009 MLS Player Combine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and signed a Generation Adidas contract. He was drafted in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Frei
Sandra Frei (born 6 August 1984) is a snowboarder who represented Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the snowboard cross Snowboard cross, also known as boardercross, is a snowboard competition in which four to six competitors race down a course. Snowboard cross courses are typically quite narrow and include cambered turns, various types of jumps, berms, rollers, ... event, where she placed 11th. She also competed at the World Snowboard Championships in 2007 and 2009. Frei retired in July 2011. in: Die Südostschweiz, July 14, 2011 References External links * * * 1984 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Frei
Peter Frei (born 6 August 1946 in Davos) is a Swiss former alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics. Career He raced for the SC Davos. At the Lauberhorn ski races in 1968 he skied with the number 162 on the fifth place at the slalom. In the 1968–69 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup he was third at the slalom of the Lauberhorn ski races The Lauberhorn ski races (Lauberhorn World Cup alpine ski races (german: Lauberhornrennen) ( downhill, slalom, and combined) are among the highest-attended winter sports events in the world, attracting around 30,000 spectators each year. An estab .... In January 1970 he won the slalom at the "Coupe Vitranc". In the off-season he rides bicycle. Private He was a civil engineer and his hobbies are mountain tours and swimming. References External links sports-reference.com 1946 births Living people People from Davos Swiss male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
