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Heleen Zwennes
Heleen is a Dutch version of the feminine given name Helena. People with the name include: * Heleen Aafje Boering (born 1964), Dutch water polo goalkeeper * (born 1965), Dutch chess master *Heleen Hage (born 1958), Dutch road racing cyclist *Heleen Jaques (born 1988), Belgian footballer * Heleen Mees (born 1968), Dutch opinion writer, economist, and lawyer * Heleen Peerenboom (born 1980), Dutch water polo player *Heleen van Royen (born 1958), Dutch novelist and columnist *Heleen Sancisi Weerdenburg Heleen W.A.M. Sancisi-Weerdenburg (23 May 1944, in Haarlem – 28 May 2000, in Utrecht), was a Dutch ancient historian, specializing in classical Greek and Achaemenid history. Sancisi-Weerdenburg began her studies in ancient history at the Univer ... (1944–2000), Dutch ancient historian * (born 1974), Dutch triathlete {{given name Dutch feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena (given Name)
Helena is the Latin language, Latin form of Helen (given name), Helen. People with this name include: Ancients Mononyms *Helena, mother of Constantine I (died 330), Roman mother of Emperor Constantine *Helena (wife of Julian) (died 360), Roman daughter of Emperor Constantine *Helena (niece of Justin II), niece of Empress Sophia of the Byzantine Empire *Helena (daughter of Robert Guiscard) (fl. 1076–1081), fiancée of Constantine Doukas *Helena (daughter of Alypius), wife of Constantine VIII *Helena of Adiabene (died c. 56), Assyrian queen *Helena of Egypt, 4th century BC painter *Saint Helena of Serbia (died 1314), Serbian queen Full names *Helena Lekapene, daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos and wife of Constantine VII *Helena Kantakouzene, daughter of John VI Kantakouzenos and wife of John V Palaiologos *Helena Dragaš, daughter of Konstantin Dejanović and wife of Manuel II Palaiologos Modern *Helena Basilova (born 1983), classical pianist *Helena Blackman (born 1982), English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellen Boering
Heleen ("Hellen") Aafje Boering (born July 27, 1964 in Enschede, Overijssel) is a retired water polo goalkeeper from the Netherlands. She made her debut for the Women's National Team in 1984, and was on the squad that won the silver medal at the first official World Championship in women's water polo in 1986 (Madrid, Spain). Boering competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing in fourth place. Her biggest success came in 1991, when the Dutch won the 1991 World Aquatics Championship, defeating Canada in the final. See also * Netherlands women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers * List of world champions in women's water polo * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo. Men Medalists by tournament ;Abbreviation and legend * * – Host team * † – ''Defunct team'' * ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heleen Hage
Heleen Hage (born 13 October 1958) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist who was active from 1983 to 1989. In her career, she achieved second place overall 1984 Grande Boucle (women's Tour de France), winning stages 4, 13 and 15. In 1986 she became the Dutch national road cycling champion and in 1987 secured the silver medal in the road race at the World Championships. She also competed in the women's individual road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She comes from a family of cyclists and is the sister of Keetie Hage, Bella Hage and Ciska Hage, and is an aunt to Jan van Velzen. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who competed at the Summer Olympics. As of 2012 events in four cycling disciplines ( BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, and track cycling) have been contested at the Summer Olympics. Dutch cyclist did not com ... References External links * 1958 births Living people Dutch female cyclists People from Tholen UCI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heleen Jaques
Heleen Jaques (born 20 April 1988) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a defender for Gent of the Belgian Super League and the Belgium national team. Club career Jaques made her Champions League debut in October 2012. She has also played for Herforder SV and Turbine Potsdam of the Bundesliga, and Sint-Truiden, Anderlecht and Club Brugge of the Belgian First Division and BeNe League. She transferred to Fiorentina for the 2018–19 season. International career Jaques was a member of the Belgium national team since 2007. She played her last international game on 1 December 2020 against Switzerland. Coming on as a substitute for Julie Biesmans, she played the last minutes in a 4–0 win for Belgium where they secured qualification for the 2022 UEFA Women's Euro championship. Career statistics :''Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jaques goal.'' References External links * * Player German domestic foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heleen Mees
Heleen Mees (born Heleen Nijkamp, 1968) is a Dutch opinion writer, economist, and lawyer. Involved with politics and public policy in the Netherlands and the US, she has also taught at universities in both countries. Biography Mees graduated in Economy and Law at University of Groningen. From 1992 to 1998, she worked for the Dutch Treasury in The Hague, for two years as spokeswoman for former State Secretary Willem Vermeend. She then worked for the European Commission in Brussels from 1998 to 2000. In 2000 she emigrated to the US, where she changed her surname from Nijkamp to Mees. In New York Mees was initially employed as a European affairs consultant for Ernst & Young. When her contract was not renewed, Mees stayed in New York and worked as an independent consultant on European affairs. Mees also started writing opinion pieces for several Dutch newspapers. Mees' breakthrough as an opinion writer (she is credited as a third wave feminist) in the Netherlands came in 2006 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heleen Peerenboom
Anna Hélène Wilhelmina "Heleen" Peerenboom (born 4 February 1980) is a Dutch female former water polo player. She was a member of the Netherlands women's national water polo team. She competed with the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was also part of the national team at the 2001 Women's European Water Polo Championship and 2003 World Aquatics Championships The 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships were held July 12–27, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. The championships featured competition in all 5 of FINA's disciplines: Swimming, Diving, Synchronised swimming, Water Polo, and Open Water Swimming. C .... References External links * *https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/buurtfacts/opmerkelijk!/olympiers/noord-holland/haarlem///heleen-peerenboom-haarlem *http://www.olympischsporterfgoed.nl/cms/showpage.aspx?id=14133 *http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief/waterpolosters-laten-zich-overbluffen-door-canadesen~a582075/ *http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Europe/Women_2001.html {{DEFAULT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heleen Van Royen
Heleen van Royen (born Helena Margaretha Kroon; 9 March 1965, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch novelist and columnist. Her novel ''De gelukkige huisvrouw'' ("The Happy Housewife") was best-selling Dutch novel of 2010. The candid descriptions of sexuality (including her own) found in her books and her columns have drawn considerable attention, as have her personal revelations about sexual fantasies, even to the point of ridicule: Dorine Wiersma won the Annie M.G. Schmidt award for best theatrical song for "Stoute Heleen" ("Naughty Heleen"), a crude pastiche of van Royen's depictions of her own sexuality. Two of van Royen's novels were adapted for film, ''De gelukkige huisvrouw'' (2009, adapted for the stage in the same year), and ''De ontsnapping'' (''The Escape'', 2010). She has two children, daughter Olivia and son Sam. In November 2006, van Royen posed nude for Playboy ''Playboy'' is an American men's Lifestyle magazine, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heleen Sancisi Weerdenburg
Heleen W.A.M. Sancisi-Weerdenburg (23 May 1944, in Haarlem – 28 May 2000, in Utrecht), was a Dutch ancient historian, specializing in classical Greek and Achaemenid history. Sancisi-Weerdenburg began her studies in ancient history at the University of Leiden, graduating in 1967 to research under the supervision of Professor W. den Boer, a specialist in Greek history. For her doctoral thesis she set herself the task, which turned into a perennial theme, of trying to disentangle the complex realities of the Achaemenid Empire from the distorting web created by Greeks, Greek literary conventions. To do this, she studied Old Persian, primarily on her own, and Iranian archaeology with Louis Vanden Berghe in Ghent. She received her doctor of letters in history and archaeology from Leiden University in 1980. Having taught first at the University of Groningen 1975–89, she achieved the Professorship in Ancient History at Utrecht in 1990. She was a pioneering scholar of ancient Greece, Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
