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Ice Sledge Speed Racing At The 1988 Winter Paralympics ...
Ice sledge speed racing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics consisted of twelve events, eight for men and four for women. Medal summary Men's events Women's events References * {{Paralympic Games Ice sledge speed racing 1988 Winter Paralympics events 1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Winter Paralympics
The 1988 Winter Paralympic Games (german: Paralympische Winterspiele 1988) were the fourth Winter Paralympics, held again in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the last Winter Paralympics to be held in a separate location from the Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h .... Beginning in 1992, the Olympics and the Paralympics were held in the same city or in an adjacent city. These Paralympics were not held at the same Olympic venue in Calgary, Canada, because of financial and recruiting difficulties. A total of 377 athletes from 22 countries took part. The USSR competed for the first and only time. Sit-skiing was introduced as another event in both the Paralympic alpine skiing, Alpine and Paralympic cross-country skiing, Nordic skiing competitions. Other sports w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Karl
Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain * St. Felix, Prince Edward Island, a rural community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. * Felix, Ontario, an unincorporated place and railway point in Northeastern Ontario, Canada * St. Felix, South Tyrol, a village in South Tyrol, in northern Italy. * Felix, California, an unincorporated community in Calaveras County Music * Felix (band), a British band * Felix (musician), British DJ * Félix Award, a Quebec music award named after Félix Leclerc Business * Felix (pet food), a brand of cat food sold in most European countries * AB Felix, a Swedish food company * Felix Bus Services of Derbyshire, England * Felix Airways, an airline based in Yemen Science and technology * Apache Felix, an open source OSGi fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Greil , a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments
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Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) * ''Josef'' (film), a 2011 Croatian war film *Musik Josef Musik Josef is a Japanese manufacturer of musical instruments. It was founded by Yukio Nakamura, and is the only company in Japan specializing in producing oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans J
Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi actor and singer, son of Hans Raj Hans * Hans clan, a tribal clan in Punjab, Pakistan Places * Hans, Marne, a commune in France * Hans Island, administrated by Greenland and Canada Arts and entertainment * ''Hans'' (film) a 2006 Italian film directed by Louis Nero * Hans (Frozen), the main antagonist of the 2013 Disney animated film ''Frozen'' * ''Hans'' (magazine), an Indian Hindi literary monthly * ''Hans'', a comic book drawn by Grzegorz Rosiński and later by Zbigniew Kasprzak Other uses * Clever Hans, the "wonder horse" * ''The Hans India'', an English language newspaper in India * HANS device, a racing car safety device *Hans, the ISO 15924 code for Simplified Chinese script See also * Han (other) *Hans im Glück ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knut Lundstroem
Knut (Norwegian and Swedish), Knud (Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is used which comes from the Latin version Canutus, and in Finland, the name Nuutti is based on the name Knut. The name is derived from the Old Norse Knútr meaning "knot". It is the name of several medieval kings of Denmark, two of whom also reigned over England during the first half of the 11th century. People * Harthaknut I of Denmark (Knut I, Danish: Hardeknud) (b. c. 890), king of Denmark * Knut the Great (Knut II, Danish: Knud den Store or Knud II) (d. 1035), Viking king of England, Denmark and Norway **Subject of the apocryphal King Canute and the waves *Harthaknut (Knut III, Danish: Hardeknud or Knud III) (d. 1042), king of Denmark and England *Saint Knud IV of Denmark (Danish: Knud IV), king of Denmark (r. 1080–1086) and martyr *Knud L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Einar Pedersen
Rolf Einar Pedersen (born 4 November 1969) is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player. As a member of the Norwegian ice sledge hockey team he has one bronze (2010), and two silver (2002, 2006) from the Paralympic Games. Many consider him to be the best ice sledge hockey player in the sport's history. bangkokpost.com, March 20, 2010 He has two Paralympic bronze (1988), and one silver (1988) from ice sledge speed racing
Ice sledge racing is a Paralympic sport where contestants use a lightweight sledge and propel themselves using two poles. As a modern org ...
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Erik Sandbraaten
Erik Sandbraathen (born 9 January 1951) is a former Norwegian Paralympic ice sledge racer, cross-country skier, and ice sledge hockey player. He won medals for Norway at the 1984 Winter Paralympics, 1988 Winter Paralympics, 1994 Winter Paralympics, 1998 Winter Paralympics, 2002 Winter Paralympics The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from March 7 to 16, 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated. They were the first Winter Paralympics in the Ameri .... References Living people Paralympic sledge hockey players for Norway Norwegian sledge hockey players Paralympic bronze medalists for Norway Paralympic silver medalists for Norway Paralympic gold medalists for Norway 1951 births Medalists at the 1980 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1984 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1988 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Paraly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terje Johansen
Terje Johansen (born 31 August 1941) is a Norwegian politician. Biography Johansen was born in Trondheim to Johan L. Johansen and Åse Berg. He was elected representative to the Storting for the period 1997–2001 for the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ... from the constituency of Akershus. References 1941 births Living people Politicians from Trondheim Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atle Haglund
Atle Haglund (born 10 April 1964) is a Norwegian ice sledge hockey player and ice sledge speed racer. He lost both his legs in a traffic accident at the age of eight. During the 1984 Winter Paralympics, Haglund participated in four disciplines of ice sledge speed racing. He won a gold in the 1,000 meter, and a silver in the 100 meter. During the 1988 Winter Paralympics, he again participated in four disciplines, and won a bronze in 1,500 meter. During the 1994 Winter Paralympics, he participated in both ice sledge speed racing and ice sledge hockey. He took a gold in 1,000 meter and 1,500, as well as a silver in 500 meter and the men's ice hockey tournament. He participated again in the ice sledge hockey at the following three Winter Paralympics, winning a gold in 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnhild Myklebust
Ragnhild Myklebust, PLY is a Norwegian Nordic skier and multiple gold medal winner at the Paralympic Games. , she holds the record for the most ever medals won at the Winter Paralympics, having won 27 medals, of which 22 were gold. Biography Myklebust won five gold medals and one silver at the 1988 Winter Paralympics, two gold at the 1992 Games, five gold, two silver and two bronze in 1994, five gold in Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ... and five gold in 2002. She has won Paralympic medals in short, middle and long distance cross-country races, relays, the biathlon, and ice sledge racing. See also * Athletes with most gold medals in one event at the Paralympic Games Notes Living people Norwegian female cross-country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylva Olsen
Sylva may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Sylva'' (Snarky Puppy album), 2015 *'' Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber'', a 1664 work by John Evelyn *''Sylva'', a 1960 novel by Jean Bruller *''Sylva, A Tale of Thirty Three Trees, a novel 2020'' People People with the given name *Sylva Ashworth (1874–1958), an American chiropractor *Sylva Kelegian (born 1962), American actress *Sylva Koscina (1933–1994), Italian actress * Sylva Langova (1921–2010), Czech actress * Sylva Lauerová (born 1962), a Czech writer and poet *Sylva Macharová (1893–1968), a Czech nurse * Sylva Stuart Watson (1894–1984), British theatre manager *Sylva Zalmanson (born 1944), a Soviet-born Jewish activist, artist and engineer People with the surname * Buddy DeSylva (1895–1950), American songwriter *Carmen Sylva (1843–1916), German writer and poet, nom de plume of Elisabeth of Wied, queen consort of Romania *Marguerite Sylva (1875–1957), Belgian mezzo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsti Hooeen
Kirsti is a feminine given name. Related names include Kersti, Kirsten, Kjersti. Notable people with the name include: * Kirsti Andersen (born 1941), Danish historian of mathematics * Kirsti Bergstø (born 1981), Norwegian politician * Kirsti Biermann (born 1950), Norwegian speed skater * Kirsti Blom (born 1953), Norwegian author * Kirsti Coward (born 1940), Norwegian judge * Kirsti Eskelinen (born 1948), Finnish diplomat * Kirsti Huke (born 1977), Norwegian singer and composer * Kirsti Ilvessalo (1920–2019), Finnish textile artist * Kirsti Kauppi (born 1957), Finnish diplomat * Kirsti Koch Christensen (born 1940), Norwegian linguist * Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl (born 1943), Norwegian politician * Kirsti Lay (born 1988), Canadian cyclist and speed skater * Kirsti Leirtrø (born 1963), Norwegian politician * Kirsti Lintonen (born 1945), Finnish politician * Kirsti Manninen (born 1952), Finnish writer and screenwriter * Kirsti Paltto (born 1947), Finnish writer * Kirsti Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
