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Jarmila
Jarmila is a Slavic origin female given name. Derived from the Slavic elements jary ''fierce, strong'' and mil ''favour''. Similar names are Jaromíra and Jaroslava. Nicknames are Jarka, Jarcza, Jara, Jarina, Jaromilka, Jarmilka, Mila, Jarulinka. The meaning of the name is derived from word "bujarý" which means sprightly, hilarious. Name days *Czech: 4 February *Slovak: 28 April Notable people *Jarmila Jeřábková (1912–1989), Czech dancer, choreographer and teacher *Jarmila Klimešová (born 1981), Czech javelin thrower *Jarmila Kratochvílová (born 1951), Czech track and field runner *Jarmila Loukotková (1923-2007), Czech writer and author *Jarmila Machačová (born 1986), Czech racing cyclist *Jarmila Müllerová (1901-1944), Czech swimmer * Jarmila Novotná (1907-1994), Czech actress and soprano singer *Jarmila Nygrýnová (1953-1999), Czech long jumper *Jarmila Pacherová, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist *Jarmila Wolfe (born 1987), Slovak-born Australian tennis player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmila Wolfe
Jarmila Wolfe (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She won her first WTA Tour title in 2006, emerging as the Nordic Light Open doubles champion, her first singles title came in 2010 at the Guangzhou International Open, and the following year she won the Hobart International. In May 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 25. In August 2012, she peaked at No. 31 in the doubles rankings. Her greatest achievement came at the 2013 Australian Open, where she won the mixed-doubles title with countryman Matthew Ebden. Personal life Wolfe's father Ján Gajdoš is an engineer, as was her mother who died in September 2012; her older brother Ján Gajdoš Jr. was a professional skier. She married Australian tennis player Sam Groth in February 2009 and compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmila Klimešová
Jarmila is a Slavic origin female given name. Derived from the Slavic elements jary ''fierce, strong'' and mil ''favour''. Similar names are Jaromíra and Jaroslava. Nicknames are Jarka, Jarcza, Jara, Jarina, Jaromilka, Jarmilka, Mila, Jarulinka. The meaning of the name is derived from word "bujarý" which means sprightly, hilarious. Name days *Czech: 4 February *Slovak: 28 April Notable people * Jarmila Jeřábková (1912–1989), Czech dancer, choreographer and teacher * Jarmila Klimešová (born 1981), Czech javelin thrower * Jarmila Kratochvílová (born 1951), Czech track and field runner *Jarmila Loukotková (1923-2007), Czech writer and author *Jarmila Machačová (born 1986), Czech racing cyclist * Jarmila Müllerová (1901-1944), Czech swimmer *Jarmila Novotná (1907-1994), Czech actress and soprano singer * Jarmila Nygrýnová (1953-1999), Czech long jumper * Jarmila Pacherová, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist * Jarmila Wolfe (born 1987), Slovak-born Australian tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmila Jeřábková
Jarmila Jeřábková (8 March 1912 – 21 March 1989) was a Czech dancer, choreographer and teacher. She is considered to be a pioneer of Czech modern dance, having taught Isadora Duncan's method from the 1930s. Life Born in Prague, she was the daughter of violinist František Jeřábek, the leader of the National Theatre orchestra, while her mother had studied art and music in Munich. Interested in Sokol, the Czech youth sport movement, she took summer classes from 1929 to 1932 at Schloss Klessheim near Salzburg, where she trained in dancing under Elizabeth Duncan, the sister of the innovative dancer Isadora Duncan. She married Ing. Ladislav Mikulík but kept her surname. They had two sons, Radvan and Zbyněk Mikulík. Career From 1932, Jeřábková taught music and dance, first at Slaný, then in Prague where in 1937 her school became known as "Jarmila Jeřábková’s School of Artistic Dance founded under the personal direction of Elizabeth Duncan". Like the Duncans, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máj
''Máj'' (Czech for the month ''May''; ) is a romantic poem by Karel Hynek Mácha in four cantos. It was fiercely criticized when first published, but since then has gained the status of one of the most prominent works of Czech literature; in the Czech Republic, the poem is usually on must-read list for students and is said to be one of the most often published original Czech books with over 250 editions. Setting According to the author's epilogue, the poem is a homage to the beauty of spring. It is set in a bucolic landscape, inspired by such features as a lake then called Big Pond ( cz, Velký rybník), and now called Lake Mácha ( cz, Máchovo jezero), after the poet. The poem's action takes place near the town of Hiršberg. Castles such as Bezděz, Karlštejn, and Křivoklát (Mácha was an avid walker and knew Central Bohemia intimately) also influence the setting of the poem.Marcela Sulak, "Introduction," in Dramatis personae As a dramatic poem (in the byronic sense), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmila Kratochvílová
Jarmila Kratochvílová (; born 26 January 1951, in Golčův Jeníkov) is a Czech people, Czech former track and field athlete. She won the 400 metres and 800 metres at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics, 1983 World Championships, setting a Women's 400 metres world record progression#Record progression from 1975, world record in the 400 m. In 1983, she set the List of world records in athletics#Women, world record for the 800 metres, which still stands and is currently the longest-standing individual world record in athletics (sport), athletics. Only two athletes, Pamela Jelimo of Kenya (2008), and Caster Semenya of South Africa (2018), have come within a second of Kratochvílová's mark since it was set. Biography In 1983, Kratochvílová broke the 800 m world record with a time of 1:53.28. At the World Championships shortly afterwards, she set a world record of 47.99 seconds to win the 400 m. Kratochvílová's 1983 400-metre world record of 47.99 seconds stood for two ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmila Novotná
Jarmila Novotná (September 23, 1907, in Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ..., Austria-Hungary – February 9, 1994, in New York City) was a celebrated Bohemian soprano and actress and, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera. Early career A student of Emmy Destinn, Novotná made her operatic debut at the National Theatre (Prague), National Theatre in Prague, on June 28, 1925, as Mařenka in Bedřich Smetana, Smetana's ''The Bartered Bride''. Six days later, she sang there as Violetta in Giuseppe Verdi, Verdi's ''La traviata''. In 1928 she starred in Verona as Gilda opposite Giacomo Lauri-Volpi in Verdi's ''Rigoletto'' and at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples as Adina opposite Tito Schipa in Gaetano Donizetti, Donizetti's ''L'elisir d'amore''. In 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmila Müllerová
Jarmila Müllerová (later ''Suková'', 24 February 1901 – 24 April 1944) was a Czech backstroke swimmer who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1924 Summer Olympics. She was born in České Budějovice and died in Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli .... In 1924 she finished fifth in the 100 metre backstroke event. References External links profile 1901 births 1944 deaths Czech female swimmers Czechoslovak female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Czechoslovakia Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from České Budějovice {{CzechRepublic-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmila Loukotková
Jarmila Loukotková (14 April 1923 – 29 October 2007) was a Czech writer who was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her father was Čestmír Loukotka Čestmír Loukotka (12 November 1895 – 13 April 1966) was a Czechoslovak linguist. His daughter was Jarmila Loukotková. Career Loukotka proposed a Classification of indigenous languages of the Americas#Loukotka (1968), classification for .... Works Loukotková wrote a number of historical prose focused on antiquity and the Middle Ages. Some of her prose works (eg. ''Spartacus'') show an ideological tendency, but most of them can be said to strive for high-quality historical fiction, which does not ignore reality and historical facts, although it treats them in a fictional way. *''Jasmín'', 1940 *''Příběhy kaštanu'', 1944 *''Fialinka'', 1948 *''Není římského lidu'', 1949 *''Na život se jen čeká'', 1961 *''Tajemství Černého lesa'', 1965 *''Liána smrti'', 1968 *''Pro koho krev'', 1968 *''Vstup do ráj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmila Machačová
Jarmila Machačová (born 9 January 1986) is a Czech professional racing cyclist. Major results Road Source: ;2006 : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 3rd Zingem : 3rd Belsele-Puivelde : 3rd De Klinge ;2007 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Wiener Radfest ;2008 : National Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::2nd Road race : 2nd ELK Heurigen Grand Prix ;2009 : National Road Championships ::3rd Time trial ::3rd Road race : 7th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska ;2011 : National Road Championships ::3rd Time trial ::3rd Road race ;2012 : 1st Time trial, National Road Championships ;2015 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2016 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2017 : National Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::3rd Road race : 6th VR Women : 9th Overall Gracia–Orlová ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Active rider classification ;2018 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::2nd Time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmila Nygrýnová
Jarmila Nygrýnová-Strejčková (15 February 1953 – 5 January 1999) was a long jumper from the Czech Republic, representing Czechoslovakia. She won six medals at the European Athletics Indoor Championships as well as a bronze medal at the 1978 European Athletics Championships The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in the Stadion Evžena Rošického in Prague, the capital city of Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). Contemporaneous reports on the event were given .... She was born in Plzeň. She was a three-time competitor at the Summer Olympics, entering the long jump in 1972, 1976 and 1980, and was part of the Czechoslovak team at the inaugural 1983 World Championships in Athletics, finishing tenth in the long jump. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Names
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ''Rogvolod''), *pъlkъ (''Svetopolk'', ''Yaropolk''), *slavъ (''Vladislav'', ''Dobroslav'', ''Vseslav'') and their derivatives (''Dobrynya, Tishila, Ratisha, Putyata'', etc.) * Names from flora and fauna (''Shchuka'' - pike, ''Yersh'' - ruffe, ''Zayac'' - hare, ''Wolk''/'' Vuk'' - wolf, ''Orel'' - eagle) * Names in order of birth (''Pervusha'' - born first, ''Vtorusha''/''Vtorak'' - born second, ''Tretiusha''/''Tretyak'' - born third) * Names according to human qualities (''Hrabr'' - brave, ''Milana/Milena'' - beautiful, ''Milosh'' - cute) * Names containing the root of the name of a pagan deities (''Troyan'', ''Perunek/Peruvit'', ''Yarovit'', ''Stribor'', ''Šventaragis'', ''Veleslava'') A number of names from Slavic roots appeared as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarmila Pacherová
Jarmila Pacherová is a retired Czechoslovak slalom canoeist who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. She won two bronze medals in the mixed C-2 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 1955 and 1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (K .... References * Czechoslovak female canoeists Possibly living people Year of birth missing Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Slovakia-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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