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Jolanda
Jolanda or Jolande is a feminine given name. It is a Dutch, Italian, and Swiss German cognate of Yolanda. Notable people with the name include: ;Jolanda Jolanda Adams, Actress *Jolanda Benvenuti, Italian film editor *Jolanda Čeplak (born 1976), Slovenian middle-distance athlete * Jolanda De Palma (born 1931), Italian singer * Jolanda Di Fiore (1935–2004), Italian actress known as Maria Fiore *Jolanda van Dongen (born 1966), Dutch cyclist *Jolanda Egger (born 1960), Swiss model *Jolanda Elshof (born 1975), Dutch volleyball player *Jolanda Insana (1937–2016), Italian poet *Jolanda Jetten (born 1970), Dutch psychologist *Jolanda Jones (born 1959), American heptathlete *Jolanda Keizer (born 1985), Dutch heptathlete *Jolanda Kindle (born 1965), Liechtenstein skier *Jolanda Kodra (1910–1963), Albanian writer and translator, * Jolanda Kroesen (born 1979), Dutch softball player *Jolanda Neff (born 1993), Swiss cyclist *Jolanda Annen (born 1992), Swiss triathlete *Jolanda Plank (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda Egger
Jolanda or Jolande is a feminine given name. It is a Dutch, Italian, and Swiss German cognate of Yolanda. Notable people with the name include: ;Jolanda Jolanda Adams, Actress *Jolanda Benvenuti, Italian film editor *Jolanda Čeplak (born 1976), Slovenian middle-distance athlete * Jolanda De Palma (born 1931), Italian singer * Jolanda Di Fiore (1935–2004), Italian actress known as Maria Fiore *Jolanda van Dongen (born 1966), Dutch cyclist *Jolanda Egger (born 1960), Swiss model *Jolanda Elshof (born 1975), Dutch volleyball player *Jolanda Insana (1937–2016), Italian poet *Jolanda Jetten (born 1970), Dutch psychologist *Jolanda Jones (born 1959), American heptathlete *Jolanda Keizer (born 1985), Dutch heptathlete *Jolanda Kindle (born 1965), Liechtenstein skier *Jolanda Kodra (1910–1963), Albanian writer and translator, * Jolanda Kroesen (born 1979), Dutch softball player *Jolanda Neff (born 1993), Swiss cyclist *Jolanda Annen (born 1992), Swiss triathlete *Jolanda Plank (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda Neff
Jolanda Neff (born 5 January 1993) is a Swiss cyclist, who primarily rides in the cross-country cycling and cyclo-cross disciplines, for the Trek Factory Racing team. She won the gold medal in the women's cross-country event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career She was the overall winner of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in 2014 and 2015. She was triple Under-23 Mountain Bike World Champion (2012, 2013 and 2014). At the 2017 UCI World Championships in Cairns she became the elite world champion. In June 2015, she won the first gold medal for Switzerland in the women's cross country event at the European Games in Baku. Later the same month, she went on to win the Swiss National Road Race Championships. Neff won the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in 2016 and Mountain Bike XCO World Championship in 2017. She also won the European Mountain Bike Championships in August 2018 at Cathkin Braes, just outside of Glasgow. In October 2018, Neff announced that she woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda De Rover
Jolanda de Rover (born 10 October 1963) is a female former backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands. Swimming career Jolanda de Rover competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a bronze medal in backstroke in 1984. In 1988, she finished fifth and seventh in the 4 × 100 m medley relay and 200 m backstroke events, respectively. Between 1981 and 1986 she won four medals at European and world championships; she also won at least three national titles and set at least 10 national records in backstroke events. Despite being of Dutch nationality she won the ASA National British Championships 200 metres backstroke title twice in 1981 and 1988. Personal life De Rover was born in Amstelveen. She is the mother of Kira Toussaint, who qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda Jones
Jolanda Felicia Jones (born November 6, 1965) is an American attorney, politician, and television personality, as well as a former city councilor and heptathlete. Jones is currently a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing the 147th district. She was sworn in on May 18, 2022. Early life and education Jones, the oldest of five children, was born to John Ferrell Jones and Gwendolyn Jean West and raised in Houston's Third Ward. During her childhood, she lost her father, brother, and immediate family members to either suicide or murder. Despite her tough circumstances, Jones' mother was insistent that she succeed academically. At Elsik High School, Jones was an All-American basketball player and track and field athlete. She earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Houston, and graduated with a political science degree. At the 1987 Pan American Games she won bronze, and in 1989 she was US champion. Representing the University of Houston, she was a three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda Annen
Jolanda Annen (born 11 September 1992) is a Swiss triathlete. She finished in first place at the 2016 ITU Triathlon World Cup event in Huatulco. She beat Agnieszka Jerzyk of Poland and Yuliya Yelistratov of Ukraine. This was Annen's first World Cup win, although she had taken silver in this race the year before. She competed in the women's event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is part of ECS Triathlon Espérance cycliste Sartrouville Triathlon or ECS Triathlon is a French sports club based in the suburbs of Paris, commune of Sartrouville. The club's specialization is triathlon for elite level athletes, especially Olympians. Team members have ... club. References External links * 1992 births Living people Swiss female triathletes Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic triathletes of Switzerland {{Switzerland-triathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda Insana
Jolanda Insana (18 May 1937 – 27 October 2016) was an Italian poet and translator. Born in Messina, in 1968 Insana moved to Rome where she graduated in Ancient Literature with a thesis on Erinna's ''The Distaff''. Active as translator of classical and contemporary authors, she debuted as a poet in 1977, with the collection ''Sciarra amara'' ("Bitter Harvest"). In 2002 she won the Viareggio Prize for poetry for ''La stortura''. Giovanni Raboni described Insana's poetic style as "visionary concreteness". References External links Jolanda Insanaat Treccani The ''Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti'' ( Italian for "Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Letters, and Arts"), best known as ''Treccani'' for its developer Giovanni Treccani or ''Enciclopedia Italiana'', is an Italian-language ... 1937 births 2016 deaths Writers from Messina Italian women poets 20th-century Italian poets 21st-century Italian poets Viareggio Prize winners Sapienza Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda Keizer
Jolanda Keizer (born 5 April 1985 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a Dutch heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept .... Achievements References * External links * Official website archived on 23 April 2012 1985 births Living people Dutch heptathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Athletes from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda Kodra
Jolanda Kodra (1910–1963) was an Italian-Albanian writer and translator, one of the first woman writers in the Albanian language, as well as a translator into the Italian language of the works of Albanian writers, such as Ndre Mjeda, Migjeni, Petro Marko, and Sterjo Spasse. Life Jolanda Kodra was born an Italian, Iolanda Guazzoni, in 1910, in Rome, Italy, and was a niece of Enrico Guazzoni, an Italian screenwriter and film director. She was pursuing studies in a classical lyceum, when she met with Malo Kodra, originally from Gjirokastër, who was a student in Rome. A fitness teacher, he brought her to Albania in 1931. She soon learned Albanian and started not only to communicate well, but also to publish poetry in Albanian as well as literary criticism articles in well known magazines ''Hylli i Dritës'', Përpjekja shqiptare, Fryma, Njeriu and '' Tomori'' on Naim Frashëri, Gjergj Fishta, Migjeni, and Ndre Mjeda. Kodra worked particularly on Migjeni and Mjeda, which she later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda Di Savoia
Jolanda di Savoia ( Ferrarese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna and about east of Ferrara. Founded as Le Venezie in 1903, it took its current name (from that of Princess Yolanda of Savoy) in 1911. Jolanda di Savoia borders the following municipalities: Berra, Codigoro, Copparo, Fiscaglia, Formignana, Tresigallo Tresigallo ( Ferrarese: ) is an Italian municipality in the province of Ferrara, which is in the region of Emilia-Romagna. It has about 4,700 inhabitants. Despite its medieval origins, to which only a 16th-century palace (Palazzo Pio) of the Hou .... References External links Official website Cities and towns in Emilia-Romagna Populated places established in 1903 1903 establishments in Italy {{EmiliaRomagna-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda Čeplak
Jolanda Batagelj (previously known as Jolanda Čeplak until 2002, born Jolanda Steblovnik on September 12, 1976) is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until briefly moving to Monaco. She has lived in Celje since. Running career In her early career, she did not specialise, and ran at many distances. She later settled on the 800 metres where she found relative success on the IAAF Golden League circuit, despite having to compete against Maria de Lurdes Mutola, who went unbeaten at all major championships from 1999 until the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her most successful season was 2002. On March 2 at the European Indoor Championships in Vienna she beat local favourite Stephanie Graf and set the indoor world record at 1:55.82. In the same year at the European Championships in Munich she became the European champion. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Čeplak finished very strongly in the 800 m but could not quite catch winner K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolanda Jetten
Petronella Antonia Gerarda "Jolanda" Jetten (born 19 April 1970, Simpelveld) at the University of Amsterdam ''Album Academicum''. is a Dutch and a professor at the . She won the in 2004 and was inducted into the |
Jolanda Van Dongen
Jolanda van Dongen (born 30 August 1966 in Roosendaal) is a Dutch road racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing .... She became national time trial champion in 2003. She finished second at the national road championships in 1987. References External links * * Living people Dutch female cyclists 1966 births Sportspeople from Roosendaal Dutch cycling time trial champions Cyclists from North Brabant {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
