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Luxembourg At The 2000 Summer Olympics
Luxembourg competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Swimming ;Men ;Women Table tennis Tennis Triathlon References Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ... 2000 in Luxembourgian sport {{2000-Olympic-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg Olympic And Sporting Committee
The Luxembourg Olympic and Sporting Committee (french: Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois, nl, Luxemburgs Olympisch en Sportcomité, german: Luxemburgisches Olympisches und Sportkomitee, lb, Lëtzebuerger Olympesche a Sporting Comité), abbreviated to COSL, is the National Olympic Committee for Luxembourg. List of presidents See also * Luxembourg at the Olympics External linksOfficial website Committee A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly. A committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly. Usually, the assembly sends matters into a committee as a way to explore them more ... National Olympic Committees Olympic and Sporting Committee Olympic and Sporting Committee 1912 establishments in Luxembourg Sports organizations established in 1912 {{Olympic-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Ju (table Tennis)
Li Ju (; born on January 22, 1976, in Nantong, Jiangsu) is a Chinese table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ... player. Achievements *1996 Asian Cup - 1st team, 2nd singles *1997 World Championships - 1st team, 2nd doubles (with Wang Nan), 3rd singles *1997 World Cup - 2nd singles *1997 Australian Open - 2nd singles & doubles (with Wang Chen) *1997 China Grand Prix - 1st singles, 3rd doubles (with Wang Nan) *1997 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals - 1st singles *1997 National Games - 1st team, 2nd doubles (with Wu Na) *1998 Ericsson China Open Challenge - Chief player to take up the challenges *1998 China All Stars Tournament - 1st doubles (with Wang Nan) *1998 Japan Open - 1st singles & doubles (with Wang Nan) *1998 Asian Championships - 1st singles & team *1998 B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nations At The 2000 Summer Olympics
A nation is a community of people formed on the basis of a combination of shared features such as language, history, ethnicity, culture and/or society. A nation is thus the collective identity of a group of people understood as defined by those features. Some nations are equated with ethnic groups (see ethnic nationalism) and some are equated with affiliation to a social and political constitution (see civic nationalism and multiculturalism). A nation is generally more overtly political than an ethnic group. A nation has also been defined as a cultural-political community that has become conscious of its autonomy, unity and particular interests. The consensus among scholars is that nations are socially constructed and historically contingent. Throughout history, people have had an attachment to their kin group and traditions, territorial authorities and their homeland, but nationalism – the belief that state and nation should align as a nation state – did not become a promine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triathlon At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's
The women's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event, and one of the first-day events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Saturday, September 16, 2000 at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney. Competition format The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of swimming, , road bicycle racing, and road running. Results 48 athletes competed in women's triathlon; only eight of them dropped out of the cycling phase. ** Including Transition 1 (swimming-to-cycling) and T2 (cycling-to-running), roughly a minute. *No one is allotted the number 13. *LAP - Lapped by the leader on the cycling course. References External linksOfficial Olympic Report [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Kemp-Arendt
Nancy Kemp-Arendt (born 22 May 1969, in Esch-sur-Alzette), née Nancy Arendt, is a politician and former athlete from Luxembourg. She competed in triathlon and swimming (sport), swimming. She now sits in the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg, Chamber of Deputies, for the Christian Social People's Party. Kemp-Arendt competed under her maiden name, Nancy Arendt, at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in Seoul. Participating in the Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke, 100m breaststroke and Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, she finished twenty-ninth and thirty-first respectively. After converting to triathlon, Kemp-Arendt competed in that sport's first appearance in the Summer Olympics, Luxembourg at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in 2000. She took tenth place with a total time of 2:03:14.94. She has won the title of Luxembourgian Sportswoman of the Year a total of six times – two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Coetzer
Amanda Coetzer (born 22 October 1971, in Hoopstad) is a South African former professional tennis player. Coetzer finished in the WTA rankings top 20 for ten consecutive seasons (1992–2001), peaking at world No. 3. She reached three Grand Slam semifinals (Australian Open 1996 and 1997, French Open 1997) and one Grand Slam doubles final ( US Open 1993). Coetzer earned a reputation for regularly beating players who were ranked higher than her. By virtue of scoring so many upset wins in spite of her five-foot-two (1.58m) stature, she gained the nickname: "The Little Assassin". Personal life Coetzer was born in Hoopstad, South Africa, to Nico and Suska Coetzer. She started playing tennis at the age of six. During her career, she resided primarily in Hilton Head, South Carolina and was coached by Gavin Hopper, later by Lori McNeil. She is married to the Hollywood film producer Arnon Milchan. They have two children, Shimon (born 2009) and Olivia (born 2011). Career Coetzer's breakthr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iva Majoli
Iva Majoli-Marić (born 12 August 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia who played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997. Majoli also won seven other singles titles and one doubles title during her career. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4, in February 1996. Career Majoli was born in Zagreb in SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. As a girl, she was trained by Jelena Genčić. Iva turned professional in September 1990 at the age of 13 when she played her first professional match in Makarska, representing Yugoslavia, losing in the first round to Ruxandra Dragomir. Aged 19, she won the 1997 French Open singles title, defeating Sandra Kleinová, Alexandra Fusai, Ann Grossman, Lindsay Davenport, Ruxandra Dragomir and Amanda Coetzer before beating the 16-year-old Martina Hingis in straight sets, 6–4, 6–2. Majoli played aggressively from the baseline to end Hingis's 37-match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles
The United States' Venus Williams defeated Russia's Elena Dementieva in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Women's Singles tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match, the United States' Monica Seles defeated Australia's Jelena Dokic, 6–1, 6–4. Williams' victory was the third consecutive gold medal in the women's singles for the United States, all by different players (preceded by Jennifer Capriati and Lindsay Davenport). The tournament was held at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia from 19 September until 28 September. There were 64 competitors from 33 nations, with each nation having up to 3 players. The United States' Davenport was the reigning gold medalist from 1996, but she withdrew from her second round match due to injury. Background This was the ninth appearance of the women's singles tennis. A women's event was held only once during the first three Games (only men's tennis was played in 1896 and 1904), but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Kremer
Anne Kremer (born 17 October 1975) is a Luxembourgish retired tennis player. Anne won two singles titles on the WTA Tour. On 29 July 2002, she achieved her best WTA ranking of world No. 18. Anne completed her schooling at the Athénée de Luxembourg and subsequently studied English and history at Stanford University in California. Kremer is a member of the Democratic and Liberal Youth in Luxembourg, and has entered politics. She ran for the Democratic Party in the 2009 election to the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg. Running in Centre, she finished 15th on the DP list, and was thus not elected. Biography Kremer was born in 1975 to father Jean (an engineer), and mother Ginette (a physical education teacher). Early in her career, Kremer was coached by her younger brother, Gilles. Later, she was coached by Stephane Vix. Kremer is a baseliner right-handed player with a strong backhand and a preference for grass and hard pack playing surfaces. Beside Luxembourgish, Kremer is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Zhou
Shirley Zhou (born 3 October 1978), born Xueni Zhou (), is an Australian Table Tennis player who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics. Shirley is the daughter of Chinese Table Tennis player and national coach of both China and Australia Zhou Lansun Zhou Lansun (; 23 January 1939 – 23 October 2000) was a Chinese table tennis player and coach. He was a member of the Chinese team that won the men's team gold medal at the 1965 World Table Tennis Championships in Ljubljana. As coach he traine .... During her playing career, Shirley also won the following titles and awards: * 1993 Australian Junior Girls Singles Champion * 1994 Oceania Open Women Singles Champion * 1998 Australian National Women Singles Champion * Victorian Open Senior Women Champion in 1993, 1994 and 1998 * Victorian Open Junior Girls Champion in 1991 and 1992 * Table Tennis Australia Junior Player Of The Year award in 1992, 1993 & 1994 * Table Tennis Victoria Player Of The Year aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miao Miao
Miao Miao () (born 14 January 1981, Tianjin, China) is an Australian table tennis player who represented Australia at the Sydney, Athens, Beijing and London Olympic Games. Her best Olympic result was the quarter finals of the doubles tournament in Sydney. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, she won a silver medal in the teams competition and a bronze medal in the doubles with Jian Fang Lay. Her parents immigrated to Poland when she was a child, and later to Australia. She is the highest ranked Australian table tennis player at the time of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Virtually unknown in Australia she is well known in China. Miao Miao is a right-handed, fast attack shakehand player (height: ). She is coached by her father Miao Cang Sheng (苗仓生) who was a well known coach in China but then became the coach of the Polish women table tennis team in 1994. Miao Miao became the Polish women doubles champion in 1996. Miao Miao migrated to Australia with her father in 1997. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Tennis At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's Doubles
These are the results of the women's doubles competition, one of two events for female competitors in table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Among 34 entries, eight seeded pairs were allocated into the draw of knockout stage which started from the round of 16. The rest 26 pairs were reduced to 24 pairs by two knockout matches. 24 pairs competed in eight groups of three pairs per group. Winners of each group advanced to the knockout stage. Seeds # (champions, gold medalists) # ''(final, silver medalists)'' # ''(first round)'' # ''(semifinals, fourth place)'' # ''(semifinals, bronze medalists)'' # ''(quarterfinals)'' # ''(first round)'' # ''(first round)'' Qualification round The winners of each qualification match advanced to the group stage. Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Knockout stage Competitors References External links Table Tennis. Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad - Results D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |