Memorial Mario Albisetti
The Memorial Mario Albisetti, also known as the ''Lugano Trophy'' and ''GP Città di Lugano'', is an annual racewalking competition over 20 kilometres that is held in March on the streets of Lugano, Switzerland. It was first held in 2003. It is one of highest profile annual international racewalking meetings, having both permit status from European Athletics and forming part of the annual IAAF World Race Walking Challenge circuit. It attracts top level racewalkers from across the world. Past winners include Olympic medallists Wang Zhen, Alex Schwazer and world champion Michele Didoni. Schwazer broke Maurizio Damilano's long-standing Italian national record in the 20 km walk en route to his 2010 win. The course for the race follows the banks of Lake Lugano. It begins and ends at the fountain on Piazza Manzoni – a square near the city's town hall. The straight-looped course of two kilometres is entirely flat. It follows the lakeside roads of Giacondo Albertolli and Vincen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lugano
Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population () of , and an urban agglomeration of over 150,000. It is the List of cities in Switzerland, ninth largest Swiss city. The city lies on Lake Lugano, at its largest width, and, together with the adjacent town of Paradiso, Switzerland, Paradiso, occupies the entire bay of Lugano. The territory of the municipality encompasses a much larger region on both sides of the lake, with numerous isolated villages. The region of Lugano is surrounded by the Lugano Prealps, the latter extending on most of the Sottoceneri region, the southernmost part of Ticino and Switzerland. Both western and eastern parts of the municipality share an international border with Italy. Described as a market town since 984, Lugano was the object of con ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hour
An hour (symbol: h; also abbreviated hr) is a unit of time conventionally reckoned as of a day and scientifically reckoned between 3,599 and 3,601 seconds, depending on the speed of Earth's rotation. There are 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day. The hour was initially established in the ancient Near East as a variable measure of of the night or daytime. Such seasonal, temporal, or unequal hours varied by season and latitude. Equal or equinoctial hours were taken as of the day as measured from noon to noon; the minor seasonal variations of this unit were eventually smoothed by making it of the mean solar day. Since this unit was not constant due to long term variations in the Earth's rotation, the hour was finally separated from the Earth's rotation and defined in terms of the atomic or physical second. In the modern metric system, hours are an accepted unit of time defined as 3,600 atomic seconds. However, on rare occasions an hour may incorporate a positive ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Johanna Jackson
Johanna Atkinson (née Jackson) (born 17 January 1985) is a British race walker, and Commonwealth champion from New Marske in Redcar and Cleveland. Johanna's mother Maureen Jackson, a professional sporting coach, coached Johanna and supported her throughout her Olympic journey. Johanna Jackson married Dave Atkinson in St Thomas's Church in December 2012. Johanna acted as a batonbearer when the 2022 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay came to Redcar Redcar is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located east of Middlesbrough. The Teesside built-up area's Redcar subdivision had a population of .... Achievements References * 1985 births Living people People from Redcar Athletes from Yorkshire British female racewalkers English female racewalkers Olympic female racewalkers Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aleksandr Yargunkin
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zuzana Schindlerová
Zuzana Schindlerová (born 25 April 1987) is Czech athlete, whose specialization is race walking. She was born in Baška, Czechoslovakia. Biography She competed at championship in Lugano 9 March 2008 with a time 1:33:15 A-limit at 20 km race and has qualified for 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She has finished the olympic race as 27th with time 1:32:57. 6 minutes and 26 seconds behind the winner Olga Kaniskina from Russia. In the year of 2009 she has won the silver medal in Kaunas, Lithuania at European Athletics U23 Championships. At IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin 2009 she finished 19th. She has won the Czech Championships in 20 km racewalking twice. She won the first gold in 2008 in Poděbrady Poděbrady (; german: Podiebrad) is a spa town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Elbe. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an u .... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daniele Paris
Daniele is an Hebrew male given name, the cognate of the English name Daniel. Danièle is a French female given name, an alternative spelling of Danielle. Men with the given name Daniele * Daniele Bracciali (born 1978), Italian tennis player * Daniele Callegarin (born 1982), Italian former cyclist * Daniele Colli (born 1982), Italian road racing cyclist * Daniele De Rossi (born 1983), Italian footballer * Daniele Giorgini (born 1984), Italian tennis player * Daniele Greco (born 1989), Italian triple jumper * Daniele Greco (footballer) (born 1988), Italian footballer * Daniele Luchetti (born 1960), Italian film director, screenwriter and actor * Daniele Manin (1804–1857), Italian patriot and politician * Daniele Martinelli (born 1982), Italian footballer * Daniele Russo (born 1985), Swiss footballer * Daniele Silvestri (born 1968), Italian singer and songwriter * Daniele Sommariva (born 1997), Italian footballer * Daniele Vargas, stage name of Italian film actor Daniele Pitan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elisa Rigaudo
Elisa Rigaudo (born 17 June 1980) is an Italian race walker from Cuneo. She won eight medals, seven of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. Biography She is affiliated with the Fiamme Gialle Castelporziano sports club. Rigaudo represented her country at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008. She was the bronze medallist over 20 km at the 2011 European Race Walking Cup and went on to place fourth at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, which was later upgraded to silver medal after disqualifications. In 2002, she received a public warning for high levels of caffeine in her doping sample. She came third at the 2012 ''Memorial Mario Albisetti'', finishing behind Russia's Tatyana Sibileva. Progression ;20 km walk Achievements National titles Elisa Rigaudo has won 13 times the individual national championship. *2 wins in the 5000 m walk track (2004, 2007) *1 win in the 10 km walk The 10 kilometres race walk, or 10-kilometer racew ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mário Dos Santos
Mário José dos Santos Júnior (born 10 September 1979 in Cubatão, São Paulo) is a male race walker from Brazil. He competed for his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004 (Athens, Greece). He won the 50 km section of the 2012 South American Race Walking Championships The South American Race Walking Championships (''Spanish: Campeonatos Sudamericanos de Marcha Atlética'') is a biennial race walking competition organized by CONSUDATLE for athletes representing the countries of its member associations. Races for ... with a time of 4:12:52 hours.Biscayart, Eduardo (2012-03-20)Colombians shine at South American Race Walking champs IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-25. Achievements References * 1979 births Living people Brazilian male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and fie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Viktor Ginko
Viktor (or Viktar) Ginko ( be, Віктар Гінко; born 7 December 1965 in Sharkovshchina, Vitebsk) is a male race walker from Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R .... Achievements External links * 1965 births Living people Belarusian male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belarus Sportspeople from Vitebsk Region {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laura Polli
Laura Polli (born 7 September 1983) is a female racewalker from Switzerland. She competed in the women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ... in Beijing, China, and finished in the 33rd position. See also * Switzerland at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics References Swiss female racewalkers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1983 births World Athletics Championships athletes for Switzerland {{Switzerland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marie Polli
Marie Polli (born 28 November 1980) was a female racewalker from Switzerland. She competed in the Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ... in Beijing, China, finishing the 40th. See also * Switzerland at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics References External links *http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=p/athlete=132871-polli-marie/index.html *http://www.all-athletics.com/node/147503 *http://www.marciadalmondo.com/eng/dettagli_news.aspx?id=2613 *http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Marie+Polli/22nd+European+Athletics+Championships+Day/DDY_2L6dAvQ Female racewalkers Swiss female racewalkers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1980 births Swiss sportswome ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Natalia Bruniko
Natalia may refer to: People * Natalia (given name), list of people with this name * Natalia (Belgian singer) (born 1980) * Natalia (Greek singer) (born 1983) * Natalia (Spanish singer) (born 1982) Music and film * ''Natalia'' (film), a 1988 French film * "Natalia", a 1981 song by Van Morrison * "Natalia", a Venezuelan Waltz by Antonio Lauro Places * Natalia Republic, a former republic in South Africa * Natalia, Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Natalia, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Natalia, Texas Natalia is a city in Medina County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,202 at the 2020 census. It was founded in 1912 and was named after Natalie Pearson Nicholson, daughter of Frederick Stark Pearson, engineer, designer and builder of t ..., a city in Medina County, Texas, United States Ships *, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 {{disambig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |