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Michi Halilović
Mirsad "Michi" Halilović (born 4 September 1983) is a German skeleton (sport), skeleton racer of Bosniaks, Bosnian origin who has competed since 2001. His first World Cup victory was at a men's event at Altenberg, Germany, Altenberg in December 2009. Halilović competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics where he finished 13th. Mirsad Halilovic most recently competed for WSV Königssee, previously also for RC Berchtesgaden. He was active in the sport since 2000 and was trained by Bernhard Lehmann, Raimund Bethge and Sepp Dostthaler, Sepp Dossthaler. The police champion aspirant became junior world champion in 2005, in 2006 he missed another medal as fourth. In 2005 he was German Junior Champion, at the 2005 German Skeleton Championship, German Championships of the same year he was fourth, in 2004 and 2006 he was fifth. In 2008 he managed to win the 2009 German Skeleton Championship, German Championships for the year 2009 ahead of Florian Grassl and David Lingmann. Since 2000, Halilovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berchtesgaden
Berchtesgaden () is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, south of Salzburg and southeast of Munich. It lies in the Berchtesgaden Alps, south of Berchtesgaden; the Berchtesgaden National Park stretches along three parallel valleys. The Kehlstein mountain (), with its ''Kehlsteinhaus'' (Eagle's Nest) is located in the area. Etymology ''Berchtesgaden'', Upper Bavaria (Achental), earlier ''Perchterscadmen'', ''Perhtersgadem'', ''Berchirchsgadem'', ''Berchtoldesgadem''; the word underwent a Latin distortion of Old High German ''parach'', Romance ''bareca'' 'hay shed'. After the basic meaning was forgotten, a variant word of Old High German ''gadem'' 'room, one-room hut' was added, implying the same meaning: 'hay shed'. Cf. Old High German ''muosgadem'' 'spice room'. There was a folk etymology that supported a derivation based on the legendary figure of ''Frau'' Perchta (Berchta), a woman (''Holle'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
