Michaela Matejová
Michaela Matejová (born 2 March 1986) is a Slovak retired ice hockey defenseman and former member of the Slovak national ice hockey team. Playing career Matejová's senior club career began with the women's representative team of HC Slovan Bratislava during the 2002–03 season of the Slovak ('1st Women's League') and she remained with the team through the 2007–08 season. HC Slovan also began participating in the Elite Women's Hockey League (EWHL) during the 2005–06 season, and Matejová was an EWHL Champion with the team in 2006 and 2007. At age 22, she opted to play abroad and signed with Oulun Kärpät Naiset in Finland's top league, the Naisten SM-sarja (rebranded as Naisten Liiga in 2017). The only import player on the team's otherwise Finnish 2008–09 roster, Matejová counted among her teammates Olympian Saija Tarkki and future Olympians Anne Helin, Satu Kiipeli, Mira Kuisma, and Mira Jalosuo, in addition to a number of other Finnish national team players ...
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Martin, Slovakia
Martin (; sk, Turčiansky Svätý Martin until 1950, hu, Turócszentmárton, German language, German: ''Turz-Sankt Martin'', Latin: ''Sanctus Martinus / Martinopolis'') is a city in northern Slovakia, situated on the Turiec (Váh), Turiec river, between the Lesser Fatra, Malá Fatra and Greater Fatra, Veľká Fatra mountains, near the city of Žilina. The population numbers approximately 54,000, which makes it the ninth-largest city in Slovakia. It is the center of the Turiec, Turiec region and the Martin District, District of Martin. History From the second half of the 10th century until 1918, it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary. The first recorded reference to Martin in written sources is dated to 1284 under the name of ''Vila Sancti Martini''. In the turbulent 15th century, Martin suffered from many disasters, for example from the attack of the Hussites in 1433, when the town was burned down. Just ten years later, it was destroyed again by an earthquake and Martin started t ...
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