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Non (given Name)
Non is a Welsh feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Non Evans (born 1974), Welsh sportswoman *Non Stanford Non Stanford (born 8 January 1989) is a British former professional triathlete, representing Great Britain and Wales at international level. Stanford was the ITU (now World Triathlon) World Champion in 2013, part of the Great Britain world champ ... (born 1989), Welsh triathlete * Saint Non, fifth and sixth-century Welsh female saint {{given name Welsh feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non Evans
Non Evans (born 20 June 1974) is a Welsh (people), Welsh sportswoman who has competed internationally in four different sports, rugby union, judo, Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting and freestyle wrestling. Rugby Evans made her debut for Wales national women's rugby union team, Wales against Scotland national women's rugby union team, Scotland in 1996 and has played 84 times for her country up to the start of the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup (87 caps following World Cup). She is Wales and the World all-time leading points scorer. She announced her retirement from International Rugby in December 2010. She scored a record 64 International tries for Wales which is a World record for Men & Women's rugby. Judo She won silver medal at both the 1992 and 1996 Commonwealth Judo Championships and competed for Wales at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Weightlifting Evans finished 9th in the under 63 kg class at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where she became the first woman to compete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non Stanford
Non Stanford (born 8 January 1989) is a British former professional triathlete, representing Great Britain and Wales at international level. Stanford was the ITU (now World Triathlon) World Champion in 2013, part of the Great Britain world champion mixed relay team in 2012 and represented Team GB at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she finished fourth behind teammate and housemate Vicky Holland. In her final year of competition, 2022, she anchored Wales to silver in the team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, her first Commonwealth medal and her first major championship medal since 2015 World Triathlon mixed relay bronze. One week later, in her final major Olympic distance triathlon race, Stanford won her first European championship. Non Stanford is based in Leeds, England and was born in Bridgend, Wales. Non is a Welsh name, and refers to Saint Non. Personal life Stanford was born in Bridgend, but grew up in nearby Swansea. Her first club was Swansea Harrier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Non
Non (also Nonna or Nonnita) was, according to Christian tradition, the mother of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales. Legend The ''Life of St David'' was written around 1095 by Rhigyfarch, and is our main source of knowledge for the lives of both St David (died c. 589) and his mother. Rhigyfarch was a Norman cleric whose father had been Bishop of St David's for 10 years.''An Essential Guide to Celtic Sites and their Saints'', Rees, Elizabeth, Burns & Oates, 2003, pp. 208-209. He states that she was a nun at Ty Gwyn ("the white house") near Whitesands Bay (Pembrokeshire), (although she may have become a nun later as a widow). Tradition holds that Nonita was raped and that the product of that rape was David – she was "unhappily seized and exposed to the sacrilegious violence of one of the princes of the country". Rhigyfarch recounts the tradition that the rapist was Sanctus, King of Ceredigion, who came upon Non while travelling through Dyfed (in South Wales). After concei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
