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Pavel Ploc
Pavel Ploc (, born 15 June 1964) is a Czech former ski jumping, ski jumper who competed for Czechoslovakia, winning two Olympic medals. Career At the Winter Olympics, he earned a silver in the individual normal hill in 1988 Winter Olympics, 1988 and a bronze in the individual large hill in 1984 Winter Olympics, 1984. Ploc also earned two bronze medals in the Team large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1984, 1984, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1989, 1989). He also won two medals at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships with a silver in FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1983, 1983 and a bronze in FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1985, 1985. Ploc finished his active ski jumping career in 1992 and in 1996 opened Bed&Breakfast in Harrachov, Czech Republic. From 1996 to 2002 he was an elected member of the Harrachov town council. He unsuccessfully run for a seat in the Czech Parliament in 2002 but won that seat in 2006 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jilemnice
Jilemnice (; german: Starkenbach) is a town in Semily District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,400 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative parts Villages of Hrabačov and Javorek are administrative parts of Jilemnice. Geography Jilemnice is located about } southeast of Liberec. It lies in a hilly landscape of the Giant Mountains Foothills. The highest points are the slopes of the Chmelnice hill at about , and the peak of Bubeníkovy vrchy at . The Jilemka stream flows through the town into the Jizerka river, which flows through the northern part of the municipal territory. History Jilemnice was founded at the beginning of the 14th century as an economic centre of an extensive Štěpanice manor owned by the Waldstein family. The regular ground plan of the historic centre indicates that the town was probably founded on a green fiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France. The modern Olympic Games were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement, with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority. The original five Winter Olympic Sports (consisting of nine disciplines) were bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, Nordic skiing (consisting of the disciplines military patrol, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, and ski jumping), and skating (consisting of the disciplines figure skating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985–86 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The 1985–86 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the seventh World Cup season in ski jumping. It began in Thunder Bay, Canada on 7 December 1985 and finished in Planica, Yugoslavia on 23 March 1986. The individual World Cup was won by Matti Nykänen and Nations Cup by Austria. Map of world cup hosts All 19 locations which have been hosting world cup events for men this season. ''Four Hills Tournament'' ''Swiss Tournament'' ''Bohemia Tournament'' ''KOP International Ski Flying Week'' Calendar Men Standings Overall Nations Cup Four Hills Tournament References {{DEFAULTSORT:1985-86 Fis Ski Jumping World Cup World cup World cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ... FIS Ski Jumping World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984–85 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The 1984–85 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the sixth World Cup season in ski jumping. It began in Thunder Bay, Canada on 8 December 1984 and finished in Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia on 24 March 1985. The individual World Cup was won by Matti Nykänen and Nations Cup by Finland. Map of world cup hosts All 16 locations which have been hosting world cup events for men this season. Event in Gstaad was completely canceled. ''Four Hills Tournament'' ''Swiss Tournament'' ''KOP International Ski Flying Week'' Calendar Men Standings Overall Nations Cup Four Hills Tournament References {{DEFAULTSORT:1984-85 Fis Ski Jumping World Cup World cup World cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ... FIS Ski Jumping World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983–84 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The 1983–84 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the fifth World Cup season in ski jumping. It began in Thunder Bay, Canada on 10 December 1983 and finished in Planica, Yugoslavia on 25 March 1984. The individual World Cup was won by Jens Weißflog and Nations Cup by Finland. Map of world cup hosts All 17 locations which have been hosting world cup events for men this season. Oberstdorf hosted ski flying event and four hills tournament. ''Four Hills Tournament'' ''World Cup & Olympics'' ''Bohemia Tournament'' Calendar Men Standings Overall Nations Cup Four Hills Tournament References {{DEFAULTSORT:1983-84 Fis Ski Jumping World Cup World cup World cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ... FIS Ski Jumping World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982–83 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The 1982–83 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the fourth World Cup season in ski jumping. It began in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on 18 December 1982 and finished in Planica, Yugoslavia on 27 March 1983. The individual World Cup was won by Matti Nykänen and Nations Cup by Norway. Map of world cup hosts All 17 locations which have been hosting world cup events for men this season. ''Four Hills Tournament'' ''Swiss Tournament'' ''Bohemia Tournament'' ''KOP International Ski Flying Week'' Calendar Men Standings Overall Nations Cup Four Hills Tournament References {{DEFAULTSORT:1982-83 Fis Ski Jumping World Cup World cup World cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ... FIS Ski Jumping World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delo (newspaper)
''Delo'' ( en, Labour) is a national daily newspaper in Slovenia. For more than 60 years, ''Delo'' has been involved in active co-creation of the Slovenian public space. It covers politics, economics, sports, culture and social events in Slovene. In addition to Slovenia, the paper is available in several Croatian cities and in Belgrade, Serbia. It is based in Ljubljana. History ''Delo'' was first published on 1 May 1959 when the newspapers '' Ljudska pravica'' ("The People's Right"), which was published since 1934, and '' Slovenski poročevalec'' ("The Slovene Reporter"), established in 1938, both the newspapers of the Communist Party of Slovenia, merged. Among the chief editors were Dušan Benko, Darijan Košir, Peter Jančič, and Uroš Urbas. Profile ''Delo'' is published in broadsheet format by media house Delo which also owns newspaper ''Slovenske novice''. It offers content in print and also on web, mobile and tablet platforms. It publishes a mixture of different media, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Čerťák
Čerťák is a ski jumping stadium with two hills located in the town of Harrachov in the Czech Republic. It was built in 1979 and both hill officially opened in 1980. The venue is most notable for being one of five ski flying hills in the world, though it also has three smaller hills close by. It is owned by the sports club TJ Jiskra Harrachov. Audience capacity is about 50,000. Despite being a flying hill, only two world records have ever set at Čerťák, both in the 1980s. It was also during this time, and into the early 1990s, that many horrific accidents occurred. The hills The hills are located on the north side of the mountain Čertová Hora, not far from the border to Poland. The first hill in Harrachov was built in 1922, but at a different location in town. Later in the 1920s the first hill in Čerťák was built. It was eventually expanded and supplemented with more hills. The ski flying hill was built in 1979 and opened in March 1980. The large hill in Harrachov was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Social Democratic Party
The Czech Social Democratic Party ( cs, Česká strana sociálně demokratická, ČSSD, ) is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. Sitting on the centre-left of the political spectrum and holding pro-European views, it is a member of the Party of European Socialists, the Socialist International, and the Progressive Alliance. Masaryk Democratic Academy is the party-affiliated's think tank. The ČSSD was a junior coalition party within Andrej Babiš' Second Cabinet's minority government from June 2018, and was a senior coalition party from 1998 to 2006 and from 2013 to 2017. It held 15 seats in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic following the 2017 Czech legislative election in which the party lost 35 seats. From 2018 to 2021, the party was led by Jan Hamáček, who has since been replaced by Roman Onderka as temporary leader after the 2021 Czech legislative election, in which the party lost all of its seats after falling below 5%. History The S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Parliament
The Parliament of the Czech Republic ( cs, Parlament České republiky) or just Parliament ( cs, Parlament) is the legislative body of the Czech Republic, seated in Malá Strana, Prague. It consists of two chambers, both elected in direct elections: * the Lower House: Chamber of Deputies * the Upper House: Senate Art. 15 of the Constitution stipulates its name as the "Parliament". The Parliament exercises competences usual in parliamentary systems: it holds and passes bills, has the right to modify the Constitution, ratifies international agreements; if necessary, it declares war, approves presence of foreign military forces in the Czech Republic or a dispatch of Czech military forces abroad. History The tradition of modern parliamentarianism in the Bohemian lands dates back to times of the Austrian Empire (and then Cisleithanian part of Austria-Hungary), where the Imperial Council (''Reichsrat'', ''Říšská rada'') was created in 1861. After proclamation of Czechoslo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the whole Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. The Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White Mountain, the Habsburgs consolidated their rule. With the dissolution of the Holy Empire in 1806, the Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
