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Penny Way
Helen E. "Penny" Wilson ( Way; born 3 April 1962) is a British former windsurfer, who won multiple Windsurfing World Championships events. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics coming 6th and the 1996 Summer Olympics coming 7th. Career Way's first competitive sailing event was in 1976 in Pagham, West Sussex. In total, she won 14 national championships in the United Kingdom and Australia, and was a European champion. In 1982, Way competed in and won the British men's qualification event for the 1984 Summer Olympics. She was unable to qualify for the Olympics as the Games only held men's windsurfing at the time. She won the 1984 European Windsurfing Championships in Guernsey. Way won the 1986 Windsurfing World Championships, becoming the first English woman to do so. She attended the 1988 Summer Olympics as a spectator. In the 1990 season, she only lost one event, and won the World Championships again. She won five of the six races at the World Championships. In 1991, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsurfing
Windsurfing is a wind propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the aerospace and surf culture of California. Windsurfing gained a popular following across Europe and North America by the late 1970s and had achieved significant global popularity by the 1980s. Windsurfing became an olympic sport in 1984. Newer variants include windfoiling, kiteboarding and wingfoiling. Hydrofoil fins under the board allow the boards to safely lift out of the water and fly silently and smoothly above the surface even in lighter winds. Windsurfing is a recreational, family friendly sport, most popular at flat water locations around the world that offer safety and accessibility for beginner and intermediate participants. Technique and equipment have evolved over the years Major competitive disciplines include slalom, wave and freestyle. Increasingly, "foiling" is replacing trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The newspaper was controlled by Tony O'Reilly's Irish Independent News & Media from 1997 until it was sold to the Russian oligarch and former KGB Officer Alexander Lebedev in 2010. In 2017, Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel bought a 30% stake in it. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. The website and mobile app had a combined monthly reach of 19,826,000 in 2021. History 1986 to 1990 Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330 It was produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechner A-390 Class World Champions
People Lechner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred James Lechner Jr. (born 1955), American judge *Anton Lechner (1907–1975), German SS officer *Auguste Lechner (1905–2000), Austrian writer *Bernard J. Lechner (1932–2014), American electronics engineer *Corinna Lechner (born 1994), German cyclist *Cornelia Lechner (born 1966), German tennis player *Ed Lechner (1919–2015), American football player * Elisabeth Adele Allram-Lechner (1824–1861), Czech stage actress * Emilio Lechner (born 1940), Italian luger *Erika Lechner (born 1947), Italian luger *Eva Lechner (born 1985), Italian cyclist * Florian Lechner (born 1981), German footballer * Franco Lechner, known as Bombolo (1931 - 1987), Italian comedian * Gustav Lechner (1913–1987), Croatian footballer *Harald Lechner (born 1982), Austrian football referee *Heinz Lechner (born 1928), Austrian fencer *Johnny Lechner, American actor *Kerim Lechner (born 1989), Austrian musician *Kurt Lechner (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
