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Puck (name)
Notable people named Puck include: Given name * Puck de Leeuw (1953–2002), Dutch director * Puck Dupp (born 1967), ring name for American wrestler Marty Garner * Puck Moonen (born 1996), Dutch cyclist riding for Lotto–Soudal Ladies * Puck Pieterse (born 2002), Dutch cyclist specializing in cyclo-cross and mountain biking riding for team Alpecin–Deceuninck. Surname * Eva Puck (1892–1979), American vaudeville star and Broadway and film actress * Theodore Puck (1916–2005), American geneticist * Wolfgang Puck Wolfgang Johannes Puck (born July 8, 1949) is an Austrian-American chef and restaurateur. Early life and career Puck was born in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria. He learned cooking from his mother, who was a pastry chef. He took the surname o ... (born 1949), Austrian celebrity chef and restaurateur Nickname * Bertha "Puck" Brouwer (1930–2006), Dutch sprinter * Maria Petronella "Puck" Oversloot (1914–2009), Dutch swimmer * Gerardus Henricus "Puck" van He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puck De Leeuw
Puck de Leeuw (1953 - 8 February 2002) was a Dutch director. She gained most fame with her series ''Love beyond frontiers'', describing European women who have fallen in love with men from completely different cultural backgrounds and decided go to their homes. The first documentary of the series brought her the 'Golden Zapper', the Audience Award for best documentary at the 1996 International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam. De Leeuw died of lung cancer at the age of 48 in 2002 before she could finish the third entry, ''Made in America''. ''Een jaar of minder'' is a 2006 documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ... about her by director Jac Vleeshouwers. Documentary films * Het gebeurde in de polder (''It happened in the polder'') (1985) * Love beyond fron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puck Dupp
Marty Garner (born May 2, 1967) is an American professional wrestler most noted for his appearances for World Wrestling Entertainment and his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling. Professional wrestling career Early career (1993–1995) Garner started wrestling in several independent wrestling promotions based in North Carolina, mainly wrestling under the ring name Cham Pain in Southern Championship Wrestling, New Dimension Wrestling and OMEGA. World Wrestling Federation (1995–1997) Garner has made numerous appearances for WWE/F as an enhancement talent, beginning in December 1995 against Jeff Jarrett. He then made several appearances in 1996 and 1997 against wrestlers such as Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Jerry Lawler, Jim Neidhart, Yoshihiro Tajiri, and Marc Mero. Pedigree incident (1996) On May 28, 1996, Garner faced Hunter Hearst Helmsley (Triple H) during the taping of '' WWF Superstars''. During the match, Helmsley went for his finisher, the Pedigree. It is reported tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puck Moonen
Puck Moonen (born 20 March 1996 in Sint-Michielsgestel) is a Dutch cyclist, who has ridden in the past for UCI Women's Continental Team . She previously rode for Lotto Soudal but left, in part due to a knee injury. In 2019, she became a spokesperson for Buddy Network, an anti-bullying campaign sponsored by Cartoon Network and , a Dutch-language Belgian helpline A helpline, or switchboard, is a telephone service which offers help to those who call. Many helpline services now offer more than telephone support - offering access to information, advice or customer service via telephone, email, web or SMS. ... for children. References External links * 1996 births Living people Dutch female cyclists People from Sint-Michielsgestel Cyclists from North Brabant 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puck Pieterse
Puck Pieterse (born 13 May 2002) is a Dutch cyclist specializing in cyclo-cross and mountain biking. She became the U23 European cyclo-cross champion in 2020, and at age 20, the Elite Women's National Cyclocross Champion of the Netherlands in 2023. Pieterse is known for her ability to bunny hop the plank barriers in cyclo-cross races. Major results Cyclo-cross ;2018–2019 : 1st National Junior Championships : 1st Leudelange : 2nd Contern : 3rd Pétange : 5th UEC European Under-23 Championships ;2019–2020 : 1st UEC European Junior Championships : 2nd UCI World Junior Championships : 2nd National Junior Championships ;2020–2021 : 1st UEC European Under-23 Championships ;2021–2022 : 1st UCI World Under-23 Championships : 2nd UEC European Under-23 Championships : 3rd Overall UCI World Cup ::1st Under-23 classification ::2nd Overijse ::2nd Tábor ::2nd Hulst ::2nd Flamanville ::3rd Namur ::3rd Hoogerheide : Ethias Cross ::3rd Bredene : 3rd National Und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpecin–Deceuninck
Alpecin–Deceuninck () is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team that is based in Belgium. It competes both in the road and cyclo-cross seasons. The leaders of the team have in the past been cyclo-cross world champion Niels Albert, Philipp Walsleben and Radomír Šimůnek. The team's current lead rider is the cyclocross and road world champion and multiple monuments winner Mathieu van der Poel. History In December 2017, the team announced that Corendon Airlines, a Turkish-Dutch airline company, and Circus, a Belgian betting company had signed three-year sponsorship deals. Circus, who also sponsor the UCI Continental team, ERA–Circus announced they would continue to do so until the end of the cyclo-cross season in March. For the 2020 season the team rebranded itself as Alpecin–Fenix with German shampoo brand Alpecin and Italian interior design materials company Fenix becoming major sponsors for the team. On May 16, 2022, the team announced that it would become Alpecin–Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Puck
Eva Puck (November 25, 1892 – October 25, 1979) was an American entertainer, a vaudeville headliner who later found success performing in Broadway musical comedies and film. Early life She was born in New York City, the middle of three children raised by Abraham and Lena (née Salmon) Puck. There is some question about the family surname being Puck or Salmon, both were used in early press articles. Little is known of her mother who came to America from Poland in 1874 or her English father who immigrated in 1882. They married in 1887. By 1899, Eva and her older brother Harry were performing in a vaudeville song and dance act known as the Two Little Pucks. On May 10, 1903, police raided the Trocadero Music Hall in Manhattan's Fort George district where the Puck children were performing as headliners and arrested their parents and the theater manager, Freeman Bernstein. They were charged with a violation of Section 289 of the Penal Code in unlawfully consenting to the emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Puck
Theodore Thomas Puck (September 24, 1916 – November 6, 2005) was an American geneticist born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Chicago public schools and obtained his bachelors, masters, and doctoral degree from the University of Chicago. His PhD work was on the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom and his doctoral adviser was James Franck. During WW II Puck stayed at the University of Chicago. There he worked in the laboratory of Oswald H. Robertson on the study of how bacteria and viruses can spread through the air and on dust particles. After a postdoc position in the laboratory of Renato Dulbecco, Puck was recruited in 1948 to establish and chair the University of Colorado Medical School's department of biophysics. He retired from the University of Colorado Medical School in 1995 as professor emeritus, but continued to do laboratory work there until a few weeks before his death. Puck was an early pioneer of "somatic cell genetics" and single-cell plating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Puck
Wolfgang Johannes Puck (born July 8, 1949) is an Austrian-American chef and restaurateur. Early life and career Puck was born in Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria. He learned cooking from his mother, who was a pastry chef. He took the surname of his stepfather, Josef Puck, after his mother's remarriage. The marriage produced two younger sisters and a younger brother for Wolfgang. He trained as an apprentice under Raymond Thuilier at L'Oustau de Baumanière in Les Baux-de-Provence, at Hôtel de Paris in Monaco, and at Maxim's Paris before moving to the United States in 1973 at age 24. After two years at La Tour in Indianapolis, Puck moved to Los Angeles to become chef and part owner of Ma Maison restaurant. Following the 1981 publication of his first cookbook, ''Modern French Cooking for the American Kitchen'', which was based on his Ma Maison recipes, Puck opened the restaurant Spago on the Sunset Strip in 1982. Fifteen years later, in 1997, Puck and Barbara Lazaroff, his ex-wif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertha Brouwer
Bertha "Puck" Brouwer (later van Duyne; 29 October 1930 – 6 October 2006) was a Dutch sprinter. Brouwer accomplished her first international notable result in 1950, when she won the silver medal at the European Championships, being part of the 4×100 metres relay team alongside Fanny Blankers-Koen. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4×100 m relay, and won a silver medal in the 200 m. A third silver medal was added in 1954, when she finished second on the 100 m at the European Championships in Bern. She also was a member of the Dutch team for the 1956 Summer Olympics; however the Dutch decided to boycott the Games, and Van Duyne, who was already in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ..., had to go home. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puck Oversloot
Maria Petronella "Puck" Oversloot (22 May 1914 – 7 January 2009) was a Dutch swimmer. Together with Marie Braun, she was the top national backstroke and freestyle competitor. At the 1932 Summer Olympics, Braun was listed for the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, but fell ill and was replaced by Oversloot. The team won a silver medal, setting a new European record. Both Braun and Oversloot qualified for 400 m freestyle semifinals, but because Braun could not participate, Oversloot withdrew from the event, in solidarity.Jurryt van de Vooren (2009-01-17)Zwemster Puck Oversloot overleden(in Dutch). sportgeschiedenis.nl In 1933, Oversloot broke the national record in 100 m backstroke set by Braun and became the national champion. She won a bronze medal in the same event at the 1934 European Aquatics Championships. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puck Van Heel
Gerardus Henricus "Puck" van Heel (21 January 1904 – 19 December 1984) was a Dutch footballer. He earned 64 caps for the Netherlands national football team, and played in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. He also represented the Netherlands at the 1928 Summer Olympics. During his club career, he played for his home town club of Feyenoord. Normally an inside left and left wing half, Van Heel was a slow player but possessed considerable vision and technical ability and was particularly good passer. He held the Dutch caps record from 4 April 1937 (when he equaled the total of Harry Dénis) until 22 May 1979 (when his total was surpassed by Ruud Krol). Van Heel was born on the southside of Rotterdam, the fourth of eleven children, into a Roman Catholic family. His father worked in the shipyards of Rotterdam. He joined the amateur club Sportclub Feyenoord, a youth academy for Feyenoord Rotterdam, and made his amateur debut in the red and white on 12 October 1919. Playing career Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rainey
David "Puck" Rainey (born 1968) is an American reality television personality who gained fame as a cast member on '' The Real World: San Francisco'' in 1994. A bicycle messenger during the show's shooting, he became notorious as the second ''Real World'' cast member ever to be evicted from the house, due to his increasingly antagonistic relationship with his housemates, especially with Pedro Zamora, an HIV-positive AIDS educator. Rainey's conflict with Zamora is credited with helping make ''The Real World'' a hit show, for which ''Time'' ranked it #7 on their list of ''32 Epic Moments in Reality-TV History''. TV Guide included him in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time. Early life Rainey was born in Oakland, California and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has characterized his mother as a "hippie". He and his sister are of partial Swedish descent through their grandfather.''The Real World Diaries''. pp. 146-147. ''The Real World'' Rainey was a cast me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
