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Paola (other)
Paola is a female given name, the Italian form of the name Paula. Notable people with the name include: People In arts and entertainment *Paola Del Medico (born 1950), Swiss singer *Paola e Chiara, pop music duo consisting of two sisters born in Milan, Italy *Paola Foka (born 1982), Greek singer *Paola Gaviria known as Power Paola (born 1977), Colombian-Ecuadorian cartoonist *Paola Lázaro (born 1994), Puerto Rican actress and playwright *Paola Oliveira, Brazilian actress *Paola Rey (born 1979), Colombian actress *Paola Rojas (born 1976), Mexican television news personality *Paola Turbay (born 1970), Colombian actress In politics *Paola Balducci (born 1949), Italian politician and jurist *Paola Concia (born 1963), Italian politician *Paola De Micheli (born 1973), Italian politician *Paola Pabón (born 1978) Ecuadorian politician and feminist * Paola Pinna (born 1974), Italian politician * Paola Pisano (born 1977) Italian academic and politician *Paola Severino (born 1948), I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female
Female (Venus symbol, symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ovum, ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the Sperm, male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and males are results of the anisogamous reproduction system, wherein gametes are of different sizes, unlike isogamy where they are the same size. The exact mechanism of female gamete evolution remains unknown. In species that have males and females, Sex-determination system, sex-determination may be based on either sex chromosomes, or environmental conditions. Most female mammals, including female humans, have two X chromosomes. Female characteristics vary between different species with some species having pronounced Secondary sex characteristic, secondary female sex characteristics, such as the presence of pronounced mammary glands in mammals. In humans, the word ''female'' can also be used to refer to gender i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Pisano
Paola Pisano (born 4 January 1977) is an Italian academic and politician for the Five Star Movement. In September 2019, she was appointed Minister for Technological Innovation in the Conte II Cabinet. Biography City Council member (Assessor) in charge of Innovation in the Turin constituency and university researcher in charge of Innovation Management at the University of Turin. She has been the President of the Company Commission of the IT department at the University of Turin and the Director of the Centre for Multidisciplinary Technological Innovation at the same Ateneum. (IcxT). Visiting Professor at Westminster University and consultant in several projects involving corporate innovation. In 2018 she was nominated ‘The most influential woman in the digital industry’ by magazine Digitalic Mag. In spring 2019 she declined to be the leading candidate for the 5 Star Movement (Movimento 5 Stelle) at the European Elections to keep her position of City Council member (Asse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Reis
Paola Reis (born 15 August 1999) is a Brazilian BMX rider. Reis participated at the 2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ... where she won a silver medal in the women's racing event. In April 2021, Paola Reis became involved in a controversy with the Brazilian Cycling Confederation (CBC). She had failed to comply with the mandatory 14-day quarantine determined by the Brazilian Olympic Committee for Brazilians who embarked for the final training period before the World Cup stages that defined the Olympic quotas. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Reis, Paola 1999 births Living people Brazilian female cyclists Brazilian BMX riders BMX riders Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in cycling Pan American Games silver me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Pezzo
Paola Pezzo (born 8 January 1969, in Bosco Chiesanuova) is an Italian cross-country mountain bike racer from Verona. In 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, in the U.S. The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ..., she won the Olympic gold medal in mountain biking, when the event made its debut. Biography Pezzo won the female World Mountain Bike Championship title in both 1993 and 1997. In 1997, she won the Grundig World Cup crown. Achievement She won two gold medals. One in Atlanta '96 and the other in Sydney '00. She also won the mountain-bike championships in 1993 and 1997. See also * Italian sportswomen multiple medalists at Olympics and World Championships External links * Her bio on the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pezzo, Paula 1969 births Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Paggi
Paola Paggi (born 6 December 1976 in Ivrea, Piedmont) is a volleyball player from Italy, who represented her native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. She was a member of the Women's National Team, that won the title at the 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship in Germany. Paggi made her debut for Italy on 22 May 1999 against Cuba. She won the 2008–09 CEV Cup playing with Asystel Novara and was awarded "Best Blocker". Clubs * Volley Vicenza (1996–2002) * Volley Bergamo Volley Bergamo is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Bergamo and currently playing in the Serie A1. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under the following names: * Volley Bergamo (1991–1992) * Foppapedretti Ber ... (2002–2007) * Asystel Novara (2008–2009) * Volley Universal Modena (2010 - today) Awards Individuals * 2008–09 CEV Cup "Best Blocker" Clubs * 2008-09 CEV Cup - Champion, with Asystel Novara References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Moro
Paola Moro (born 14 August 1952) is a retired female long-distance runner from Italy. Biography She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' .... There she ended up in 20th place in the women's marathon. Moro set her personal best in the classic distance (2:33.03) in 1984. Achievements *All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise External links * 1952 births Living people Italian female long-distance runners Italian female marathon runners Olympic athletes of Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Province of Vicenza 20th-century Italian women 21st-century Italian women {{Italy-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Longoria
Paola Michelle Longoria López (born July 20, 1989) is a Mexican racquetball player. She is the current Women's World Champion in both Singles and Doubles, winning both divisions at the 2022 International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Championships in San Luis Potosi. Longoria is the winningest player in IRF World Championship history, and she is the only woman to win both singles and doubles at Worlds. Longoria is also the #1 player on the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) tour, and was the first Mexican woman to attain the #1 pro ranking, doing so at the end of the 2008–09 season. She repeated the feat at the end of 2009–2010 season, and has been #1 for ten consecutive seasons. Longoria's style is characterized by a semi-western grip of the racquet, which is unusual for racquetball; Longoria is the only pro player using this grip style. Junior competitions - 2001-2008 Longoria began playing racquetball at eight years old when she was at a summer camp, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Espinosa
Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez (born 31 July 1986) is a Mexican diver and represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she was her national team's flagbearer, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In 1987, the Espinosa Sánchez family moved to La Paz from Mexico City with Paola, who was barely nine months old. In Athens in 2004, from speciality platform jumps of 10 meters, she placed in the individual jump and fifth in synchronized jumps. In the synchronized jumps, she participated with Tatiana Ortiz, who was also an Olympic medalist. On August 8, 2008, she was the champion of the Mexico national team at the Opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Beijing. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Synchronized 10-meter Platform at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing on 12 August 2008 with a score of 330.06. She won silver medal in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Ogechi Egonu
Paola Ogechi Egonu (born 18 December 1998) is an Italian volleyball player. She plays for Turkish volleyball club VakıfBank S.K. and was part of the Italy women's national volleyball team until 2022 when she is considering leaving from the team allegedly due to racism. She participated at the 2018 Montreux Volley Masters, 2018 FIVB Volleyball World Championship, and 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League. On club level she played for Club Italia in 2015. She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017. In 2017 she moved to AGIL Novara. She was awarded the prize for Woman of the Year 2019 by ''D - la Repubblica delle donne'', a weekly magazine of ''la Repubblica''. She was one of the flagbearers of the Olympic Flag at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. Personal life Egonu was born in Cittadella, in Veneto, to Nigerian parents. Her father, Ambrose, is Igbo from Imo State and her mother, Eunice, from Benin City. She has two siblings, Angela and Andrea. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Duguet
Paola Duguet (born October 1, 1987 in New York, United States) is a Colombian-American Olympic freestyle swimmer. She swam for Colombia at the 2004 Olympics, swimming the 400 (29th) and 800 frees (27th). She is the daughter of and Noel Duguet, founder and principal of Aravis Capital Advisors, of Briarcliff Manor, and Maria Teresa Duran Duguet, a real estate broker. Paola started swimming at the age of 5 with the Briarcliff Manor Summer Swim Team. By the age of 10, she was ranked #1 in the United States in the 50-yard breaststroke. She consistently ranked among the Top16 fastest swimmers in her age group through the years, winning many Metropolitan Junior Olympics High Point Awards and competing in 8 consecutive Eastern Zone Championships. With her Badger Swim Club teammates, Kim Kelly, Bridget O'Connor, and Whitney Sprague, they broke one of the longest standing U.S. National Age Group Records in the 15-16 year olds 800-freestyle relay held by Mission Viejo Swim Club. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Croce
Paola Croce (born March 6, 1978, in Rome) is an Italian volleyball player, who plays as a libero. She currently plays for RC Cannes RC Cannes is a French women's volleyball club based in Cannes and playing in the Ligue AF. History was created as a sports club in 1922 and the volleyball department was introduced in 1942. Originally it had both men and women's teams until 19 .... She has twice competed at the Olympics as part of the Italian national team, finishing 5th in 2008 and 2012. She was part of the Italian team that won the 2007 European Championship. In the same year, she was part of the Italian team that won the bronze medal at the World Grand Prix. References Profile External links * * * 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Rome Italian women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players of Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in volleyball Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Cavallino
Paola Cavallino (born 6 June 1977 in Genoa) is a butterfly swimmer from Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ..., who won the silver medal in the women's 200 metres butterfly event at the 2004 European Championships. She represented her native country a couple of months later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. References Profile Italian female swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Italy Sportspeople from Genoa 1977 births Living people European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Universiade silver meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
