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Raas (surname)
Raas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jan Raas (born 1952), Dutch cyclist * Naser al-Raas ( 1983–2016), Canadian political activist See also * Raa (surname) *Raes The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a British multi-disciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community. Founded in 1866, it is the oldest aeronautical society in the world. Members, Fellows ..., surname {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Raas
Jan Raas (born 8 November 1952) is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Road Race Championship in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Valkenburg, he also won the Tour of Flanders in 1979 and 1983, Paris–Roubaix in 1982 and Milan–San Remo in 1977. He won ten stages in the Tour de France. In six starts, Raas won the Amstel Gold Race five times. In his entire career he competed in 23 of the highly contested "Monument" Races and he finished on the podium in almost half of them: 1st place four times and 3rd place six times. Raas was a tactician and clever sprinter. He struggled on the long steep climbs but excelled on the short climbs characteristic of the northern classics. Career Born in Heinkenszand, near Goes in Zeeland, Raas was the son of a farmer and one of 10 children. He showed no interest in cycling until leaving school at 16 when he acquired his first racing bike and started competing as a junior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naser Al-Raas
Naser Bader al-Raas ( ar, ناصر بدر الراس; c. 1983 – 19 September 2016) was a Canadian national who was detained by the Bahraini government for attending a pro-democracy protest of the Bahraini uprising. The charges were later dropped, and he returned to Canada on 16 February 2012. Arrest and trials In 2011, al-Raas was working as an IT specialist in Kuwait. (al-Raas was born in Kuwait, but holds Canadian citizenship and lived from 1996 to 2000 in Ottawa.) In March, concerned by the growing unrest in Bahrain, al-Raas planned a three-week trip to visit his five sisters there and check on their safety. During his stay, he also attended an opposition rally, though he later stated in court that he had gone only to observe and had not participated. However, on 20 March 2011, while attempting to depart Bahrain via the Bahrain International Airport, he was seized by four plainclothes police officers. He later stated that he was taken to an underground cell in Al Qal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raa (surname)
Raa is a Nordic surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Hedvig Raa-Winterhjelm (1838–1907), Swedish actor * Jan Raa (born 1939), Norwegian biologist * Torolf Raa (born 1933), Norwegian diplomat See also *Raas (surname) Raas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jan Raas (born 1952), Dutch cyclist * Naser al-Raas ( 1983–2016), Canadian political activist See also * Raa (surname) *Raes The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAe ... {{Surname, Raa Surnames of Scandinavian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
