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Ragıp Vural Tandoğan
Ragıp Vural Tandoğan (born 1965) is a Turkish long-distance swimmer. He is a former industrial engineer from profession. Personal life Ragıp Vural Tandoğan was born in 1965. After finishing the Kabataş Boys High School in Istanbul in 1982, he studied Industrial Engineering at Istanbul Technical University, and graduated in 1986. He worked many years in various companies as an engineer. His high school honored him by naming the teacher's room after him, and decorating the room walls with photos of him and his awards. Sport career Tandoğan started swimming again, which he was interested in at a young age, to lose weight and live a healthier life. With the encouragement of his friends, he participated at international marathon swim competitions. He does some of his swimming trainings for his competitive swims in the pool of his alma mater. His first long-distance swim was crossing the -long Strait of Gibraltar at his age of 50 on 4 July 2016, from north to south in a tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabataş Boys High School
Kabataş Boys High School (; ) is one of the oldest and most prominent high schools in Turkey. It is located in Ortaköy at Bosphorus in Istanbul. History The high school was established in 1908 by the Ottoman sultan Abdulhamid II. Kabataş Mekteb-i İdadisi had served to raise qualified leaders for the Ottoman Empire for 15 years. After Turkey became a republic in 1923, the institution became a standard high school with its new name: Kabataş Erkek Lisesi. Owing to the inadequacy of the building used by the school, Kabataş Erkek Lisesi had to move to the nearby Feriye Palaces, where the relatives of Sultans -the royal families- had previously been accommodated. Feriye Palaces are known for not only their fascinating view of the Bosphorus but also an unfortunate event, the imprisonment and alleged murder of Sultan Abdülaziz II, which took place in the buildings. During the Balkan Wars, Kabataş sent numerous students to the battlefront. In the early years, only boys were educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronado Island
Coronado (Spanish for "Crowned") is a resort city in San Diego County, California, United States, across San Diego Bay from downtown San Diego. It was founded in the 1880s and incorporated in 1890. Its population was 20,192 in 2020. Coronado is a tied island which is connected to the mainland by a tombolo (a sandy isthmus) called Silver Strand. Along the coast of Southern California lie four islands that were spotted by Sebastian Vizcaino and his crew. They named them "Los Coronados". In the mid-1880s, businessmen bought the peninsula near Los Coronados with hopes to turn it into a resort. Later in 1886, the owners of this peninsula hosted a naming contest with the people resulting in the name "Miramar" winning, which was soon overturned due to the public not being satisfied with the name, so they borrowed from their cousin islands "Los Coronados" and named it "Coronado". Coronado is the Spanish term for "crowned" and thus it is nicknamed ''The Crown City''. Its name is deriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
