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Raña
Raña () is a Spanish surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Iván Raña Fuentes (born 1979), Spanish triathlete * Mario Vázquez Raña (1932-2015), Mexican businessman * Olegario Vázquez Raña (born 1935), Mexican entrepreneur and principal shareholder of Grupo Empresbaaaaabbbbbiiiiieeeearial Ángeles See also * Rana (name) Rana ( Deva, राणा, ur, رانا) is an Indian Surname of Sanskrit origin meaning "king" in South Asian languages and is the masculine derivative of the Sanskrit word "rānī" meaning "queen". It was commonly used as a princely title b ... {{surname Spanish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Raña
Iván Raña Fuentes (born 10 June 1979) is a Spanish triathlete and the winner of three medals in the World Triathlon Championships between the years of 2002-2004. He also has won three medals at the European League Triathlon as well, between the years of 2001-2003. He competed in three Olympics as well: Sydney in 2000, Athens in 2004, and Beijing in 2008, where he won two Olympic Diplomas for fifth place in both Sydney and Beijing. Athletic career Raña participated in the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took fifth place with a total time of 1:49:10.88. In 2002 when he won world, European and national titles. His world championship win in Cancún, Mexico, was Spain's first gold medal in the event. The next year he came home second at the world championships behind Australia's Peter Robertson and he had to settle for silver earlier this year as well. In 2004, at the world champs in Madeira, Raña came home less than a second behind Kiwi Docherty. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Vázquez Raña
Mario Vázquez Raña (7 June 1932 – 8 February 2015) was a Mexican businessman and sports administrator, who served on both national and Olympic committees. He served as a member of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) until 2012. He was the President of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO). On 5 April 2008, Vázquez Raña received international press attention for his statement that the situation in Tibet "is a Chinese problem" that is "not an issue for the Olympic Games." Career *President of the Board of Directors of the Hermanos Vázquez Company (1960–1980); *President and Director General of the Organización Editorial Mexicana (1975–) the largest newspaper company in Latin America, " Cartones Ponderosa" (2001–) and * owned United Press International (1985–1988) On 15 March 2012 he resigned from the IOC, IOC Executive Board and as the head of the Association of National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olegario Vázquez Raña
Olegario Vázquez Raña (born 10 December 1935) is a Mexican entrepreneur, businessman, owner of several companies, and the chairman and principal shareholder of Grupo Empresarial Ángeles. He is married to María de los Angeles Aldir and he is the father of Olegario Vázquez Aldir, one of the richest businessman in Mexico. Sports career Vázquez Raña was a member of Mexico's shooting team at all Olympic Games from 1964 to 1976 and all world championships from 1966 to 1979. He is the national record-holder in many shooting disciplines and the world record-holder in air rifle (1973 and 1975). Sports administration *President of the Mexican Shooting Federation (1975 - 1992). *Lifelong Honorary President (1992 - ). *Vice-President of the Mexican Sports Confederation (1983 - 1992). *Permanent member of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) (1969 - ). *President of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) (1980 - 2018). *President of the Shooting Confederation of the Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rana (name)
Rana ( Deva, राणा, ur, رانا) is an Indian Surname of Sanskrit origin meaning "king" in South Asian languages and is the masculine derivative of the Sanskrit word "rānī" meaning "queen". It was commonly used as a princely title by the Nepalese Rana dynasty and by Rajput kings that ruled under a Maharana in the Indian subcontinent. It is today more commonly used as a surname among Rajputs in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh. Some other variants of the name include ''Rani'' and '' Ranee'' as well as the surname '' Rane'', which is more common in Goa and Maharashtra. In Persian, Arabic, Turkish and Kurdish; the name means "eye-catching, glittering, mesmerising" and "elegant, graceful", stemming from the word ''yarnū'' ( ar, يرنو), meaning "to gaze at longingly". It is a given name for females in Middle Eastern countries. In Galician, it is a derivative of the surname ''Raña'' that may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
