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Table Tennis At The 1972 Summer Paralympics
Table tennis at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of nineteen events, ten for men and nine for women. Medal table Medal summary Men's events Women's events References * {{Paralympic Games Table tennis 1972 Summer Paralympics events 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ... Paralympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Tennis At The 1968 Summer Paralympics
Table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ... at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of fifteen events, eight for men and seven for women. Medal table Medal summary Men's events Women's events References * {{Paralympic Games Table tennis 1968 Summer Paralympics events 1968 Paralympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Blackburn
Jane Blackburn is a retired athlete who competed in a number of sports at five Paralympic Games. At the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics, Blackburn won gold in the table tennis Women's doubles 1A-1B alongside Barbara Anderson, and silver in the Archery women's singles 1B and Mixed St. Nicholas round team tetraplegic, alongside Anderson and Tommy Taylor Thomas Taylor (29 January 1932 – 6 February 1958) was an English footballer, who was known for his aerial ability. He was one of the eight Manchester United players who died in the Munich air disaster. Career Taylor was born in Smithies, .... She also took bronze in the Women's St. Nicholas round tetraplegic. Blackburn won a gold and bronze medal at the 1976 Toronto Paralympics, in the table tennis women's singles 1B and athletics women's pentathlon 1B respectively. She again defended her table tennis singles 1B title at the 1980 Arnhem Paralympics, as well as winning lawn bowls gold and silver in the Women's Pair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa Sicari
Rosa Sicari is an Italian Paralympian. She competed at the 1972 Summer Paralympics winning a gold medal in table tennis, and bronze medal, 1976 Summer Paralympics, and 1980 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in table tennis. See also *Paralympic sports *Sport in Italy Sport in Italy has a long tradition. In several sports, both individual and team, Italy has good representation and many successes. The most popular sport in Italy is football. Italy's national football team is one of the world's most successfu ... References Table tennis players at the 1972 Summer Paralympics {{Italy-Paralympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursula Schatz
Ursula may refer to: * Ursula (name), feminine name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name * ''Ursula'' (album), an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron *Ursula (crater), a crater on Titania, a moon of Uranus *Ursula (detention center), processing facility for unaccompanied minors in McAllen, Texas *Ursula (The Little Mermaid), a fictional character who appears in ''The Little Mermaid'' (1989) *Ursula Channel, body of water in British Columbia, Canada *375 Ursula, a large main-belt asteroid * HMS ''Ursula'', a destroyer and two submarines that served with the Royal Navy *Tropical Storm Ursula (other), a typhoon, two cyclones, and a tropical depression, all in the Pacific Ocean * Ursula, signals intelligence system used by the Finnish Defence Intelligence Agency See also *Saint Ursula *Urszula Urszula may refer to: * Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa (1705–1753), Polish-Lithuania-Belarusian noble dramatist and writer * Urszula Augustyn (born 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aria De Vries-Noordam
Aria de Vries-Noordam is a Dutch Paralympic athlete. She represented the Netherlands at the 1972 Summer Paralympics The 1972 Summer Paralympics (german: Paralympische Sommerspiele 1972), the fourth edition of the Paralympic Games, were held in Heidelberg, West Germany, from 2 to 11 August 1972. The games ended 15 days before the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Mu ... held in Heidelberg, West Germany and she competed both in athletics and table tennis. She won two medals in athletics: the gold medal in the women's shot put 1A event and the silver medal in the women's 60 metres wheelchair 1A event. She also won the gold medal in the women's singles 1A event in table tennis. References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Dutch female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1972 Summer Paralympics Paralympic table tennis players of the Netherlands Medalists at the 1972 Summer Paral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Venturi
Oliver may refer to: Arts, entertainment and literature Books * ''Oliver the Western Engine'', volume 24 in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry * '' Oliver Twist'', a novel by Charles Dickens Fictional characters * Ariadne Oliver, in the novels of Agatha Christie * Oliver (Disney character) * Oliver Fish, a gay police officer on the American soap opera ''One Life to Live'' * Oliver Hampton, in the American television series ''How to Get Away with Murder'' * Oliver Jones (''The Bold and the Beautiful''), on the American soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' * Oliver Lightload, in the movie ''Cars'' * Oliver Oken, from ''Hannah Montana'' * Oliver (paladin), a paladin featured in the Matter of France * Oliver Queen, DC Comic book hero also known as the Green Arrow * Oliver (Thomas and Friends character), a locomotive in the Thomas and Friends franchise * Oliver Trask, a controversial minor character from the first season of ''The O.C.'' * Oliver Twist (charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Ferraris
Giovanni Ferraris (? - ?) was an Italian paralympic table tennis player and wheelchair fencer who won thirteen medals, in three different sports and five different editions, at the Summer Paralympics. See also * Italian multiple medallists at the Summer Paralympics References External links * Date of birth missing Date of death missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing Paralympic table tennis players for Italy Paralympic wheelchair fencers for Italy Paralympic snooker players for Italy Paralympic gold medalists for Italy Paralympic silver medalists for Italy Paralympic bronze medalists for Italy Paralympic medalists in snooker Paralympic medalists in table tennis Paralympic medalists in wheelchair fencing Table tennis players at the 1960 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1964 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1972 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Pimmelar
Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi actor and singer, son of Hans Raj Hans * Hans clan, a tribal clan in Punjab, Pakistan Places * Hans, Marne, a commune in France * Hans Island, administrated by Greenland and Canada Arts and entertainment * ''Hans'' (film) a 2006 Italian film directed by Louis Nero * Hans (Frozen), the main antagonist of the 2013 Disney animated film ''Frozen'' * ''Hans'' (magazine), an Indian Hindi literary monthly * ''Hans'', a comic book drawn by Grzegorz Rosiński and later by Zbigniew Kasprzak Other uses * Clever Hans, the "wonder horse" * ''The Hans India'', an English language newspaper in India * HANS device, a racing car safety device *Hans, the ISO 15924 code for Simplified Chinese script See also * Han (other) *Hans im Glüc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Koch (Paralympian)
Wolfgang Koch (born 1966) is a German operatic bass-baritone. He is best known for his performances in leading roles in the operas of Richard Wagner. Early life Koch studied at University of Music and Performing Arts Munich and went on to study under Josef Metternich in Feldafing and then Gianni Raimondi in Milan. He was first engaged in a permanent role at the Stadttheater Bern in 1991. In 1993 he moved to the Stuttgart State Opera, where he stayed until 1996. He then pursued a freelance career and is now based in Vienna. Career Wagnerian roles Koch has frequently appeared as Hans Sachs in Wagner's '' Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg''. He made his debut in this role in 2004 in Bielefeld, and has since appeared in the role in Frankfurt, at the Vienna State Opera, and at the Royal Opera House. In ''Tristan und Isolde'' he has taken the role of Kurwenal at the Hamburg State Opera and the Salzburg Festival. In Wagner's cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'', Koch notably appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Vleiger
Rod, Ror, Ród, Rőd, Rød, Röd, ROD, or R.O.D. may refer to: Devices * Birch rod, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment * Ceremonial rod, used to indicate a position of authority * Connecting rod, main, coupling, or side rod, in a reciprocating engine * Control rod, used to control the rate of fission in a nuclear reactor * Divining rod, two rods believed by some to find water in a practice known as dowsing * Fishing rod, a tool used to catch fish, like a long pole with a hook on the end * Lightning rod, a conductor on top of a building to protect the building in the event of lightning by taking the charge harmlessly to earth * Measuring rod, a kind of ruler * Switch (corporal punishment), a piece of wood as used as a staff or for corporal punishment, or a bundle of such switches * Truss rod, a steel part inside a guitar neck used for its tension adjustment Arts and entertainment * ''Read or Die'', a Japanese anime and manga ** ''Read or Die'' (O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |