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Tina Røe Skaar
Tina Røe Skaar (born 31 August 1993) is a Norwegian taekwondo practitioner. She qualified for competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, by winning the +67kg class in the 2016 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2016 European Qualification Tournament for Rio Olympic Games was held in Istanbul, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, t ..., after winning her matches against Nafia Kuş, Olga Ivanova and Reshmie Oogink. References External links * 1993 births Living people Norwegian female taekwondo practitioners European Games competitors for Norway Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games 21st-century Norwegian women {{Norway-taekwondo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. The literal translation for tae kwon do is "kicking", "punching", and "the art or way of". They are a kind of martial arts in which one attacks or defends with hands and feet anytime or anywhere, with occasional use of weapons. The physical training undertaken in Taekwondo is purposeful and fosters strength of mind through mental armament. Taekwondo practitioners wear a uniform, known as a dobok. It is a combat sport and was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with experience in martial arts such as karate, Chinese martial arts, and indigenous Korean martial arts traditions such as Taekkyon, Subak, and Gwonbeop. The oldest governing body for Taekwondo is the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA), formed in 1959 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. The literal translation for tae kwon do is "kicking", "punching", and "the art or way of". They are a kind of martial arts in which one attacks or defends with hands and feet anytime or anywhere, with occasional use of weapons. The physical training undertaken in Taekwondo is purposeful and fosters strength of mind through mental armament. Taekwondo practitioners wear a uniform, known as a dobok. It is a combat sport and was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with experience in martial arts such as karate, Chinese martial arts, and indigenous Korean martial arts traditions such as Taekkyon, Subak, and Gwonbeop. The oldest governing body for Taekwondo is the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA), formed in 1959 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009. 11,238 athletes from 207 nations took part in the 2016 Games, including first-time entrants Kosovo at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Kosovo, South Sudan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, South Sudan, and the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Refugee Olympic Team. With 306 sets of medals, the Games featured 28 Olympic sports, including rugby sevens and golf, which were added to the Olympic program in 2009. These sporting events took place at 33 venues in the host city and at five separate venues in the Brazilian cities of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2016 European Qualification Tournament for Rio Olympic Games was held in Istanbul, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ... from January 16 to January 17, 2016. Each country may enter maximum 2 male and 2 female divisions with only one in each division and the first two ranked athletes per weight division qualify their NOCs a place each for Olympic Games. Medalists Men Women Qualification summary Results Men −58 kg 16 January −68 kg 16 January −80 kg 17 January +80 kg 17 January Women −49 kg 17 January −57 kg 17 January −67 kg 16 January +67 kg 16 January References {{reflist External links World Taekwondo Federation Olympic Qualification Taekwondo Olympic Qual 2016 in Turkish sport Taekwondo qualificati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nafia Kuş
Nafia Kuş Aydın (born 20 February 1995) is a world and European champion Turkish people, Turkish female taekwondo practitioner competing in the heavyweight division. She won the gold medal in the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships – Women's heavyweight, women's heavyweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Career Kuş is a native of Adana, Turkey. She has been performing taekwondo since age 8. Currently, Kuş is studying Physical Education and Sports at Çukurova University in Adana. In 2013, she obtained the silver medal at the Taekwondo at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games#Women's kyorugi, Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia. Kuş won the silver medal at the 2014 World University Taekwondo Championships in Hohhot, China. She became gold medalist at the European Junior Championship in Innsbruck, Austria in 2014, and continued her success by winning another gold medals at tournaments in 2015 including Dutch Open in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Ivanova (taekwondo)
Olga Erikovna Ivanova (russian: Ольга Эриковна Иванова; born 23 March 1993 in Verkhneuralsk) is a Russian taekwondo practitioner. Ivanova won the gold medal in the women's heavyweight (+73 kg) class at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships, which was Russia's first gold medal at World Taekwondo Championships, WTF World Championships. In September 2013, Ivanova rescued a woman from a minor dispute by kicking the attacking man in the stomach, knocking him down for enough time for the victim to walk away. References External links * * 1993 births Living people Russian female taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in taekwondo European Games bronze medalists for Russia Summer World University Games medalists in taekwondo FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia European Taekwondo Championships m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reshmie Oogink
Reshmie Oogink (born 26 October 1989) is a Dutch taekwondo athlete. She represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's +67 kg. She won a bronze medal in middleweight at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships. She represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ..., in the women's +67 kg coached by Edward Fong. References External links * 1989 births Living people Dutch female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for the Netherlands Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Almelo Universiade medalists in taekwondo Universiade bronze medalists for the Netherlands European Games competitors for the Netherlands T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romerikes Blad
''Romerikes Blad'' is a local newspaper published in Lillestrøm, Norway. It covers the Romerike district. History and profile ''Romerikes Blad'' was established by Martin Julius Halvorsen in 1902 in Jessheim under the name ''Akershusingen'', and was affiliated with the Norwegian Labour Party. The name ''Romerikes Blad'' was taken in 1905. Between 1953 and 1967 it expanded from two to five editions a week. It mainly covered Ullensaker, Nannestad and Gjerdrum, although offices at Kjeller were opened in 1974. In 1990 it merged with the larger newspaper '' Akershus Arbeiderblad'', which mainly covered Skedsmo, Rælingen, Fet, Sørum and Lørenskog. The two newspapers had shared the same editor-in-chief for some time. ''Romerikes Blad'' had been the smaller newspaper before the merger, with a circulation of 10,694 copies in 1983 compared to ''Akershus Arbeiderblad'' which had 24,529 copies. Nonetheless, after an initial period under the name ''Akershus/Romerikes Blad'', the name ''R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandinavian Traveler
''Scandinavian Traveler'' is the inflight magazine of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). History and profile ''Scandinavian Traveler'' was established as a successor to ''Scanorama'', former inflight magazine of SAS. The magazine was first published in November 2014. It is published on a monthly basis and covers lifestyle- and travel-related articles. The printed magazine is published in English, and online versions of the magazine are published in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and English. The second issue of the magazine, published in December 2014, was suspended by SAS when it led to criticism of Norway's Progress Party due to the article by Swedish journalist Per Svensson. The article was concerned with the recent increase of right-wing extremist parties in Scandinavian countries Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergens Tidende
''Bergens Tidende'' is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo. ''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015. History and profile Founded in 1868, ''Bergens Tidende'' is based in Bergen. The newspaper is published in two sections. Section one contains op-eds, general news, sports, and weather. Section two contains culture, views, local news, and television listings. The feature magazine ''BTMagasinet'' is published on Saturdays. ''Bergens Tidende'' is owned by the public company Schibsted, which also owns ''Aftenposten'', ''Stavanger Aftenblad'', and ''Fædrelandsvennen''. At least 30% of the shares of Schibsted are owned by foreign investment banks and insurance companies, such as Goldman Sachs. The paper began to be published in tabloid format in 2006. The paper was awarded the European Newspaper of the Year in the regional newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Births
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea gains independence; A major snow storm passes over the United States and Canada, leading to over 300 fatalities; Drug lord and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar is killed by Colombian special forces; Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorists detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in the United States., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Oslo I Accord rect 200 0 400 200 1993 Russian constitutional crisis rect 400 0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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