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Tanel Soosaar
Tanel is a male given name of Estonian origin. It is a cognate of the name Daniel. Individuals bearing the name Tanel include: *Tanel Ingi (born 1976), Estonian actor * Tanel Joamets (born 1968), Estonian pianist *Tanel Kangert (born 1987), Estonian road bicycle racer * Tanel Kiik (born 1989), Estonian politician *Tanel Kurbas (born 1988), Estonian professional basketball player *Tanel Laanmäe (born 1989), Estonian javelin thrower *Tanel Leok (born 1985), Estonian motocross racer *Tanel Padar (born 1980), Estonian singer *Tanel Rander (born 1980), Estonian artist, curator and writer *Tanel Sokk (born 1985), Estonian professional basketball player *Tanel Talve (born 1976), iEstonian journalist, radio and television presenter and politician *Tanel Tammet (born 1965), Estonian computer scientist, professor, software engineer and politician *Tanel Tein (born 1978), Estonian professional basketball player *Tanel Toom (born 1982), Estonian Oscar nominated director, screenwriter *Tanel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanel Padar
Tanel Padar (born 27 October 1980) is an Estonian people, Estonian singer and songwriter. He is best known internationally for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Padar became famous by winning the ''Kaks takti ette'', a biennial televised competition for young Estonian singers, in 1999. Career In 1999 Padar won ''Kaks takti ette'' a televised competition for young Estonian singers. In 2000, Padar was one of the backing vocalists for Eda-Ines Etti, Ines – who at the time was also his girlfriend – at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. In 2001, he, along with the boyband Soul Militia, 2XL and Aruba-born Dave Benton claimed the spotlight by winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Everybody (Tanel Padar and Dave Benton song), Everybody". In 2003 Padar started a rock band called Tanel Padar & The Sun, which is one of the most popular bands in Estonia. In 2006, Tanel Padar & The Sun had the following positions in the Estonian 2006 chart (top 40): #1, #4, #1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanel Tuhal
Tanel Tuhal (born 25 June 1967 in Pärnu) is a notable Estonian architect. He graduated from the Department of Architecture of the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR (today's Estonian Academy of Arts) in 1992. Tanel Tuhal works in the architectural bureau Luhse&Tuhal OÜ. Notable works by Tanel Tuhal include the new monastery of Pirita, the Concert Hall of Jõhvi, the apartment buildings in Lehe street and the extension of the Russian Theatre in Tallinn. Tanel Tuhal is a member of the Union of Estonian Architects. Works *Pärnu College, 1997 *123 gas station, 2000 *Benedictine monastery in Pirita, 2001 *Beach café in Pärnu, 2002 *Apartment building in Kuressaare, 2003 *Jõhvi Concert Hall, 2005 *Apartment building in Rakvere, 2005 *Apartment buildings on Papli Street, 2005 *Extension of the Russian Theatre, 2006 *Gran Rose Spa, 2006 *Apartment building on Tedre Street, 2007 *Apartment building on Lehe Street, 2007 *Kindergarten in Jüri, 2008 See also * List of Estonian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanel Toom
Tanel Toom (born 1 November 1982) is an Estonian director and screenwriter. Toom studied filmmaking at Tallinn University, graduating with a BA in 2005. After that, he worked as a director for commercials and as a first assistant director. In 2008, he completed his fourth short film, The Second Coming, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The apocalyptical war drama has since been screened at numerous film festivals and won several awards, including Best European Short at the Arcipelago International Film Festival. The same year, he decided to continue his studies at the National Film and Television School in England. He graduated from the NFTS with an MA in 2010 and shortly after that his diploma film The Confession won the Student Academy Award for Honorary Foreign Film and got him an Academy Award nomination for Live Action Short Film. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanel Tein
Tanel Tein (born 10 January 1978) is an Estonian former professional basketball player. He was named Estonian Player of the Year in 2008. Tein played one season of college basketball for the St. Francis Terriers. Professional career Tein started his career playing for hometown team Tartu in 1993 and led them to two Estonian championships (2000, 2001) and three Estonian Cups (2000–2002). In July 2003, he signed with Śląsk Wrocław of the Polish Basketball League and the Euroleague, and won the Polish Cup in 2004. Tein subsequently played for Alba Berlin and Dynamo Moscow Region, before returning to University of Tartu in November 2005. He went on to win three more Estonian championships in 2007, 2008, 2010. National team career Tein began playing for the Estonian national basketball team in 1998. He played with Estonia at the EuroBasket 2001, averaging 5.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. The team finished the tournament with a 0–3 record for 14th pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanel Tammet
Tanel Tammet is an Estonian computer scientist, professor, software engineer, and computer programmer. He was also one of the founding members of the Estonian Greens party, and helped found the IT College in Tallinn. Life and career Born in 1965, Tammet had early access to the University of Tartu's computers through his father's work at the physics department. As a result, he eventually graduated the university's maths department in applied mathematics, specializing in information technology. He took interest in automated theorem proving and graduated the Gothenburg Chalmers University of Technology in with a Ph.D. in 1992. He lived in Sweden for the most part of that decade, then returned to Tallinn. Tammet received international renown for his automated theorem proving program Gandalf, which won different categories of the Conference on Automated Deduction (CADE) CASC competition six times between 1997 and 2003. He has been the Estonian delegate to the Information Systems Tech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanel Talve
Tanel Talve (born 13 August 1976 in Tallinn) is an Estonian journalist, radio and television presenter and politician. He has been member of XIII Riigikogu. In 2016 he graduated from University of Tartu's Pärnu College in tourism and hotel management. From 1994 to 2004 he worked at Estonian Radio, being editor, presenter and reporter. From 2004 to 2019 he worked at television channel Kanal 2, being a presenter and reporter for the news program ''Reporter'', the presenter of the popular science program ''Galileo'' and the producer, cameraman, director and presenter of the travel program ''Motoreporter''. Since 2015 he is a member of Estonian Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party ( et, Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond, SDE) is a centre-left political party in Estonia. It is currently led by Lauri Läänemets. The party was formerly known as the Moderate People's Party ( et, Rahvaerakond Mõõduka .... References 1976 births Living people Estonian journalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanel Sokk
Tanel Sokk (born 20 January 1985) is an Estonian professional basketball player who plays for TalTech Basketball Team of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League. Standing at 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in), he plays at the point guard position. He also represents the Estonian national basketball team internationally. Professional career Sokk began playing basketball in his father's, Tiit Sokk's, basketball school. He began his professional career in 2002 with Nybit of the Korvpalli Meistriliiga, coached by his father. On his first season in the KML, Sokk averaged 13.12 points per game and won the KML Best Young Player Award. Dalkia/Nybit finished the 2005–06 season in third place. Sokk averaged 14.22 points per game and was named to the All-KML Team. In 2006, Sokk signed for Kalev/Cramo. He won his first Estonian Championship in the 2008–09 season, when Kalev/Cramo defeated TÜ/Rock 4 games to 2 in the KML Finals. From 2011 to 2014, Sokk won four consecutive Estonian Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanel Rander
Tanel Rander (born 1 December 1980) is an Estonian artist, curator and writer. He has used several pseudonyms: , , , Chanel Rantie. In 2005, he graduated from the University of Tartu, studying law. In 2010, he graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts The Estonian Academy of Arts ( Estonian: ''Eesti Kunstiakadeemia'', EKA) is the only public university in Estonia providing higher education in art, design, architecture, media, art history and conservation-restoration. It is based in Tallinn. Ac ..., studying interdisciplinary art. Works * 2008: novel ("Out of Control") * 2012: Exhibitions * 2010: (Tallinn City Gallery) * 2010: (Y-Gallery, Tartu) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rander, Tanel Living people 1980 births Estonian male novelists Estonian male short story writers 21st-century Estonian male artists 21st-century Estonian writers Estonian Academy of Arts alumni University of Tartu alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanel Leok
Tanel Leok (born 1 June 1985) is an Estonian professional motocross racer. He has competed in the Motocross World Championships since 2001. Early life Tanel was born in Võru, Estonia and currently resides in Balen, Belgium. His father, Arvo Leok, was a motocross rider and introduced his son to the sport at a young age. He lived in Estonia and attended Sõmerpalu Primary school until he was 16 years old when he decided to pursue his racing career full-time. Career Early career He became the first rider with two junior world titles to his credit, winning the 85 cc FIM world cup in 2000 and the 125cc FIM Junior World Cup in 2001. He turned semi-professional midway through the 2001 season, and qualified for a number of GP races at 15 years of age. He claimed his first senior title in 2001 as well, being crowned German 125cc champion. His hard-charging and unmistakable racing style earned him the moniker "The Estonian Express." 2002–2003: KTM In 2002 his first professional team w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Language
Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. Classification Estonian belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. The Finnic languages also include Finnish and a few minority languages spoken around the Baltic Sea and in northwestern Russia. Estonian is subclassified as a Southern Finnic language and it is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages. Alongside Finnish, Hungarian and Maltese, Estonian is one of the four official languages of the European Union that are not of an Indo-European origin. From the typological point of view, Estonian is a predominantly agglutinative language. The loss of word-final sounds is extensive, and this has made its inflectional morphology markedly more fusional, especially with respect to no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanel Laanmäe
Tanel Laanmäe (born 29 September 1989) is an Estonian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He won the gold medal at the 2015 Summer Universiade. He has also represented his country at the 2009, 2015 and 2017 World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, .... His personal best in the event, set in 2016, is 85.04 m. International competitions Seasonal bests by year *2006 – 69.37 *2007 – 76.35 *2008 – 75.93 *2009 – 81.96 *2010 – 77.93 *2011 – 78.18 *2012 – 80.75 *2013 – 81.05 *2014 – 81.16 *2015 – 83.82 *2016 – 85.04 *2017 – 82.58 References 1989 births Living people Estonian male javelin throwers World Athletics Championships athletes for Estonia Tallinn University alumni Athletes (track and field) at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
