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Van Rooyen (Rovers)
Van Rooyen or Van Rooijen () is an Afrikaans and Dutch toponymic surname. "Rooij" or "Roij" was a local term for many towns ending with "rode" or "roij", like Nistelrode, Sint-Oedenrode, Stramproy and Wanroij. This suffix itself means "a clearing made by men". at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands Notable people with the surname include: * (1930–2021), Dutch jazz trumpeter, brother of Jerry * Aimee van Rooyen (born 1995), South African rhythmic gymnast * |
Afrikaans
Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gradually began to develop distinguishing characteristics during the course of the 18th century. Now spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, estimates circa 2010 of the total number of Afrikaans speakers range between 15 and 23 million. Most linguists consider Afrikaans to be a partly creole language. An estimated 90 to 95% of the vocabulary is of Dutch origin with adopted words from other languages including German and the Khoisan languages of Southern Africa. Differences with Dutch include a more analytic-type morphology and grammar, and some pronunciations. There is a large degree of mutual intelligibility between the two languages, especially in written form. About 13.5% of the South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Van Rooyen
Jerry van Rooyen (31 December 1928 in The Hague – 14 September 2009 in Goor) was a Dutch trumpeter, conductor, and composer. His works have appeared in films such as Free Enterprise and the British television series Spaced. Biography Born Gerard Gijsbertus Jacobus van Rooijen, he studied trumpet at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, graduating in 1950. While an exchange student in New York, he became enamored with American jazz, and (along with brother Ack) became a trailblazer for modern jazz in his home country of the Netherlands. In his long musical career, Van Rooyen led various big bands in Paris, Berlin, Cologne ( WDR Big Band) and Hilversum Hilversum () is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. Located in the heart of the Gooi, it is the largest urban centre in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller towns. Hilvers ... ( Metropole Orchestra). He also wrote many arrangements and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Mark Van Rooyen
Advanced Cell Therapeutics (formerly known as BioMark International) was a company that marketed Quackery, fraudulent medical treatments in the form of stem cell therapy, starting in 2002. It was originally located in Atlanta, and offered its services in the US and Europe, and was founded and run by Stephen van Rooyen and Laura Brown. After the US Food and Drug Administration closed the company down, van Rooyen and Brown fled to South Africa and started operating the business under the name Advanced Cell Therapeutics. History Laura Brown was a former model and Stephen van Rooyen was a South African businessman who had migrated to the US. Neither had any formal medical training. They met in Malibu and learned about hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from an Atlanta-based osteopath named Mitchell Ghen, who had treated Brown's father. Ghen offered stem cell treatments for $26,000 until 2003, when the FDA shut down that part of his practice. Brown and van Rooyen formed BioMark without ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Van Rooyen
Shaun Stephen van Rooyen (born 27 April 1987) is a New Zealand football (soccer) who plays for New Zealand Football Championship side Waikato FC and has represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games. Van Rooyen was included in the New Zealand squad for the football tournament at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ... in Beijing where he played in two of New Zealand's group matches, against China (1-1) and Brazil (0-5). References External links * 1987 births Living people New Zealand men's association footballers Olympic association footballers for New Zealand Australian people of New Zealand descent Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders Soccer players from Sydney {{NewZealand-foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudi Van Rooyen
Rudi "Poerie" van Rooyen (born 5 January 1992) is a South African rugby union player for Lokomotiv-Penza in the Professional Rugby League in Russia. His regular position is scrum-half. Career Youth and Varsity Cup rugby Van Rooyen represented the at the annual Craven Week tournaments both at primary school and secondary school levels, playing at the Under-13 edition in 2005 and progressing to the Under-18 competition in 2010. He scored a try in his only appearance at the senior event in a 23–20 defeat to the ' Under-18s in Welkom. Van Rooyen was also involved at Under-19 level later in 2010, making six appearances in the 's 2010 Under-19 Provincial Championship campaign. He returned for the Under-19s for the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring two tries as they finished runners-up in the competition. During the same period, he also made the step up to the Under-21s, playing in three matches during the 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship. In 2012, Van Rooyen w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocco Van Rooyen
Rocco van Rooyen (born 23 December 1992) is a South African athlete specialising in the javelin throw. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. He competed in the men's javelin throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... His personal best in the event is 85.97 metres, set in Cape Town in 2021. Competition record Seasonal bests by year *2009 – 67.40 *2010 – 74.13 *2011 – 75.72 *2012 – 71.36 *2013 – 72.66 *2014 – 80.10 *2015 – 85.39 *2016 – 78.48 *2017 – 84.09 *2018 – 75.20 *2019 – 77.82 *2020 – 85.80 *2021 – 85.97 *2022 – 77.34 Other appearances Rocco van Rooyen was a contestant on '' Survivor South Africa: Island of Secrets'', which premiered on 16 May 2019. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reynier Van Rooyen
Reynier van Rooyen (born 25 April 1990) is a South African rugby union player for the in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is scrum-half. Career He played at Under-19 level for the in 2009 before moving to the , representing them in the 2010 and 2011 Under-21 Currie Cup competitions. He was one of 8 academy players that graduated to the first team for 2012 and was included in the squad for the 2012 Vodacom Cup. He was named on the bench for the game against on 30 March 2012, but made his debut on 30 July 2012 in the opening game of the 2012 Currie Cup First Division season against . He was a member of the Pumas side that won the Vodacom Cup for the first time in 2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ..., beating 24–7 in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Van Rooijen
Olivia van Rooijen (born 29 October 1988) is a Dutch rower. She won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships and two silver medals at the European championships in 2015–2016. She placed sixth in the women's eight at the 2016 Summer Olympics. worldrowing.com nbcolympics.com Van Rooijen took up rowing in 2001. She has a degree in chemistry from University of Amsterdam
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Myriam Van Rooyen-Steenman
Maria Hendrika Leonarda "Myriam" van Rooyen-Steenman ( Steenman, born 17 April 1950) is a retired Dutch rower. She competed at the pre1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics in the coxed four A coxed four, also known as a 4+, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one ...s and finished in respectively first and in fifth place. She won a European title in this event in 1973, won a silver medal at the 1974 World Championships and finished fifth at the 1975 World Championships. Until 1975 she competed under her maiden name Steenman, and since 1976 as van Rooijen-Steenman. References 1950 births Living people Dutch female rowers Olympic rowers for the Netherlands Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Rowers from Amsterdam European Rowing Championships medalists World Rowing Championships medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Van Rooijen
Mitchell van Rooijen (born 22 December 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club TOP Oss. Club career Utrecht Van Rooijen was born in Utrecht, but moved to Houten with his parents at a young age. In 2008, he moved from local amateur club Delta Sports '95 to the youth academy of FC Utrecht. He signed his first youth contract with that club in 2015, before being promoted to the second team competing in the second-tier Eerste Divisie the following year, in 2016. On 5 August 2016 he made his professional debut for the team, starting on the opening day of the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie in a 4–1 away loss to NAC Breda at the Rat Verlegh Stadion. On 22 December 2016, his 18th birthday, he signed a contract extension with FC Utrecht until 2020, with an option for an additional year. He scored a spectacular scorpion kick on 26 April 2019 in a league game for Jong Utrecht against Helmond Sport, joining a club of elite footballers who h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael VanRooyen
Michael Johannes VanRooyen (born November 19, 1961) is an American humanitarian and physician, best known for his expertise in emergency medicine and aid delivery in humanitarian crises. VanRooyen is the co-founder and current director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative at Harvard University, a university-wide research center that aims to provide practice-based solutions to "relieve human suffering in war and disaster" through interdisciplinary research, education, and policy-development. A leader in the humanitarian field, '' Boston'' magazine posited that "the Harvard professor's exploits have inspired legions of followers to dedicate themselves to helping right the political, military, and environmental wrongs of the world." VanRooyen is currently the chairman of the Departments of Emergency Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, and also serves as the inaugural chief of Enterprise Emergency Medicine for the Mass General Brigham he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurits Van Rooijen
Maurits van Rooijen FRSA (born 1956) is a Dutch socio-economic historian and geographer. His research has concentrated on green urbanisation and re-interpreting garden city principles. In recent publications he has promoted the concept of the "Global Knowledge City" arguing that in "the 21st century besides the need to blend urbanisation with agriculture and manufacturing (the original garden city mission), global knowledge innovation should be at the core of sustainable urbanisation." In 2013 he was awarded the prize for EAIE Constance Meldrum Award for Vision & Leadership. Since 2012, he has been the CEO & Rector of the London School of Business and Finance (LSBF). Early years Born in Breda, Netherlands in 1956, Maurits van Rooijen attended the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe lyceum (gymnasium beta) and studied at Utrecht University. In parallel to his postgraduate in ''Social and Economic History'' degree, he also did the postgraduate programme in ''Sociology for Built Environment''. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
