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Verheijen
Verheijen is a Dutch toponymic surname. It is a contraction of the surname Van der Heijden, meaning "from the heath". People with this surname include: *Carl Verheijen (born 1975), Dutch speed skater, son of Eddy * Eddy Verheijen (born 1946), Dutch speed skater, father of Carl * (1778–1846), Dutch painter * Jan Verheijen (1896–1973), Dutch weightlifter *Mark Verheijen (born 1976), Dutch politician *Raymond Verheijen Raymond Verheijen (born 23 November 1971) is a Dutch professional football coach. Career Verheijen wrote a book called ''Complete Handbook of Conditioning for Soccer''. He has been a member of the coaching staff of the national teams at three ... (born 1971), Dutch football coach * Yasmin Verheijen (born 1994), Dutch designer, model and beauty pageant See also * Verheyen, a common spelling variant {{surname Dutch-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Verheijen
Raymond Verheijen (born 23 November 1971) is a Dutch professional football coach. Career Verheijen wrote a book called ''Complete Handbook of Conditioning for Soccer''. He has been a member of the coaching staff of the national teams at three World Cups and three European Championships, with Netherlands, and South Korea and Russia, who were both managed by Guus Hiddink at the times of the appointments. He has also worked with a number of European club sides, including Barcelona of Spain, Zenit Saint Petersburg of Russia, English teams Chelsea F.C and Manchester City, and Australian team Brisbane Roar. He has also been a personal fitness coach to Craig Bellamy during his spells at Manchester City and Cardiff City, and advised Bayern Munich about the fitness of Arjen Robben. Primarily a fitness coach, Verheijen has publicly criticised the training methods of a number of English teams, such as London-based clubs Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as former club Manc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy Verheijen
Frits Eddy Verheijen (born 21 March 1946) is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands. He competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in the 500 and 1500 meter events finishing in 25th and 19th place, respectively. Verheijen married Rieneke Demming, an international speed skater. Their two sons, Frank and Carl Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of te ..., also became prominent speed skaters. Personal records Source Verheijen has a score of 170.491 points on the Adelskalender Tournament overview * ISSL = International Speed Skating League efunct* NC = No classification * DNQ = Did not qualify for the final distance source: References External links * * * 1946 births Living people Dutch male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Verheijen
Carl Eduard Verheijen (born 26 May 1975) is a retired Dutch speed skater who specialized in the longer distances 5,000 m and the 10,000 m. Verheijen is the son of international speed skaters Rieneke Demming and Eddy Verheijen. He is in a relationship with retired skater Andrea Nuyt in Leusden. They have a daughter (Manouk, August 2005). Carl's brother Frank Verheijen is a marathon skater. He won two bronze medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics, in the 10000 m race and in the team pursuit. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, he placed 6th in the 5000 m event. Records Personal records Source Verheijen has a score of 147.913 points on the Adelskalender World records : * together with Erben Wennemars and Mark Tuitert : ** together with Erben Wennemars and Sven Kramer World records at a low altitude rink (unofficial) Tournament overview Source: Medals won Best results * 2007 ** Silver medal 10000 m world single distance championships in Salt Lake Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Verheijen
Marcus Leonardus "Mark" Verheijen (born 14 August 1976 in Baarlo, Netherlands) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie). He was Vice-Chairman, Vice Chairman of that party from 2008 till 2012 and interim Chairman from 4 August 2010 to 20 May 2011. Between 20 September 2012 and 27 February 2015 he was an House of Representatives (Netherlands), MP. Previously he was a member of the municipal council (Netherlands), municipal councils of Grubbenvorst and Venlo, an wethouder, alderman and vice-mayor of Venlo from 2006 to 2011, a member of the Provinciale Staten, provincial parliament of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, and a member of the Gedeputeerde Staten, provincial executive of Limburg from 2011 to 2012. Verheijen studied history, philosophy and law at Radboud University Nijmegen. He worked as a management consultant at Deloitte & Touche. In 2015 information surfaced that Verheijen possibly wrongly claimed expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasmin Verheijen
Yasmin Verheijen (born 17 February 1994) is a Dutch designer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Nederland 2014. She represented her country at the Miss Universe 2014 pageant and placed 3rd Runner-Up. Early life Yasmin Verheijen is a certified interior designer originating from Amsterdam. She is an international model. She is of Indian, German, Indonesian, Chinese and Dutch descent.http://beautycontestupdate.com/miss-universe-netherlands-2014-yasmin-verheijen/ Pageantry Miss Nederland 2014 Verheijen was crowned as Miss Nederland 2014 (Miss Universe Netherlands 2014). Miss Universe 2014 Verheijen represented the Netherlands at Miss Universe 2014 where she placed as 3rd runner-up to Paulina Vega of Colombia, giving the Netherlands its first placement since 2011 and its highest placement since 1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Verheijen
Johannes "Jan" Verheijen (30 November 1896 – 29 April 1973) was a Dutch weightlifter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ... and was the brother of Hendrik and Minus Verheijen. In 1924 he finished twelfth in the light-heavyweight class. Four years later he won the bronze medal in the light-heavyweight class of the 1928 Games. References External linksprofile 1896 births 1973 deaths Dutch male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for the Netherlands Weightlifters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Sportspeople from The Hague Olympic medalists in weightlifting M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Der Heijden
Van der Heijden is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the heath" (modern Dutch ''heide''). Variant spellings are Van der Heijde, Van der Heyden, “VanDerHeyden” and concatenated forms. The surnames Van der Heide, Verheijen and Verheyen have the same origin. Notable people with the surname include: Van der Heijden *A. F. Th. van der Heijden (born 1951), Dutch writer * Andrew van der Heijden (born 1984), New Zealand rugby player * Dennis van der Heijden (born 1997), Dutch footballer * Frans Jozef van der Heijden (1938–2016), Dutch politician *Harold van der Heijden (born 1960), Dutch chess composer *Hein van der Heijden (born 1958), Dutch actor *Jan-Arie van der Heijden (born 1988), Dutch footballer * Jorien van der Heijden (born 1985), Dutch esports host * (1826–1900), Dutch general * Laura van der Heijden (born 1990), Dutch handball player * Laura van der Heijden (born 1997), British musician * Michael van der Heijden (born 1982), Dutch footballer * Michiel van der Hei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verheyen
Verheyen is a Dutch-language toponymic surname. It is a variant spelling of Verheijen and a contraction of the surname Van der Heijden, meaning "from the heath". Notable people with this surname include: * Carl Verheyen (born 1954), American guitarist, known for his work in Supertramp *David Verheyen (born 1981), Belgian road racing cyclist * (1877–1955), German racing cyclist * Geert Verheyen (born 1973), Belgian road racing cyclist * Gert Verheyen (born 1970), Belgian footballer * Gustave Verheyen (1880–1951), South African cricket umpire *Jacques Verheyen (1911–1989), Dutch glazier and painter * Jan Verheyen (born 1944), Belgian footballer * Jean Verheyen (1896–?), Belgian cyclist * (1932–1984), Belgian painter * Philip Verheyen (1648–1711), Belgian surgeon * Piet A. Verheyen (1931–2021), Dutch economist *René Verheyen (born 1952), Belgian football midfielder * (born 1983), Belgian jazz saxophonist and composer *Sabine Verheyen Sabine Verheyen (born 24 October 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toponymic Surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name."Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar. This can include specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or of lands that they held, or can be more generic, derived from topographic features.Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59. Toponymic surnames originated as non-hereditary personal s, and only subsequently came to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heath
A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a cooler and damper climate. Heaths are widespread worldwide but are fast disappearing and considered a rare habitat in Europe. They form extensive and highly diverse communities across Australia in humid and sub-humid areas where fire regimes with recurring burning are required for the maintenance of the heathlands.Specht, R.L. 'Heathlands' in 'Australian Vegetation' R.H. Groves ed. Cambridge University Press 1988 Even more diverse though less widespread heath communities occur in Southern Africa. Extensive heath communities can also be found in the Texas chaparral, New Caledonia, central Chile, and along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. In addition to these extensive heath areas, the vegetation type is also found in scattered locations acro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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