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Vânia Elisabeth
Vânia or Vania is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Vânia Abreu (born 1967), singer and performer from Brazil *Vânia Bastos (born 1956), Brazilian singer *Vânia Fernandes (born 1985), Portuguese singer *Vânia Ishii (born 1973), judoka from Brazil * Vania King (born 1989), tennis player from the United States *Anna Vania Mello (born 1979), volleyball player from Italy *Vania Rossi (born 1983), professional cyclocross bicycle racer from Italy *Vânia Silva (born 1980), hammer thrower from Portugal *Vania Stambolova (born 1983), Bulgarian athlete *Vania Vargas (born 1978), Guatemalan poet, narrator, editor, and journalist * Vânia (footballer) Vânia Cristina Martins (born 9 November 1980), simply known as Vânia, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward and full back. She was a member of the Brazil women's national team. Career Vânia played for several Brazilian ..., Brazilian women's footballer, who also represented Equatorial Guinea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vânia Abreu
Vânia Abreu is a singer and performer from Brazil. She was born on May 30, 1967 as Vânia Mercury de Almeida. at MPB.net She is the younger sister of , a chart-topping singer in '''' (Brazilian popular music). She and her sister performed in local nightclubs, bars, and other venues in their teen years in order to achieve their start as singers. Abreu began her professional performances in 1986 as a backup singer for the band Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vânia Bastos
Vânia Bastos (born May 13, 1956) is a Brazilian singer, who began her professional life with the Vanguarda Paulista avant-garde movement in the early 1980s. Biography Bastos moved to São Paulo in 1975, to study sociology and singing. In 1980, she began her career as vocalist of Arrigo Barnabé's ''Sabor de Veneno'' band. She was the main soloist of Barnabé's 1983 album '' Tubarões Voadores'', and participated in presentations and recordings with Itamar Assumpção, the other important name of the Vanguarda. She also recorded with Brazilian rock bands such as Magazine and Joelho de Porco Joelho de Porco (lit. "Pig's Knee" but more precisely "Ham Hock") is a Brazilian rock band formed in 1972 in São Paulo. They are known for their musical eclecticism and their role in pioneering punk in Brazil. History Context and formation .... From 1986, she began to record her own works. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vânia Fernandes
Vânia Sofia Olim Marote de Ribeiro Fernandes (born 25 September 1985) is a Portuguese singer from Funchal, Madeira (Portugal). Known for her powerful stage presence, as well as her prominent and versatile voice, Fernandes has participated in several singing contests and performed in public in both her home island of Madeira and on the mainland of Portugal since 1997. In 2007, Vânia won Portuguese public television's talent contest, ''Operação Triunfo'' (a kind of Star Academy). That same year, she completed her professional music studies and training in singing, including jazz, at Madeira's Conservatory. On 22 May 2008 Fernandes sung " Senhora do mar" (Lady of the Sea) during the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. The song was the winner of the 2008 edition of Portugal's national selection final for Eurovision, the Festival da Canção. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision final on 24 May 2008 and gained 13th place (out of 25 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vânia Ishii
Vânia Yukie Ishii (バニア・ユキエ・イシイ, born August 19, 1973, in São Paulo) is a female judoka from Brazil, daughter of Chiaki Ishii who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Vânia Yukie Ishii won the gold medal in the half middleweight division (– 63 kg) at the 1999 Pan American Games. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ... in Sydney, Australia. References External links * *ProfileVânia Ishii - JudoInside.com 1973 births Living people Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1999 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2003 Pan American Games Olympic judoka of Brazil Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vania King
Vania King (born February 3, 1989) is an American former tennis player. A former top-ten doubles player, King won both the Wimbledon and US Open women's doubles titles in 2010 with partner Yaroslava Shvedova, with whom she also reached the final of the 2011 US Open. She won a total of 15 WTA doubles titles and reached a career-high ranking of No. 3 in the world. She also ended runner-up in the mixed-doubles final at the French Open in 2009, with Marcelo Melo. In singles, King has been ranked as high as No. 50 in the world. Her biggest accomplishments included a WTA Tour title at the 2006 Bangkok Open and two runner-up finishes at the 2013 Guangzhou International and 2016 Jianxi International. She also progressed as far as the third round in Grand Slam tournaments, doing so on four occasions (the 2009 US Open, the 2011 French Open, the 2011 US Open, and the 2012 Australian Open). King announced her retirement on April 6, 2021. Personal life King's parents moved to the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Vania Mello
Anna Vania Mello (born 27 February 1979) is a volleyball player from Italy, who claimed the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2002 World Championship in Germany. There she played as a middle-blocker, wearing the number #16 jersey. Vania Mello also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.''La Repubblica''"Ecco le 12 ragazze che andranno a Sydney" June 22, 2000. Retrieved on June 2, 2013. Honours * 2000 Olympic Games — 9th place * 2000 FIVB World Grand Prix The 2000 FIVB World Grand Prix was the eighth women's volleyball tournament of its kind. It was held over four weeks in three countries and six cities throughout Asia: Hong Kong, Thailand, PR China, Chinese Taipei and Malaysia, cumulating with the ... — 7th place * 2001 European Championship — 2nd place * 2002 World Championship — 1st place References External links * FIVB Profile 1979 births Living people Italian women's volleyball players Italian expatriate sportspeople in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vania Rossi
Vania Rossi (born 3 October 1983) is a professional cyclocross bicycle racer from Italy. On 29 January 2010 Rossi was reported positive for EPO CERA by the Italian Olympic Committee. The Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI) controlled her on 10 January after she finished second in the women's national cyclocross championships. However, on 2 April CONI revealed that the B Sample was returned non-positive. Rossi is the partner of Italian professional road bicycle racer Riccardo Riccò Riccardo Riccò (born 1 September 1983) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who is suspended from all competition until 2024. He was previously ejected from the 2008 Tour de France for doping violations and suspended. Riccò returned ..., who himself tested positive for CERA at the 2008 Tour de France. References External linksRiccò's partner positive for CERA - Cyclingnews.com.com* Doping cases in cycling Italian female cyclists Living people 1983 births Place of birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vânia Silva
Vânia Sofia de Sousa Silva (born 8 June 1980 in Leiria, Pinhal Litoral) is a female hammer thrower from Portugal. Her personal best throw is 69.55 metres, achieved in May 2011 in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal. She competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009 and 2011 as well as the Olympic Games in 2004, 2008 and 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ... without reaching the final. Achievements References External links * * 1980 births Living people Portuguese female hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Portugal People from Leiria Sportspeople from Leiria Distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vania Stambolova
Vania Stambolova ( bg, Ваня Стамболова) (born 28 November 1983) is a Bulgarians, Bulgarian Track and field athletics, athlete. She competes in the 400 metres hurdles, 400 m hurdles and the 400 metres, 400 m event. At the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships she won a silver medal over 400 m. She also won a gold medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships, 2006 European Championships. At present, Stambolova is the highest paid female athlete in Bulgaria. During the London 2012 Olympics, Stambolova tripped while competing in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, 400m hurdles event and failed to finish. At the 2014 European Athletics Championships, 2014 European Championships, she finished in 6th place in the 800 m, setting a personal best in the final. Stambolova tested positive for testosterone (medication), testosterone in January 2007, and was subsequently suspended for two years by the International Association of Athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vania Vargas
Vania Vargas (born January 12, 1978 in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala) is a Guatemalan poet, narrator, editor, and journalist. Her writings specialize in Guatemalan culture. Her mother, a primary school teacher, assisted Vargas in graduating from school with scholarships financed by private interests and by friends. Vargas took an interest in books early in life because of her uncle's interest and his large library of police and medieval fantasy novels, which would be the first books she read in her life. For this reason, Vargas decided to study literature, but her parents would not allow her to move to Guatemala City to study literature. Vargas's first work as a journalist came with local newspaper ''El Nuevo Quetzalteco'', later shortened to ''El Quetzalteco'', which covered red notes and tribunes, an experience that gave her much needed journalistic experience. In 2002, Vargas finally moved to the capital to study literature, graduating in 2009 from the Universidad de San Carlos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vânia (footballer)
Vânia Cristina Martins (born 9 November 1980), simply known as Vânia, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward and full back. She was a member of the Brazil women's national team. Career Vânia played for several Brazilian teams, of which highlights Portuguesa, São Paulo and Corinthians. International career Vânia represented Brazil at senior level in the 2010 International Tournament City of São Paulo, playing a match against Netherlands. Controversy From 2011 to 2016, Vânia made appearances for the Equatorial Guinea women's national team despite having no connection with the African nation. She attended the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and was champion of the 2012 African Women's Championship The 2012 African Women's Championship was a football competition, which was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The final tournament was held in from 28 October to 11 November in Equatorial Guinea. Qualification A total of .... She als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
