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Wessels Mota
Wessels is a Dutch and Low German patronimic surname, where it was originally a Norman Viking surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Albert Wessels (1908–1991), South African industrialist *André Weßels (born 1981), German fencer * Andreas Wessels (born 1964), German football goalkeeper * Bredell Wessels (born 1995), Namibian cricketer *Charlotte Wessels (born 1987), Dutch heavy metal singer * Cornelius Hermanus Wessels (1851–1924), South African politician and statesman *Cornelius Wessels (1880–1964), Dutch Jesuit and historian *David Wessels (born 1982), South African rugby coach * (1946–2017), Dutch billionaire, of VolkerWessels * Dirck Wessels (1638–1717), New Netherland colonist * Emile Wessels (born 1979), Namibian rugby player *Glenn Wessels (c. 1932 – 1982), South African-born American painter *Jaap Wessels (1939–2009), Dutch mathematician * Jan Gerard Wessels Boer (born 1936), Dutch plant taxonomist * Johan Wessels (born 1988), South African rugby ... [...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] |
Jan Gerard Wessels Boer
Jan Gerard Wessels Boer (born 10 August 1936, Haren, Groningen- died Molenaarsgraaf 13 July 2019) was a Dutch plant taxonomist best known for his work on palms. He has described 37 species, subspecies and varieties of plants, especially in the palm family References 1936 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Dutch botanists 21st-century Dutch botanists Utrecht University alumni People from Haren, Groningen {{Netherlands-botanist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Wessels (basketball)
Stefan Wessels (born 13 April 1984) is a Dutch retired basketball player. He is the current General Manager of Heroes Den Bosch. In his playing career, Wessels has played for ABC Amsterdam and Heroes Den Bosch. Wessels also presented the Dutch national basketball team on various tournaments. Professional career Wessels started his professional career in 2004, with the Amsterdam Astronauts of the Dutch top-tier Eredivisie. He was a member of the 2005, 2008 and 2009 championship teams. He also made his appearances in European competitions, as Amsterdam played in the Eurocup and EuroChallenge throughout the years. In 2009, Wessels transferred to EiffelTowers Den Bosch Heroes Den Bosch is a Dutch professional basketball club based in 's-Hertogenbosch. The club plays in the BNXT League since 2021 and in the top basketball division in the Netherlands since 1972. Founded as EBBC in 1951, the club had several sponso .... Here, he won his fourth championship in the 2011–12 season. We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Wessels
Stefan Wessels (born 28 February 1979) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Bayern Munich Wessels was a youth team player at Bayern Munich, who progressed through the reserve team and broke into the first-team squad in September 1999 after Bayern lost both goalkeepers Oliver Kahn and Bernd Dreher to injury. Wessels' first game was a 1–1 draw at Ibrox against Rangers in the Champions League. He performed impressively whenever called upon, but was unable to dislodge Kahn for more playing time. Wessels was involved in a hugely successful period for Bayern, including the 2001 Champions League win, but eventually left for 1. FC Köln in 2003, seeking first-team football. Between 1999 and 2003, he appeared in a total of eighteen matches for Bayern. 1. FC Köln Wessels' time in Köln was eventful, with the club relegated in his first season, before immediately gaining promotion back to the 1st division and again being relegated to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SP Wessels
Stephanus Petrus Wessels (born 9 November 1992) is a South African rugby union player, who last played with the . He plays as a loosehead prop. Rugby career 2009 : Schoolboy rugby Wessels was born in Paarl. He attended Jan Kriel School in Kuils River, a school for Learners with Special Educational Needs (LSEN), from where he was selected in a South African LSEN team that competed at the 2009 Under-18 Craven Week tournament held in East London. He started all three of their matches and scored a try in their match against Boland. 2011 : Western Province In 2011, Wessels made four appearances for the team in the Under-19 Provincial Championship. He started one of those – as a tighthead prop in a 9–all draw against the s – and three appearances as a replacement. 2012 : Griquas Wessels moved to Kimberley for the 2012 season. He started all seven matches for the team in Division B of the Under-21 Provincial Championship, helping them finish in fourth position to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Wessels
Roger Mark Wessels (born 4 March 1961) is a South African professional golfer. Career Wessels was born in Port Elizabeth. He turned professional at a relatively late age in 1987, without having had any major successes as an amateur. Despite that, he won several times on the Southern Africa Tour, latterly the Sunshine Tour, including the South African PGA Championship in 1991. He also played on the Canadian Tour, where he won the Canadian Masters title in 1994. He represented South Africa in the World Cup at the end of that year. Wessels played on the European Tour from 1995 through 2003, having his best season in 2000 when he finished 35th on the Order of Merit. He retired from tournament golf at the end of 2003, and has since pursued a career as a teaching professional. Professional wins (12) Sunshine Tour wins (9) *1991 Lexington PGA Championship *1992 Tzaneen Classic *1994 Kalahari Classic, Mercedes Benz Golf Challenge *1995 Renwick Group Classic Pro-Am, Phalaborwa Mafu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Wessels
Robert Albert Wessels is a South African Afrikaans singer and actor. Discography Robbie Wessels released the following albums: * ''My Vissermanvriend se Pa ''(2005) * ''Halley se Komeet ''(2006) * ''Afrika Sonsak'' (2009) * ''Kaalvoet ''(2011) * ''Als Wat Ek Het ''(2014) * ''Woestyn ''(2017) *''Staan Saam (2019)'' *''Die Sluise van die Hemel (2020)'' Filmography Robbie Wessels was cast in the following movies: * ''Poena is Koning ''(2007) – Poena Pieterse * ''Jakhalsdans ''(2010) – Himself * '''n Saak van Geloof ''(2011) – Kallie Naudé * ''As Jy Sing ''(2013) – Bertie Bredenkamp * ''100 Meter Leeuloop ''(2013) – Manie Mol / Ronnie Wentzel / Gazi / Bobby Bobbejaanski / Barberboy *''Poena'' (2021) - Poena Pieterse *''Poena & Poenie'' (2022) - Poena Pieterse References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wessels, Robbie Year of birth missing (living people) Afrikaner people Afrikaans-language singers 21st-century South African male singers South African male actors Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riki Wessels
Mattheus Hendrik "Riki" Wessels (born 12 November 1985) is an Australian-English cricketer who most recently played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, Wessels has played for Marylebone Cricket Club, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire, and also for the Mid West Rhinos in Zimbabwe and the Sydney Sixers in Australia. He is the son of former South African captain Kepler Wessels, who also played 24 Test matches for Australia. Early life Wessels was born in Queensland, Australia, where his father was playing domestic cricket at the time. After Kepler decided to return to South Africa, Riki grew up in Port Elizabeth. Cricket was not an automatic choice for him, as he was also a keen hockey player, but at 18 he made the decision to pursue a cricket career in England. Cricket career In 2004, Wessels joined the staff at Northamptonshire County Cricket Club where he impressed in the second eleven producing several noticeable scores. This led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wessels
Peter Wessels (born 7 May 1978) is a presently inactive tour professional male tennis player from the Netherlands. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 72 in February 2005. Biography Wessels had an excellent junior career, finishing No. 5 in singles and No. 18 in doubles in the 1995 world junior rankings. In that year he reached the singles semifinals at Wimbledon and US Open juniors and captured Roland Garros junior doubles title with fellow countryman Raemon Sluiter. His best result on the professional tour was winning the 2000 ATP tournament in Newport beating German Jens Knippschild in the final 7–6, 6–3. He started 2006 by qualifying for the Hopman Cup tournament in Perth with Michaëlla Krajicek where the Dutch went all the way to the final only to be beaten in a very close mixed doubles by the American team of Taylor Dent and Lisa Raymond. Despite this, Wessels and Krajicek proved that they were a force to be reckoned with. At the Hopman Cup, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Wessels
Louis Wessels (german: Weßels; born 27 August 1998) is a German tennis player. Tennis career On the junior tour, Wessels has a career high ITF junior ranking of 17 achieved in May 2016. Wessels has reached the doubles semifinals at three of the four junior grand slams, including the 2015 Australian Open, 2015 US Open and the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. Wessels made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 German Open, where he upset Steven Diez in the first round. This victory made him the youngest player to win a main draw match at the 2016 ATP World Tour by that time. ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals Singles: 18 (8–10) Doubles: 9 (5–4) {, , -valign=top , {, class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (doubles) , -bgcolor=moccasin , ATP Challenger (0–0) , -bgcolor=cffcff , ITF Futures (5–4) {, class="sortable wikitable" !Result !class="unsortable", W–L !Date !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable", Score , - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Wessels
Leon Wessels (born 19 April 1946) is a South African lawyer, politician, and activist who served in the National Party government during the apartheid years and was one of very few Afrikaner politicians to show public contrition for the acts of that government. Education Like FW de Klerk he attended ''Hoërskool Monument'' in Krugersdorp, South Africa. After matriculating from that school in 1963 Wessels went on to obtain amongst others the Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree from the Potchefstroom University in 1972 and in 2001 the Doctor of Law (LLD) degree from the Rand Afrikaans University. While an undergraduate he was chairman of Potchefstroom's Students' Representative Council (SRC) and from 1971 to 1973 president of the ''Afrikaner Studentebond'' (ASB) a student organisation in which many white leaders served their political apprenticeships. Apartheid-era politician Wessels entered national politics in 1977 when he was elected National Party member of parliament (MP) for the Kr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kepler Wessels
Kepler Christoffel Wessels (born 14 September 1957) is a South African-Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia. Since retiring he has been a lawn bowls competitor. He was a left-handed opening batsman. He played first-class cricket for Orange Free State, Western Province, Northern Transvaal, Eastern Province and Griqualand West in South Africa, for Queensland in Australia and Sussex in England. In 2008, he coached the Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings and later returned to coaching in South Africa. Early years Wessels was six years old when he was introduced to the game of cricket. Volsteedt taught him the basics of the game and began to regularly play cricket with him during Sunday visits to the Wessels household. A few years later, Volsteedt became the master in charge of cricket at Grey College, Bloemfontein, and coached Wessels during his playing days for the school's first tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
