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Wicky (other)
Wicky may refer to: * '' Kalmia angustifolia'' (colloquial name: Wicky), a flowering shrub * Raphaël Wicky (born 1977), retired Swiss footballer * Edouard Wicky, Swiss racing cyclist * André Wicky (1928–2016), Swiss former racing driver * Anton Wicky (born 1940), Ceylon-born educator and celebrity in Japan * Jean-Claude Wicky (1946–2016), Swiss photographer * Yanina Wickmayer (nickname: Wicky, born 1989), Belgian tennis player See also * Wicki (other) Wicki is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alain Wicki, Swiss skeleton racer * Berenice Wicki (born 2002), Swiss snowboarder *Bernhard Wicki (1919–2000), Austrian actor and film director * Franz Wicki, (born 1939), Swiss polit ... * Wiki (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalmia Angustifolia
''Kalmia angustifolia'' is a flowering shrub in the family Ericaceae, commonly known as sheep laurel. It is distributed in eastern North America from Ontario and Quebec south to Virginia. It grows commonly in dry habitats in the boreal forest, and may become dominant over large areas after fire or logging. Like many plant species of infertile habitats it has evergreen leaves and mycorrhizal associations with fungi. It is also found in drier area of peat bogs. Description The attractive small, deep crimson-pink flowers are produced in early summer. Each has five sepals, with a corolla of five fused petals, and ten stamens fused to the corolla. They are pollinated by bumble bees and solitary bees. Each mature capsule contains about 180 seeds.Hall, I. V., Jackson, L. P. and Everett, C. F. 1973. The biology of Canadian weeds. 1. ''Kalmia angustifolia'' L. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 53: 865–873. In the wild the plant may vary in height from . New shoots arise from dormant b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphaël Wicky
Raphaël Wicky (born 26 April 1977) is a Swiss football coach and a former player. He is currently the manager of Swiss Super League club BSC Young Boys. He was a defensive midfielder who could also play in defence and was known for his combative style. His playing career was spent mostly in the German Bundesliga with Werder Bremen and Hamburg, as well as a brief spell in Spain's Segunda División with Atlético Madrid. He earned 75 caps for Switzerland between 1996 and 2008, playing at two European Championships and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. As a manager, he won the Swiss Super League and Swiss Cup double with Basel in 2017, and also spent two years in Major League Soccer with the Chicago Fire. Club career Born in Leuggern in the canton of Aargau, Wicky started his career with FC Sion, and went on to represent Werder Bremen. n 25 January 2001, he joined Atlético Madrid, then in the Segunda División. After only 11 games in Spain, he returned to the Bundesliga on 6 December 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edouard Wicky
Edouard Wicky was a Swiss racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing .... He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1892 and 1893. References External links * Year of birth missing Year of death missing Swiss male cyclists Place of birth missing {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Wicky
Andr̩ Wicky (22 May 1928 Р14 May 2016) was a Swiss racing driver, active from the late 1950s to the late 1970s. He was mainly involved in sports car racing, as an entrant and team owner as well as a driver, but also took part in several non-championship Formula One races during the 1960s. Career Wicky entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1960 and 1961 with an AC Ace, winning the 2.0 GT class in 1960. He returned to Le Mans in 1966, and raced every year until 1975, campaigning Porsches. From 1969, he drove for his own team, the Wicky Racing Team, and his best overall result was 17th in 1971, driving a Porsche 908. The same year, Walter Brun finished seventh in a Wicky Porsche. Occasionally Wicky campaigned other marques besides Porsche; in 1974 he entered a BMW 3.0CSL for Brun, although it retired after one lap, and a De Tomaso Pantera for Max Cohen-Olivar and Philippe Carron, which retired after 16 laps. From 1961, he participated in occasional Formula One races, first wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Wicky
(born September 26, 1936) is an educator and celebrity in Japan. His full name is Anton Wicky Ampalavanar. He was born in Ceylon and went to Japan in 1961 as a Mombusho scholar. In 1969 he earned a doctorate from the University of Tokyo. His teaching career has included Ohu and Reitaku Universities. He began his Nippon Television JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed su ... show ''Wicky-san's One-point English Conversation'' in 1979. It ran for fifteen years. The show began again in 2007. Since 2006, Wicky has appeared in commercials for Yellow Hat, a chain of automotive-supply retail stores. References Kobayashi Ginko: Minutes with our man on the street - Sri Lankan appeared on TV spot with unsuspecting Japanese. ''The Daily Yomiuri'' (Tokyo), October 13, 1994, p. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Wicky
Jean-Claude Wicky (28 January 1946 – 31 July 2016) was a photographer noted for his series on Bolivian miners (1984–2001). Biography Wicky was born in 1946 in Moutier, Switzerland. His photos have been exhibited at the Swiss Foundation for Photography, the Musée de l'Élysée in Lausanne, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, as well as in magazines including ''GEO'' and ''Smithsonian Magazine''. He died 31 July 2016, in Biel, Switzerland Biel/Bienne (official bilingual wording; , ) is a List of towns in Switzerland, town and a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Biel/Bienne (administrative district), Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Swi ..., at age 70. Works *''Mineros'', 2002, (French), (Spanish), (German). Films *''Every Day is Night'', 2010 References External linksMountains of Pain€”Abstract of Smithsonian article on the miners at Cerro Rico, illustrated with photographs by Wicky. * 1946 births 2016 deaths Swis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanina Wickmayer
Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals at the 2009 US Open, and a career-high WTA ranking of world No. 12, on 19 April 2010. In doubles, she achieved a career-high of world No. 71 on 15 February 2010. She was awarded "Most Improved Player" by the WTA in 2009. In June 2011, ''Time magazine'' named her one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future". Personal life Wickmayer was born on 20 October 1989 to Marc Wickmayer and Daniella Dannevoye. She was introduced to tennis at the age of nine by friends at local courts. Her mother died at an early age shortly thereafter. She is named after Diego Maradona's youngest daughter Gianinna. The surname 'Wickmayer' traces back to Austria through her father Marc. Wickmayer, who fluently speaks Dutch, English, and French, most admires former Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters. In 2017, she announced that Clijsters would be working with her during the 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wicki (other)
Wicki is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alain Wicki, Swiss skeleton racer * Berenice Wicki (born 2002), Swiss snowboarder *Bernhard Wicki (1919–2000), Austrian actor and film director * Franz Wicki, (born 1939), Swiss politician and lawyer *Jean Wicki Jean Wicki (born 18 June 1933) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won three medals with one gold (Four-man: 1972) and two bronzes (Two-man: 1972, Four-man: 1968 ... (1933–2023), Swiss bobsledder See also * Wicki-Hayden note layout, a musical keyboard layout * Wicky (other) * Wiki (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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