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Yuka Chokyu
Yuka Chokyu (born December 9, 1966) is a Canadian para-badminton player and former wheelchair tennis player who competes at international level events. She was a three-time Paralympian at the Summer Paralympics from 2000 to 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ..., her highest achievement in her tennis career was where she had reached the quarterfinals at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in both the women's singles and women's doubles. Wheelchair tennis statistics ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour Singles Doubles Para-badminton statistics Parapan American Games ''Women's singles'' Pan Am Championships ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' References External links * * * * Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Chokyu, Yuka 1966 births Living people Japanese emi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Para-badminton
Para-badminton is a variant of badminton for athletes with a range of physical disabilities. Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the main governing body for para-badminton starting from June 2011. The sport was governed by Para Badminton World Federation (PBWF) until a unanimous decision to join BWF during a meeting in Dortmund in June 2011. Classification Players are classified to six different classes determined by BWF: Wheelchair * WH1Players in this class are those who have impairment in both lower limbs and trunk function and require wheelchair to play * WH2Players have impairment in one or both lower limbs and minimal or no impairment of the trunk and also require wheelchair Standing * SL3Players have impairment in one or both lower limbs and poor walking/running balance * SL4Players have impairment in one or both lower limbs and minimal impairment in walking/running balance (better walking/running compared to SL3) * SU5Players have impairment of the upper limbs. Short st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheelchair Tennis At The 2000 Summer Paralympics – Women's Singles ...
The women's singles wheelchair tennis competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney was held at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre. Draw Key * INV = Bipartite invitation * IP = ITF place * ALT = Alternate * r = Retired * w/o = Walkover Finals Top half Bottom half References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wheelchair tennis at the 2000 Summer Paralympics - Women's Singles Women's singles Para Para, or PARA, may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Paramount Global, traded as PARA on the Nasdaq stock exchange * Para Group, the former name of CT Corp * Para Rubber, now Skellerup, a New Zealand manufacturer * Para USA, formerly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britta Siegers
Britta Siegers (born 4 July 1966) is a retired German wheelchair tennis player and Paralympic swimmer who competed in international level events. She was the first German disabled athlete to compete in two different sports at the Paralympics: she was a swimmer from 1984 to 1992 and returned twelve years later as a wheelchair tennis player at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. Swimming career Siegers' first sport was swimming when she started in 1969 after she lost both of her legs in a train accident aged two years old. She swam competitively in 1984 at the Summer Paralympics and won her first medals there. Her most successful Paralympic Games was in 1992 where she won five gold medals, two silvers and one bronze medal, she narrowly missed winning her consecutive freestyle titles after being beaten by Priya Cooper in both the 50m and 100m freestyle S8. Tennis career Siegers began playing wheelchair tennis in the early 1994 after her retirement to swimming in 1992. She won seven sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanae Kodama
Kanae (written: , , , or ) is a Japanese given name generally given to girls. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese tennis player * Kanae Ikehata (born 1982), Japanese fencer *, Japanese voice actress and singer *, Japanese serial killer *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese singer and voice actress * Kanae Yagi, Japanese weightlifter *, Japanese politician *, Japanese idol, singer and actress Fictional characters *, character in the manga series ''Elfen Lied'' *, character in the manga series ''Skip Beat!'' *, character in the animated film ''5 Centimeters Per Second'' *Kanae, character in the game '' Akatsuki Blitzkampf'' *Kanae Aira, character in the book and anime '' Juni Taisen: Zodiac War'' *Kanae, a character from the PlayStation 2 horror video game Forbidden Siren 2 *, character in the manga and anime ''Kimetsu no Yaiba is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. It follows teenage Tanjir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helene Simard
Helene or Hélène may refer to: People * Helene (given name), a Greek feminine given name *Helen of Troy, the daughter of Zeus and Leda *Helene, a figure in Greek mythology who was a friend of Aphrodite and helped her seduce Adonis *Helene (Amazon), a daughter of Tityrus and an Amazon who fought Achilles and died after he seriously wounded her *Helene, the consort of Simon Magus in '' Adversus Haereses'' * Hélène (given name), a feminine given name, the French version of Helen * Hélène (singer), Hélène Rollès Astronomy * Helene (moon), a moon of Saturn Books and film * ''Hélène'' (drama), an 1891 play by Paul Delair * ''Helene'', English edition of German novel by Vicki Baum * ''Hélène'' (film), a 1936 French drama film, based on the novel by Baum Music * ''Hélène'' (opera), an opera by Camille Saint-Saëns 1904 *Polka Hélène in D minor for piano 4 hands by Borodin * ''Hélène'' (album), an album by Roch Voisine 1989 * Hélène (Hélène Rollès album) al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esperanza Belmont
Esperanza is the Spanish word for hope, and may refer to: Places Philippines * Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, a municipality * Esperanza, Masbate, a municipality * Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat, a municipality United States * Esperanza, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Esperanza, New York, historic name of the village of Athens * Esperanza, Hudspeth County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Esperanza, Montgomery County, Texas, a ghost town * Esperanza, Puerto Rico, a town in Vieques * Esperanza (Jerusalem, New York), an historic home in Jerusalem, New York Other * Esperanza Base, a settlement in Antarctica * Esperanza, Santa Fe, a city in Argentina * Esperanza, Belize, a village in Cayo District, Belize * La Esperanza, Norte de Santander, Colombia, a municipality and town * Esperanza (Ranchuelo), a village in Cuba * Esperanza, Dominican Republic, a municipality in Valverde province * La Esperanza, Ecuador, a town and parish * La Esperanza, Quetzaltenango, Guatema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hwang Myung-hee
Huang or Hwang may refer to: Location * Huang County, former county in Shandong, China, current Longkou City * Yellow River, or Huang River, in China * Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui, China * Huang (state), state in ancient China. * Hwang River, in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea People * Emperor of China, titled as Huángdì (皇帝) * Huang (surname) (黄 / 黃), Chinese surname with several Vietnamese variants * Hwang (surname) (黃), (皇), a common Korean family name Other uses * Huang (jade), a jade arc-shaped artifact that was used as a pendant * Fenghuang, mythological birds of East Asia * Huang, a character in the anime cartoon '' Darker than Black'' * Hwang Seong-gyeong, a character in the ''Soulcalibur'' video game series * Huang (Coca-Cola), a brand of Coca-Cola * Huang Harmonicas, a Chinese-based manufacturer of harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Clark (wheelchair Tennis)
Sharon Clark (born October 15, 1943, in Seminole, Oklahoma) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for August 1970. She was selected as the Playmate of the Year for 1971. Her centerfold was photographed by William Figge and Ed DeLong. Career In 1971, at age 27, she became the oldest Playmate of the Year, a record she held for 15 years, until Miss May 1985 Kathy Shower became PMOY 1986 at age 33. Clark started appearing in films and on television in the late 1970s. She was also a Playboy Bunny at the St. Louis club. Filmography * '' The Uninvited'' (1996) (TV) * '' Beyond Suspicion'' (1993) (TV) .... Waitress * ''For the Very First Time'' (1991) (TV) .... Kathy * ''Lisa'' (1990) .... Porsche Passenger * '' The Long Journey Home'' (1987) (TV) .... Policewoman * '' The Little Dragons'' (1980) (as Sharon Weber) .... Ruth Forbinger * '' CHiPs'' - "The Strippers" (1980) (as Sharon Weber) .... Shari * ''The Billion Dollar Hobo'' (1977) .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branka Pupovac
Branka Pupovac (born 3 February 1972) is a Paralympic wheelchair tennis competitor from Australia. Personal Pupovac was born on 3 March 1972 in Wollongong, New South Wales. She is from Sydney, New South Wales and attended the University of Wollongong where she earned a Bachelor of Commerce. In 2000, she was studying to become a counsellor. Pupovac is an incomplete paraplegic, as a result of an accident while riding on the back of a friend's motorcycle when she was twenty. Her friend crossed a set of double lines in an effort to overtake a car. She was wearing a helmet at the time, but still had significant damage done to her neck and spinal cord. Pupovac, alongside Karni Liddell, Hamish MacDonald and Charmaine Dalli, was one of eighteen Australian Paralympians photographed by Emma Hack for a nude calendar. The photograph of her in the calendar features her topless and covered in brown and gold body paint. Tennis Pupovac first competed internationally in wheelchair tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiyoko Ohmae
Chiyoko (written: 千代子) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese voice actress * Chiyoko Sakamoto (1912–1994), the first Japanese American female lawyer *, Japanese singer * Chiyoko Szlavnics (born 1967), a Canadian experimental composer *Chiyoko Takahashi (1912–1994), American lawyer See also *Chiyoko (camera manufacturer), a former name of the company which later became Minolta * Chiyoko Teruto (照門 千代子), a character in the manga ''Magical Trans! is a magical girl manga series by Yutaka Kashii (香椎ゆたか, ''Kashii Yutaka''). It was serialised in eBookJapan's ''Minna no Comic'' magazine, and published by ''Manga-Mon'' in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indo ...'' {{given name Japanese feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eveline Hegi
Eveline may refer to: * Eveline (given name) * "Eveline" (short story), a short story by James Joyce * Eveline, Missouri, United States * Eveline Street, in Windhoek, Namibia * Eveline Township, Michigan, United States See also * Evelyn (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Di Toro
Daniela "Danni" Di Toro (born 16 October 1974) is an Australian wheelchair tennis and table tennis player. Di Toro was the 2010 French Open doubles champion and has also been the Masters double champion. In singles, Di Toro is the former world number one and two time masters finalist. In 2015, she moved to para-table tennis and represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, where she was team captain with Kurt Fearnley. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, her sixth Paralympics, she was the team captain and Opening Ceremony flag bearer with Ryley Batt. Personal life Daniela Di Toro was born on 16 October 1974 in Melbourne, Victoria. She became a paraplegic in 1988 in an accident while competing at a school swimming carnival, when a wall fell on her. While in hospital, following her accident, Di Toro met Sandy Blythe, a member of the Australian Rollers. He inspired her to continue to pursue sports. She lives in the Melbourne suburb of Thornbury and she works as a youth work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
