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Yolanda (name)
Yolanda is a female given name, of Greek origin, meaning "Violet". The form of the name in Greek is ''Iolanthe''. In German and Dutch the name is spelled Jolanda, in Czech and Slovak Jolantha, in Polish Jolanta, in Italian, Portuguese and Romanian Iolanda. People with those names include: * Yolanda of Flanders (1175–1219), ruler of the Latin Empire in Constantinople * Yolanda of Vianden (1231–1283), 13th-century prioress of Marienthal, Luxembourg * Yolanda (or Violant) of Hungary (1215–1253), Queen consort of James I of Aragon * Yolanda of Hungary, daughter of Béla IV of Hungary * Yolanda, an alias of Symbionese Liberation Army member Emily Harris * Yolanda Adams (born 1961), American gospel singer * Yolanda Andrade (born 1970), Mexican television personality * Yolanda Bako (born 1946), activist against domestic violence * YolanDa Brown (born 1982), British saxophonist * Yolanda Bonnell, Canadian actress and playwright * Yolanda Cabrera, Mexican artist * Yolanda Caball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda Caballero
Yolanda Beatriz Caballero Pérez (born March 9, 1982) is a long-distance runner from Colombia. Her personal best of 2:26:17 hours for the marathon (set at the Boston Marathon) is the fastest by a South American runner. Her half marathon best of 1:10:30 hours is also a South American record. She started out as a steeplechase runner, taking bronze at the 2005 South American Championships, but progressed to long-distance races. She was the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games champion in the 10,000 metres, and was the bronze medallist in that event at the 2011 Pan American Games. She represented Colombia in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Career Based in Bogotá, she is affiliated with the ''Atletas con Porvenir'' running club. Her international career began in 2001: she was ninth in the junior race at the South American Cross Country Championships and competed at both the Pan American Junior and South American Junior Championships. At the Pan American event she wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda Mero-Irion
Yolanda Mero (aka Jolanda Mero; Hungarian spelling Mérő; later Mero-Irion) (30 August 188717 October 1963) was a Hungarian-American pianist, opera and theatre impresario, and philanthropist who supported destitute musicians. Pianist Yolanda Mero was born into a Jewish family in Budapest to Salamon Mérő and Rozalia (née Pick). She began studying at the age of 8 at the National Conservatory with Augusta Rennebaum, a pupil of Franz Liszt.Classics Online She made her debut at age 15 with the , then toured the world for four years. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda Kondonassis
Yolanda Kondonassis (born 1963 in Norman, Oklahoma, United States) is an American classical harpist. She is considered one of the world's premier solo harpists and is widely regarded as today's most recorded classical harpist. Kondonassis attended high school at Interlochen Arts Academy. She continued her education at The Cleveland Institute of Music, where she received her bachelor's and master's degrees as a student of Alice Chalifoux. Her honors include top prizes in the New York Philharmonic National Young Artists Competition, 2 Solo Recitalists Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Grammy nomination, Cleveland Arts Prize, American Harp Society Young Concert Artists Competition, Interlochen Arts Academy Young Artist Medal, and The Cleveland Institute of Music Distinguished Alumni Award. Kondonassis' discography, released on the Telarc, Azica, Oberlin, New World, and Channel Classics labels, includes over twenty titles. Her 2008 album of music by Takemitsu and Deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disappearance Of Yolanda Klug
Yolanda Klug (born 1995 or 1996) is a German woman who disappeared on 25 September 2019 and whose disappearance has been linked to Scientology. Background Yolanda Klug grew up in Steinen in the county of Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg. Her parents are Annette Margarete Löffler (born 24 August 1966) and Peter Klug, both Scientology members. Anne Margarete Löffler has been holding high-ranking positions in Scientology both in Germany and Switzerland and in 2016 was the press spokesperson for Scientology in Basel. Klug has a two years younger sister, Elisa. Yolanda attended Scientology courses but later became attached to the German branch of ''Zeal Church'', a Christian "neo-charismatic free church". Klug's parents later separated and Löffler eventually relocated to South Africa with her new life partner and Klug's younger sister to work for a local Scientology branch. According to ''antiscientologyblog.com'' Klug's father has been a high-ranking member of Scientology as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda King
Yolanda Denise King (November 17, 1955 – May 15, 2007) was an African-American activist, actress and first-born child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. She was also known for her artistic and entertainment endeavors and public speaking. Her childhood experience was greatly influenced by her father's highly public and influential activism. She was born two weeks before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public transit bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She occasionally experienced threats to her life, designed to intimidate her parents, and became a secondary caregiver to her younger siblings and was bullied at school. When her father was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the 12-year-old King was noted for her composure during the highly public funeral and mourning events. She joined her mother and siblings in marches, and she was lauded by such noted figures as Harry Belafonte, who established a trust fund for her and her siblings. In her te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda Jones
Yolanda Jones (born 6 March 1984) is a Puerto Rican basketball player for Gigantes de Carolina and the Puerto Rican national team. She participated at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. Jones played JUCO A junior college (sometimes referred to colloquially as a juco, JuCo or JC) is a post-secondary educational institution offering vocational training designed to prepare students for either skilled trades and technical occupations and workers in su ... ball at Trinity Valley Community College. Louisiana statistics Source References External links * 1984 births Living people Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in Finland Puerto Rican expatriate basketball people in Germany Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball players Power forwards People from Lumberton, North Carolina Puerto Rican women's basketball players Basketball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games medalists in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda Henry
Yolanda Henry (born December 2, 1964) is a retired American track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump. She represented her country at one outdoor and four indoor World Championships. In addition she won the silver at the 1990 Goodwill Games The 1990 Goodwill Games was the second edition of the international multi-sport event created by Ted Turner, which was held between July 20 and August 5, 1990. Following an inaugural edition in Moscow, the second games took place in Seattle, United .... Her personal bests in the event are 2.00 metres outdoors (Seville 1990) and 1.96 metres indoors (New York 1991). International competitions 1No mark in the final References All-Athletics profile 1964 births Living people American female high jumpers World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games 21st-century American women {{US-highjump-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda Van Heezik
Yolanda van Heezik is a New Zealand academic and a professor of zoology at the University of Otago , image_name = University of Otago Registry Building2.jpg , image_size = , caption = University clock tower , motto = la, Sapere aude , mottoeng = Dare to be wise , established = 1869; 152 years ago , type = Public research collegiate u .... She is considered one of New Zealand's first urban ecologists. In 1988 van Heezik completed a PhD at the University of Otago in animal biology, writing her thesis on penguin ecology. Her research is focused on birds and other wildlife in urban areas, and biodiversity of gardens. She also researches and writes about children's connections with nature. Selected works Book *Saint Jalme, M., van Heezik, Yolanda, Paillat, P., & Eichaner, X. (2001). ''Propagation of the houbara bustard'' *van Heezik, Yolanda, & Freeman, Claire (2018). ''Children, Nature and Cities: Rethinking the Connections''. Journal articles * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda Hamilton (footballer)
Yolanda Hamilton (born 26 May 1987) is a Jamaican women's international footballer who played as a defender for the Jamaica women's national football team. She was part of the team at the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship. At the club level, she plays for Barbican FC Barbican United F.C., commonly referred to as Barbican F.C. or Barbican is a professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football' ... in Jamaica. References External links Jamaica player profile 1987 births Living people Jamaican women's footballers Place of birth missing (living people) Women's association football defenders Jamaica women's international footballers Barbican F.C. players {{Jamaica-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda Griffith
Yolanda Evette Griffith (born March 1, 1970) is an American professional basketball hall of fame player who played in both the ABL and WNBA. A former WNBA MVP, she is considered one of the greatest rebounders and defensive players in the history of Women's Basketball. She last played in the WNBA as a member of the Indiana Fever. In 2011, she was voted in by fans as one of the top 15 players in WNBA history. She is sometimes called by her nicknames: "Yo" and "Yo-Yo". Since retiring from the professional ranks, Griffith was as assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is currently an assistant coach with the Boston College Eagles. Griffith was inducted into the 2014 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's class on her first year of eligibility. High school and college Born in Chicago, Illinois, she attended George Washington Carver High School in the Chicago area. In her senior year (1988–1989), she was named in ''Parade Magazines All-American basketball team, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda Foster
Yolanda Hadid (; van den Herik; formerly Foster; born ) is a Dutch-born American television personality and former model. She is best known as a star of the American reality-television show ''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills''. She is mother to IMG models Gigi, Bella, and Anwar Hadid. Early life Yolanda van den Herik was born and raised in Papendrecht, South Holland, to a family of Christian background. She has a brother named Leo. When she was seven years old, her father died in a car accident, which left her mother, Ans van den Herik (1941–2019) to raise the two children. Career Dutch designer Frans Molenaar asked Van den Herik to replace one of his models at a show, where she was discovered by Eileen Ford and signed a contract with Ford Models. Afterward Van den Herik modeled in Paris, Milan, Sydney, Cape Town, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, and Hamburg. She modeled for 15 years before wanting to settle down and start a family. In 1994, Van den Herik moved to Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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