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Zonta
Zonta can refer to: Surname *María Zonta (born 1989), Argentine volleyball player * Peter Žonta (born 1979), Slovenian ski jumper * Ricardo Zonta (born 1976), Brazilian racing driver Other uses * Zonta (Republic of Venice), extraordinary adjunct members to the Venetian governing councils * Zonta International, service organization *Giunti (printers) The Giunti were a Florentine family of printers. The first Giunti press was established in Venice by Lucantonio Giunti, who began printing under his own name in 1489. The press of his brother Filippo Giunti (1450–1517) in Florence, active fr ...
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Ricardo Zonta
Ricardo Luiz Zonta (born March 23, 1976) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 10 Toyota Corolla E210 for RCM Motorsport. Early career Born in Curitiba, Brazil, Zonta began karting in 1987, winning his first race shortly thereafter. The following year, he was runner-up for the Curitiba Karting Championship, and in 1991, he won the title. He continued karting until 1992, finishing fourth in the São Paulo Karting Championship before progressing to single-seaters for 1993. He finished 6th in the Brazilian Formula Chevrolet Championship, and then in 1994, came fifth in the Brazilian Formula Three Championship. A year later, Zonta won both the Brazilian and South American Formula Three Championships. Moving to Europe in 1996, Zonta competed in the International Formula 3000 Championship for Draco Racing, winning two races and finishing fourth overall. In the same year, he became the first Bra ...
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Zonta International
Zonta International is an international service organization with the mission of advancing the status of women.Alan Axelrod, ''International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders'', New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1997, p. 271. History The first Zonta Club was founded in Buffalo, New York, the United States, in 1919 by a group of businesswomen under the leadership of Marian de Forest. It was organized along the lines of the Rotary Club, with one woman from each business classification admitted to the local club and all members required to give 60% of their time to the "work under which they are classified". By 1923 clubs had been established in New York City, Washington, D.C., Detroit, Cleveland, and Toledo, Ohio. The National President was Miss Harriet A. Ackroyd of Utica, New York.Preuss, Arthur, ''A Dictionary of Secret and other Societies'', St. Louis: B. Herder Book Co., 1924; republished Detroit: Gale Reference Company, 1966; pp. 501-2 The Confederation of ...
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María Zonta
María Virginia Zonta (born 30 September 1989, Santa Fe) is an Argentine beach volleyball player. In 2012, she played with Ana Gallay. They participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament and lost their three pool matches. References 1989 births Living people Argentine women's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Argentina Beach volleyball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Argentina Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Sportspeople from Santa Fe, Argentina {{Argentina-volleyball-bio-stub ...
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Peter Žonta
Peter Žonta (born 9 January 1979) is a Slovenian former ski jumper who competed from 1995 to 2007. He won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the team large hill event, and also won an individual large hill World Cup event in Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ... in 2004. External links * * 1979 births Living people Skiers from Ljubljana Slovenian male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Slovenia Olympic bronze medalists for Slovenia Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics {{Slovenia-skijumping-bio-stub ...
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Zonta (Republic Of Venice)
In the Republic of Venice, a ''zonta'' was an extraordinary group of patricians chosen to serve alongside the elected members of the governing councils of the Republic. The purpose of this measure was as a constitutional safeguard against the accumulation of power by individuals, and to broaden the decision-making circles on important issues. The term is the Venetian variant of , 'addition'. The purpose of the institution was to prevent corruption and autocratic tendencies in the governing councils such as the powerful Council of Ten, but, since its members were typically chosen among patricians who had not been elected to one of these councils, it was also a "'constitutional shortcut' for those noblemen who wished to actively participate in the Venetian oligarchy but had not achieved the necessary backing". ''Zonta''s existed for the Council of Ten—originally 20 men, after 1529 reduced to 15, but the number could vary; the Venetian Senate, where a ''zonta'' of 60 adjuncts was add ...
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