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Zorko Čudina
Zorko is both a surname and a given name. Surname: *Branko Zorko (born 1967), Croatian middle-distance runner *Dayne Zorko (born 1989), Australian rules footballer * Janez Zorko (born 1937), Slovenian sculptor and mountain climber * Vlasta Zorko (born 1934), Slovenian sculptor *Zdenko Zorko (born 1950), Croatian handball player * Zinka Zorko (1936–2019), Slovenian linguist and academic Given name: *Zorko Cvetković *Zorko Čanadi *Zorko Prelovec Zorko Prelovec was a Slovene composer, well known for his choral works and Lieder In Western classical music tradition, (, plural ; , plural , ) is a term for setting poetry to classical music to create a piece of polyphonic music. The term ... (1887–1939), Slovenian composer {{given name, type=both Croatian masculine given names Masculine given names Slovene masculine given names Surnames of Croatian origin Slovene-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branko Zorko
Branko Zorko (born 1 July 1967) is a Croatian retired middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. Zorko competed in the 1500 metres in five Olympic Games, from 1988 to 2004, making it through to the semi-finals in 1992 and 1996. He won bronze medals at the 1993 World Indoor Championships in Toronto and the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki. In 1992 he was awarded the Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport. He was born in Hodošan. Running career Early career On November 20, 1984, Zorko ran his first ever race, which he won on a cross country course at the age of 17. Less than a year into training, he posted a time of 8:30 for 3000 meters and won a competitive high school race called ''Kros Sportskih Novosti''. He declined offers to train with AK Crvena Zvezda and instead remained in Križevci, where he did intervals on a track only once a week. The rest of his training took place on forest trails, where Zorko alleged that bystanders would ask him why he was ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayne Zorko
Dayne Zorko (born 9 February 1989) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). Zorko is a five-time Merrett–Murray Medallist and was selected in the 2017 All-Australian team. He was also the Lions' leading goalkicker in 2016 and 2017. Zorko has served as Brisbane Lions captain since midway through the 2018 season, after Dayne Beams stepped down from the captaincy. Early life Zorko was born and raised on the Gold Coast where he attended Benowa State High School throughout his teenage years. His Slovenian father immigrated from Yugoslavia to Melbourne before settling on the Gold Coast and having children. His brother, Beau, is the former senior coach of the Broadbeach Cats and Surfers Paradise Demons. Dayne participated in Auskick at Surfers Paradise at the age of four and went on to play more than 250 junior and senior games for the club, which included an under-16 premiership where he played alongs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janez Zorko
Janez Zorko (born 1937 in Podgorje ob Sevnični) is a Slovenian sculptor and mountain climber. He attended art school from 1957 to 1959 in Ljubljana. He moved to Paris, France in 1964, and taught Materials and Technology courses at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ... from 1974 to 1976. He creates both figurative and abstract sculptures in marble, metal and wood.''Enciklopedija Slovenije''. (2001). Book 15. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga He is also a keen mountain climber, and has performed numerous ascents, both solo and with others. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Zorko, Janez 1937 births People from the Municipality of Sevnica Slovenian mountain climbers 20th-century Slovenian sculptors 20th-century Slovenian male artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlasta Zorko alongside fellow sculptor Zdenko Kalin, graduating in 1959. After graduating she studied abroad and has been a freelance artist since 1972. She was married to sculptor Slavko Tihec from 1958 to 1983.
Her sculptures are typically of people, made out of stone, concrete, metal and other materials.
She has exhibited at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Koroška (KGLU).
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Vlasta Zorko (born May 27, 1934 in Maribor) is a Slovenian sculptor. She studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Ljubljana The Academy of Fine Arts and Design ( sl, Akademija za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje, also known by the acronym ALUO), is an art academy and institution based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdenko Zorko
Zdenko Zorko (born 18 August 1950) is a Croatian former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia. In his youth Zdenko Zorko played football in NK Dinamo Zagreb before playing handball. In 1972 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at the Munich Games. He played one match as goalkeeper. Four years later he was a member of the Yugoslav team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches as goalkeeper. Honours ;Player ;Zagreb *Yugoslav Second League - (North) (1): 1978–79 *Yugoslav Second League - (West) (1): 1981–82 ;Coach ;Zagreb *Yugoslav Second League - (North) (1): 1987–88 *Croatian Premier Handball League (1): 1999–00 *Croatian Cup (1): 2000 ;Individual *Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport ( hr, Državna nagrada za šport "Franjo Bučar") is the highest recognition that Republic of Croatia gives for extraordinary achieveme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zinka Zorko
Zinka Zorko (February 24, 1936 – March 22, 2019) was a Slovenian linguist and academic. Her research focused on phonetic, theological, syntactic, and vocabulary phenomena of Carinthian, Styrian, and Pannonian dialect groups. In 2003, she was elected a full member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and a decade later, she received the Zois Lifetime Achievement Award. Biography Terezija ("Zinka") Lep was born in Spodnja Kapla on February 24, 1936.''Rojena v narečje: akademikinji prof. dr. Zinki Zorko ob 80-letnici'', ur. Marko Jesenšek, Maribor: FF, 2016 (Zora 114), 721. At many places written as ''Leb''. (in Slovenian) She graduated from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana in 1961 in Slovene and Russian languages as well as Slovene and Russian literature. There, she received her PhD in 1986 with the dissertation, ''Koroški govori dravskega obmejnega hribovja od Ojstrice do Duha na Ostrem vrhu'' (Carinthian Dialects of the Border Drava Hills from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorko Cvetković
Zorko Cvetković (September 4, 1924 – December 13, 2017) was a Croatian electrical engineer and basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Engineering career Cvetković graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Zagreb in 1950, and later obtained a doctorate in 1983. From 1947 to 1994, he was an external associate at the Department of High Voltage and Power of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Zagreb. He was a secretary-general of the CIGRÉ branch in Croatia from 1989 to 2004. Basketball career After the end of Second World War in 1945, Cvetković started to play basketball. He was a member of the Yugoslavia national team which participated at the 1947 FIBA European Championship. After retirement, he was a coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guiding an ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorko Čanadi
Zorko Čanadi (25 July 1925 – 24 August 2003) was a General officer, general of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). Biography In 1943, during World War II in Yugoslavia, Čanadi joined both the Yugoslav Partisans and the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ). He was promoted to Major General in 1972, Lieutenant General in 1976 and Colonel General in 1982. In the 1970s and the 1980s, he held a number of senior positions in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). He was chief of staff and therefore deputy commander of the First Army in 1974–1978, and commander of the Fifth Army in 1980–1985. In 1985–1987, he held the position of the Chief of the General Staff (Yugoslavia)#Yugoslav People's Army (1945–1992), Chief of the General Staff of the JNA. He retired from active military service on 31 December 1987. References Literature *''Vojni leksikon''. „Vojnoizdavački zavod“ Beograd, 1981. godina. * 1925 births 2003 deaths People from Orahovica Chiefs of St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorko Prelovec
Zorko Prelovec was a Slovene composer, well known for his choral works and Lieder In Western classical music tradition, (, plural ; , plural , ) is a term for setting poetry to classical music to create a piece of polyphonic music. The term is used for any kind of song in contemporary German, but among English and French sp .... He was also active as a choral conductor, leading the Ljubljana Mercury choir from 1900. It has been said that he was a musical poet and that his compositions for choirs are filled with a soft, tender sentimentality. References External links * 1887 births 1939 deaths Slovenian composers Male composers People from Idrija Slovenian male musicians {{Slovenia-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Croatian may refer to: *Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (other) * Croatia (other) * Croatoan (other) * Hrvatski (other) * Hrvatsko (other) * Serbo-Croatian (other) Serbo-Croatian or Croato-Serbian, rarely Serbo-Croat or Croato-Serb, refers to a South Slavic language that is the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Serbo-Croatian, Serbo-Croat, Croato-Serbian, Croato-Serb ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes, an ethno-linguistic group mainly living in Slovenia * Slavic peoples, an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group * Ilmen Slavs The Novgorod Slavs, Ilmen Slavs (russian: Ильменские слове́не, ''Il'menskiye slovene''), or Slovenes (not to be confused with the Slovenian Slovenes) were the northernmost tribe of the Early Slavs, and inhabited the shores of L ..., the northernmost tribe of the Early East Slavs {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
