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Dudek
Dudek is a surname of Slavic-language origin (meaning "hoopoe"). The Czech/Slovak feminine form is Dudková. People * Alyson Dudek (born 1990), American speed skater * Anne Dudek (born 1975), American actress * Dariusz Dudek (born 1975), Polish footballer * Gerd Dudek (1938–2022), German jazz tenor * Gregory Dudek, Canadian computer science/robotics researcher * Jerzy Dudek (born 1973), Polish footballer * Joe Dudek (born 1964), American football player * Les Dudek (born 1952), American guitarist * Louis Dudek (1918-2001), Canadian poet * Michal Dudek (born 1990), Czech speedway rider * Patryk Dudek (born 1992), Polish speedway rider * Paulina Dudek (born 1997), Polish footballer * Sebastian Dudek (born 1980), Polish footballer Other uses * Dudek Paragliders Dudek Paragliders (until 26 May 2006 called Dudek Paragliding) is a Polish aircraft manufacturer based near Bydgoszcz and founded by Piotr Dudek, Wojtek Domanski, and Darek Filipowicz on August 22, 1995. The comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudek Paragliders
Dudek Paragliders (until 26 May 2006 called Dudek Paragliding) is a Polish aircraft manufacturer based near Bydgoszcz and founded by Piotr Dudek, Wojtek Domanski, and Darek Filipowicz on August 22, 1995. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paragliders, rescue parachutes and paragliding harnesses.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 14. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. In 2016 the two managing partners of the company were Wojtek Domanski and Piotr Dudek. Domanski has been the leader of Polish Paramotor Team at the World and European Championships since 2005 and was the sport director of the World Paramotor Championships that were held at Łomża in 2008. He was also the Polish delegate to CIMA microlight committee and in 2010, was elected president of the paramotor subcommittee at CIMA. He is the founder of the European Paramotor League project, which later became the World League Cup. Piotr Dudek has b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Dudek
Jerzy Henryk Dudek (; born 23 March 1973) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. After beginning his career in his home country, he went on to have successful spells in the Netherlands and England, winning the Champions League with Liverpool in 2005 and appearing in 186 official matches for the club over six seasons. He also spent four years at Real Madrid. Dudek played 60 times for Poland – the second most-capped player in his position for several years – representing the nation at the 2002 World Cup. Club career Early years Born in Rybnik, Dudek began playing football at twelve for Górnik Knurów. Six years later, he made his senior debuts with Concordia Knurów in the third division, where he set a record of 416 minutes without conceding a goal. Dudek only played one season in the Ekstraklasa, appearing in roughly half of the matches for Sokół Tychy as the club finished in mid-table, making his first appearance in the competition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Dudek
Louis Dudek, (February 6, 1918 – March 23, 2001) was a Canadians, Canadian poet, academic, and publisher known for his role in defining Modernism in poetry, and for his literary criticism. He was the author of over two dozen books. In ''A Digital History of Canadian Poetry,'' writer Heather Prycz said that "As a critic, teacher and theoretician, Dudek influenced the teaching of Canadian poetry in most [Canadian] schools and universities". Life Dudek was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Vincent and Stanislawa Dudek, part of an extended Catholic family which had emigrated from Poland, and was raised in that city's East End.William H. New,Dudek, Louis" ''Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada'' (Toronto: U of Toronto P, 2002), 316-317, Google Books, Web, May 6, 2011. He was lean and sickly as a child, which made him introverted and hypersensitive. His mother died at 31, when he was eight. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Dudek
Les Dudek (born August 2, 1952, at Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, United States) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. In addition to his solo material, Dudek has played guitar with Steve Miller Band, The Dudek-Finnigan-Krueger Band, Stevie Nicks, Cher, Boz Scaggs, The Allman Brothers Band, as well as Maria Muldaur, Bobby Whitlock, Mike Finnigan, Jim Krueger and Dave Mason. Early years Dudek's father, Harold, was born in Campbell, Nebraska, and was a World War II veteran in the United States Navy. His mother, Alma, born in Brooklyn, was a former Radio City Music Hall Rockette. Les has one older sister, Sandy, who was born in Brooklyn. The family is of Czech, German, Italian, and Russian descent. Six years after Les was born, his father retired from the Navy and the family moved to Florida where he grew up. Musical career The Beatles caught Dudek's ear at an early age. In 1962, at the age of ten, Les asked his parents for a guitar for Christmas. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Dudek
Gregory L. Dudek is a Canadian computer scientist specializing in robotics, computer vision, and intelligent systems. He is a chaired professor at McGill University where he has led the Mobile Robotics Lab since the 1990s (a role now shared with Prof. Dave Meger). He was formerly the director of McGill's school of computer science and before that director of McGill's center for intelligent machines. He holds a position as the VP, Research and Lab Head at the Samsung AI Center, Montreal, serves as Director of the NSERC Canadian Robotics Network, and is a co-founder of tech startup Independent Robotics. During his career, Dudek has co-authored >450 scientific publications on subjects including autonomous navigation, robots that learn, mobile robotics, machine learning, telecommunications, 5G/ 6G network optimization, robot localization and navigation, information summarization, human-robot interaction, sensor-based robotics, multi-robot systems, computer vision, marine robotic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Dudek
Anne Louise Dudek (born March 22, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Tiffany Wilson in the 2004 film ''White Chicks'', Danielle Brookson in the USA Network television series ''Covert Affairs'', Dr. Amber Volakis on the Fox series ''House'', Lura Grant on the HBO series ''Big Love'', and Francine Hanson on the AMC series ''Mad Men''. She has also starred in the British television series ''The Book Group''. Early life Dudek was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Newton, Massachusetts. Her father was an architect. She graduated from Newton North High School and attended Northwestern University. Career From the mid-1990s (while at Northwestern University) through 2001, Dudek appeared in various theater productions and on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in ''Wrong Mountain'' in 2000. She won the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for outstanding performance in ''The Glass Menagerie''. After success on Broadway, she made the jump to television. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyson Dudek
Alyson Dudek (born July 30, 1990) is an American short track speed skater and Olympic bronze medallist. Biography Dudek, from Hales Corners, Wisconsin, is a fourth-generation Polish American. Dudek attended Divine Savior Holy Angels High School for three and a half years. Dudek qualified for her first World Cup team while still a high school student and finished her high school education through online correspondence course while training in Salt Lake City. As a younger skater, Dudek originally trained in both long track and short track speed skating before choosing to specialize in short track. In late 2014, Dudek competed in the 26th season of the reality show ''The Amazing Race'', which began airing on February 25, 2015, while despite performing well throughout the race, their season has come to an end in Leg 8, where a poor performance in the leg and a U-Turn from Laura & Tyler sent them home in 6th place. Dudek was teamed with her boyfriend, bobsledder Steven Langton, whom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Dudek
Joseph Anthony Dudek (born January 22, 1964) is a former American football player. Dudek received national attention when he was featured on the cover of ''Sports Illustrated's'' December 2, 1985, issue as the magazine's pick for the Heisman Trophy after he broke Walter Payton's NCAA record for career touchdowns. Dudek finished ninth in the voting, the best result ever for a non- Division I player. Dudek finished his collegiate career with ten school records. He holds the NCAA record for career 100-yard rushing games (30) and games with two or more touchdowns (24). Plymouth State went 37–6 during his time there, reaching the Eastern College Athletic Conference playoffs twice and earning their first-ever NCAA playoff appearance. To this date, his jersey is the only one that Plymouth State has retired. Dudek played two games for the Denver Broncos in 1987 (during the 1987 NFL players' strike), rushing for 154 yards and two touchdowns. Dudek was elected to the College Footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patryk Dudek
Patryk Dudek (; born 20 June 1992) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of the Polish national speedway team. Career Dudek's father, Sławomir, was a professional rider and Patryk gained his speedway licence in 2008. Dudek won 2009 and 2010 Team U-19 European Champion and 2009 Individual Under-21 Polish Champion titles. In 2017, he won the silver medal during the 2017 Speedway Grand Prix, having accomplished this during his debut season in the Speedway Grand Prix series, which makes him the most successful SGP rookie ever. After finishing 12th during the 2020 Speedway Grand Prix season Dudek suffered a leg injury, which resulted in him missing the 2021 season. In 2022, he finished in 7th place during the 2022 Speedway World Championship, after securing 102 points during the 2022 Speedway Grand Prix season, which included winning the German Grand Prix. Major results World individual Championship *2016 Speedway Grand Prix - 17th * 2017 Speedway Grand Prix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulina Dudek
Paulina Dudek (born 16 June 1997) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain, which she captains, and the Poland national team. Club career Dudek is a youth academy graduate of Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski. She joined Medyk Konin prior to the 2014–15 season and went on to win three consecutive Ekstraliga titles with the club. On 7 May 2017, she scored her first hat-trick in a 5–0 league win against AZS PWSZ Wałbrzych. In January 2018, she joined French club Paris Saint-Germain. International career Dudek captained Poland under-17 team to victory at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. She has also been capped by Poland national team, with appearances during 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers. Career statistics International :''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dudek goal.'' Honours Medyk Konin * Ekstraliga: 2014–15, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerd Dudek
Gerhard Rochus "Gerd" Dudek (28 September 1938 – 3 November 2022) was a German jazz Tenor saxophone, tenor and Soprano saxophone, soprano saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist. Dudek studied clarinet privately and attended music school in the 1950s, before joining a big band led by his brother Ossi until 1958. During the early 1960s, Dudek played in the Berliner Jazz Quintet, in Karl Blume's group and in Kurt Edelhagen's orchestra until 1965. He then became interested in free music and joined Manfred Schoof's quintet. Dudek took part in the first sessions of The Globe Unity Orchestra in 1966, and played with them at various times into the 1980s. He also worked with many other European free musicians and composers, including Alexander von Schlippenbach, Loek Dikker and The Waterland Ensemble And European Jazz Quintet. Dudek was best known for his work with Manfred Schoof, Wolfgang Dauner, Branislav Lala Kovačev, Lala Kovacev, the Globe Unity Orchestra, Berlin Contemporary Jazz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dariusz Dudek
Dariusz Dudek (born 8 April 1975 in Knurów) is a Polish football manager and former player, currently in charge of I liga club Zagłębie Sosnowiec. Career Dudek is a former player of such a teams like GKS Katowice, Widzew Łódź, Odra Wodzisław Legia Warsaw, FC Vitkovice. Besides being a professional footballer, he served in the military, as a marine. He is the younger brother of former Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ... and Real Madrid goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek. References External links * Dariusz Dudekat Footballdatabase 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship People from Knurów Polish footballers Association football defenders GKS Katowice players Widzew Łódź players Legia Warsaw players Odra Wodzisła ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
