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Grzegorz Niciński
Grzegorz (Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish given name, equivalent to English ''Gregory''. Its diminutive forms include Grześ, Grzesiek, and Grzesio; augmentative – Grzechu. Individuals named Grzegorz may choose to celebrate their name day on 2, 4 and 10 January; 12 March; 24 and 26 April; 4, 9, 25 May; 13 June; 25 August; 3 and 30 September; 17, 20, 23, and 28 November and 10, 19 and 24 December. Notable people with the name include: * Grzegorz of Sanok (1407–1477), archbishop, poet, and humanist *Grzegorz Braun (born 1967), Polish MP * Grzegorz Cebula (born 1981), DJ and record producer known professionally as C-BooL *Grzegorz Ciechowski (1957–2001), rock singer and film score composer *Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879–1953), conductor, violinist and composer * Grzegorz Gajewski (born 1985), chess grandmaster *Grzegorz Gawlik (born 1980), traveler and mountaineer *Grzegorz Hajdarowicz (born 1965), entrepreneur, film producer and publisher * Grzegorz Halama (born 1970), p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Greek Language
Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek Dark Ages, Dark Ages (), the Archaic Greece, Archaic or Homeric Greek, Homeric period (), and the Classical Greece, Classical period (). Ancient Greek was the language of Homer and of fifth-century Athens, fifth-century Athenian historians, playwrights, and Ancient Greek philosophy, philosophers. It has contributed many words to English vocabulary and has been a standard subject of study in educational institutions of the Western world since the Renaissance. This article primarily contains information about the Homeric Greek, Epic and Classical periods of the language, which are the best-attested periods and considered most typical of Ancient Greek. From the Hellenistic period (), Ancient Greek was followed by Koine Greek, which is regar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grzegorz Kacała
Grzegorz Kacała is a Polish former professional rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, and has coached rugby union in the 2000s and 2010s. He was born on 15 March 1966. In rugby union, his position was in the back row, usually Number 8. He is the only Polish player to have been on a Heineken Cup winning team, in 1997. He did so with CA Brive. He was named man of the match in the final against Leicester Tigers. He currently coaches in Poland at Lechia Gdańsk (2009/2010). He also played with Cardiff RFC. He started his professional career in the Polish League. He was the first Polish player to play in the rugby league Super League when he played for Paris Saint-Germain in the first season of 1996's Super League I, as a forward. Currently Kacala has been a member of the Polish Rugby Union . Clubs * Lechia Gdańsk * Ogniwo Sopot * Club Olympique Creusot Bourgogne * FC Grenoble * Paris Saint-Germain (RL) * CA Brive * Cardiff RFC Achievements * Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grzegorz Pojmański
Grzegorz Pojmański (born April 16, 1959, in Warsaw), is a Polish astronomer and professor at the Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Poland. In 1997 Pojmański together with professor Bohdan Paczyński implemented the project All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS). With the ASAS Alert System Pojmański discovered two new comets: C/2004 R2 (ASAS) and C/2006 A1 (Pojmański). Pojmański connects with the ASAS automatic telescope located in Las Campanas Observatory, Chile, via Internet. Publications Eclipsing binaries in ASAS catalogby B. Paczynski, D. Szczygiel, B. Pilecki, G. Pojmański The All Sky Automated Survey. The Catalog of Variable Stars. V. Declinations 0 deg - 28 deg of the Northern Hemisphereby G. Pojmański, B. Pilecki, D. Szczygiel The All Sky Automated Survey. The Catalog of Variable Stars. IV.18^h - 24^h Quarter of the Southern Hemisphereby G. Pojmański, Gracjan Maciejewski The All Sky Automated Survey. The Catalog of Variable Stars. III. 12h - 18h Quarter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grzegorz Nowak (rower)
Grzegorz Nowak (born 1 November 1954) is a Polish rower who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ .... He was born in Luboń. In 1980 he was a crew member of the Polish boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed fours event. At the same Olympics he also finished ninth with the Polish boat in the 1980 eights competition. External links * 1954 births Living people Olympic rowers for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland People from Luboń Polish male rowers Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Rowers from Greater Poland Voivodeship Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grzegorz Nowak (conductor)
Grzegorz Nowak (born 15 August 1951, Poznań) is a Polish conductor. He has served as music director of the Polish National Opera, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the SWR Radio Orchestra in Kaiserslautern, Germany), and Sinfonia Helvetica and festival Musique and Amitié in Switzerland. He is currently the music director and principal conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra and thPrincipal Associate Conductorof the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. Biography Born in Poznań, Poland, he began his international conducting career by winning the first prize at the Ernest Ansermet Conducting Competition in Geneva. He also won the Grand Prix Patek Philippe, Rolex Prize, Swiss Prize, American Patronage Prize and the Europäische Förderpreis für Musik as the European Musician of the Year. Nowak was honoured with the Distinguished Teacher Award during his tenure as Professor at Bowling Green State University, and the title of "Honorary Professor" was bestowed u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grzegorz Napieralski
Grzegorz Bernard Napieralski (pronounced ; born March 18, 1974) is a Polish politician. He is an MP (member of the Sejm) and was chairman of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) from 2008 to 2011. Education and political career Napieralski was born in Szczecin in 1974. After graduating from mechanics school in Szczecin, Napieralski studied Political Science at the University of Szczecin, obtaining his master's degree in 2000. From 1995 to 1999 he was the secretary of Szczecin division of Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland, which later became the Democratic Left Alliance. In 2002 he became the aide to the Voivode in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. In 2004, he was elected to Sejm, taking the place of Bogusław Liberadzki, who became a member of the European Parliament. Napieralski was subsequently elected again in 2005, 2007 and 2011. In 2004 Napieralski became the vice-chairman of the SLD and a year later its secretary general. On May 31, 2008, he was chosen the new chairman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grzegorz Miecugow
Grzegorz Miecugow (22 November 1955 – 26 August 2017) was a Polish media personality of Armenian- Georgian descent. He had an extensive career as a journalist, newscaster, editor, and columnist. Career He was born on 22 November 1955 in Kraków, in the Polish People's Republic. He graduated from John III Sobieski High School No 2 in Kraków and later graduated in philosophy from the University of Warsaw. Between 1989 and 2001 he worked in Polish Radio Programme III. Miecugow was a news anchor on Wiadomości and Fakty TVN. In 2001 he hosted the first edition of the Polish version of Big Brother reality show. He was one of the principal founders of TVN24 – the first 24-hour television news channel in Poland launched on 9 August 2001. He regularly published his articles in '' Dziennik Polski'' newspaper and collaborated with '' Przekrój'' weekly magazine. Miecugow also worked as an academic teacher in Collegium Civitas where he taught journalism. In 1997, he starred in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grzegorz Małecki
Grzegorz Małecki (born 18 October 1967) is an official of Polish intelligence and security services, diplomat, colonel, such as the Office for State Protection (UOP), the Internal Security Agency (ABW) and the Foreign Intelligence Agency (AW). In 2016 he was the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency of the Republic of Poland. Life He studied at the Faculty of History and Pedagogical Sciences at University of Wrocław, where he graduated in history in 1991. In the same year he joined UOP and completed an officer training in the UOP Central Training Centre in Łódź in 1992. He worked for UOP until 2001 and in this time he was among others deputy director of UOP branch in Opole as well as the head of department in UOP branch in Wrocław. Between 2003 and 2004 he held the position of the head of Inspection and Audit Department in Opole Town Hall. He worked as an advisor to the Head of ABW between 2004 and 2007. In 2006-2008 he lectured at Nicolaus Copernicus University in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grzegorz Łomacz
Grzegorz Łomacz (born 1 October 1987) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for Skra Bełchatów and the Poland men's national volleyball team, Poland national team. With Poland, Łomacz won the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 2018 World Champion title and took part in 3 Olympic Games – 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio 2016, 2020 Summer Olympics, Tokyo 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris 2024, winning a silver medal at the latter. Career Club Łomacz is a silver medallist of the Volleyball at the 2013 Summer Universiade, 2013 Summer Universiade held in Kazan. For 3 seasons, he was a player and captain of Trefl Gdańsk. In 2014, he signed a contract with Cuprum Lubin. After a good season and 6th place in PlusLiga, he decided to leave the club from Lubin. On 27 April 2017, it was announced that Łomacz signed a two–year contract with Skra Bełchatów. National team On 30 September 2018, Poland achieved its third title of the 2018 FIVB Volley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grzegorz Lato
Grzegorz Bolesław Lato (Polish pronunciation: ; born 8 April 1950) is a Polish former professional association football, football player and manager who played as a winger (association football), winger. He was a member of Poland's golden generation of football players who rose to fame in the 1970s and early 80s. Over a decade, he represented Poland at five major tournaments starting with gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich and ending with a third-place finish at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He reached the peak of his career at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, 1974 World Cup, where he was the World Cup Golden Boot, leading scorer and the only Pole to-date to have won the honour. In 1981, he won the Piłka Nożna magazine plebiscite, Polish Footballer of the Year Award presented by the '':pl:Piłka Nożna (tygodnik), Piłka Nożna'' football weekly. After retiring from his playing career, he had a brief stint as manager in several clubs in and out o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grzegorz Krychowiak
Grzegorz Krychowiak (; born 29 January 1990) is a Polish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta FC, Anorthosis Famagusta. Beginning his senior career in France with FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Krychowiak later played for Stade de Reims, Reims, before joining Sevilla FC, Sevilla for €3.5 million in 2014, winning the UEFA Europa League in both of his two seasons at the club. Krychowiak earned List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps, 100 caps for Poland national football team, Poland national team between his international debut in 2008 to 2023, and represented the nation at two UEFA European Championships (UEFA Euro 2016, 2016 and UEFA Euro 2020, 2020) and two FIFA World Cups (2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022). Club career Early career Although initially not a big fan of football, Krychowiak became involved in the sport at his br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grzegorz Kosok
Grzegorz Kosok (born 2 March 1986) is a Polish former professional volleyball player, a member of the Poland national team in 2011–2013, a participant at the Olympic Games London 2012, and the 2012 World League winner. Personal life He was born in Katowice, Poland. In 2014, he married Aleksandra. In June 2015, his wife gave birth to their daughter Amelia. Career Clubs Kosok moved to Asseco Resovia in 2009. With the club from Rzeszów he achieved two gold (2012, 2013), silver (2014) and two bronze medals (2010, 2011) of the Polish Championship. He left Asseco Resovia after five years in May 2014. National team First time, he was appointed to the Polish national team by Andrea Anastasi in 2011. He won a bronze medal of the 2011 FIVB World League and the 2011 CEV European Championship. In November 2011 Poland won a silver medal of the 2011 FIVB World Cup and therefore qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. He is a gold medalist of the 2012 FIVB World League in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
