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Juraj Mokráš
Juraj Mokráš (born 28 December 1990) is a Slovak bobsledder. Early life Prior to his bobsleigh career, Mokráš was a track and field athlete who competed in the triple jump at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He was introduced to bobsleigh by his friend who watched 2010 Winter Olympics. Mokráš took the sport as a possible opportunity in a sport in which he could establish himself at the top level. Career Mokráš made his bobsleigh debut during the 2010–11 Bobsleigh World Cup at the Utah Olympic Park Track, where he teamed up with Milan Jagnešák in the two-man category. They finished eleventh place in the first round and improved to ninth place. At the 2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup, Mokráš formed a partnership with Róbert Chorvát in the two-man bobsleigh category. They later teamed up with Milan Jagnešák and Martin Tešovič in the four-man category, finishing 18th place. However, the quartet dropped to 20th place in the fourth round. At the 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Považská Bystrica
Považská Bystrica (; ; ) is a town in northwestern Slovakia. It is located on the Váh river, around 30 km from the city of Žilina. It belongs to Upper Váh region of tourism. Profile Považská Bystrica is situated in a fold of mountain ranges Strážovské vrchy (1213 m) and Javorníky (1071 m a.s.l.). Mountains offer an attractive experience to trekkers and mountain-bikers in summer season, cross-country and skiing opportunities in winter season. Veľký Manín mountain (890 m a.s.l.) dominates the town skyline providing views from most places in the town. On the hill next to the town on the opposite side of the river Váh lies the ruins of Považský hrad castle with two manor houses beneath, to which the town's history is closely bounded. Another popular tourist attraction close to the town is a breathtaking canyon Manínska Gorge, Manínska tiesňava. Canyon splits Veľký and Malý Manín mountains. It is an internationally sought-after place-to-die for rock clim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Jagnešák
Milan Jagnešák (born 29 August 1969) is a former Slovak bobsledder who serves as president of the Slovak Bobsleigh Federation. He competed in four Winter Olympics between 2002 and 2014. Early life Jagnešák was born on 29 August 1969 in Rabčice. He has a younger brother named Peter. Jagnešak started bobsleigh in 1998 and thought of becoming a three-time participant in the Winter Olympic Games someday. Bobsleigh career At the 2001–02 Bobsleigh World Cup, Jagnešák teamed up with Robert Kresťanko in the two-man bobsleigh category, finishing 30th place. They also at the finished 25th, 8th, and 27th places – respectively in the 2006–07 Bobsleigh World Cup, 2008–09 Bobsleigh World Cup, 2009–10 seasons. On 6 December 2008, Jagnešák finished 14th place at another two-man bobsleigh event, this time with David Rolet. However, Jagnešák was taken to the hospital upon suffering from muscle injury that would rule him out until January. During the seventh round of 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobsledders At The 2014 Winter Olympics
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (formerly the FIBT). The first bobsleds were built in the late 19th century in St. Moritz, Switzerland, by wealthy tourists from Victorian Britain who were staying at the Palace Hotel owned by Caspar Badrutt. The early sleds were adapted from boys' delivery sleds and toboggans. These eventually evolved into bobsleighs, luges and skeletons. Initially the tourists would race their hand-built contraptions down the narrow streets of St. Moritz; however, as collisions increased, growing opposition from St. Moritz residents led to bobsledding being eventually banned from public highways. In the winter of 1884, Badrutt had a purpose-built run constructed near the hamlet of Cresta. The Cresta Run remains the oldest in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportspeople From Považská Bystrica
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track and field and marathon runners but excluding e.g. swimmers, footballers or basketball players. However, in other contexts (mainly in the United States) it is used to refer to all athletics (physical culture) participants of any sport. For the latter definition, the word sportsperson or the gendered sportsman or sportswoman are also used. A third definition is also sometimes used, meaning anyone who is physically fit regardless of whether they compete in a sport. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques obtained by extensive physical training and strict exercise, accompanied by a strict dietary regimen. Definitions The word "athlete" is a romanization of the , ''at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Bobsledders For Slovakia
Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece between 776 BC and 393 AD * Olympic (greyhounds), a competition held annually at Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium Clubs and teams * Adelaide Olympic FC, a soccer club from Adelaide, South Australia * Fribourg Olympic, a professional basketball club based in Fribourg, Switzerland * Sydney Olympic FC, an Australian soccer club * Olympic Club (Barbacena), a Brazilian football club based in Barbacena, Minas Gerais state * Olympic Mvolyé, a Cameroonian football club based in Mvolyé * Olympic Club (Egypt), a football and sports club based in Alexandria * Blackburn Olympic F.C., an English football club based in Blackburn, Lancashire * Rushall Olympic F.C., an English football club based in Rushall * FC Olympic Tallinn, an Estonian fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1990 Births
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lukáš Kožienka
Lukáš Kožienka (born 30 June 1989) is a Slovak bobsledder and weightlifter. Career Weightlifting Kožienka was a weightlifter in the European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships. He earned 330 points during the 2007 weightlifting tournament in Trenčín on 15 December 2007. During the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, he finished 27th place in the category over 105 kg, but did not score points for Slovakia for Olympic qualification. Bobsleigh In 2013, Kožienka was offered to play bobsleigh by Milan Jagnešák. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, they teamed up with Petr Narovec and Juraj Mokráš in the four-man bobsleigh category, finishing 25th place. At the 2013–14 Bobsleigh World Cup, Kožienka finished tenth place in the two-man bobsleigh category with Milan Jagnešák. The following season, this time Michal Tkáč as his partner, they finished 31st place. At the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup in Altenberg, Kožienka teamed up with Radek Matoušek, Vladi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petr Narovec
Petr Narovec (born 15 April 1977) is a bobsledder. Born in the Czech Republic, he has since been a naturalised citizen of Slovakia. Career Narovec finished 20th place in the four-man bobsleigh category at the 2009–10 Bobsleigh World Cup in Lake Placid, New York. He also finished 20th place at the 2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ... in the two-man category whilst crashing out in the four-man category. References External links * 1977 births Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic bobsledders for Slovakia Slovak male bobsledders Sportspeople from Prague 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening rounds in certain events were held on 6 February 2014, the day before the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, opening ceremony. These were the first Olympic Games under the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency of Thomas Bach. Both the Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics, Paralympics were organized by the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee, Sochi Organizing Committee (SOOC). Sochi was selected as the host city on 5 July 2007, during the 119th List of IOC meetings#IOC Sessions, IOC Session held in Guatemala City. It was the first Olympics to be held in a Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS state and former Warsaw Pact state after the Revolutions of 1989 and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, colla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Tešovič
Martin Tešovič (born 26 October 1974) is a Slovak bobsledder and weightlifter. Early and personal life Having been involved in sports since childhood, Tešovič wanted to play football, but it did not appeal to him. Tešovič developed an interest in bobsleigh following a discussion with Milan Jagnešák, who asked if he could try the sport. The former initially refused but eventually decided to try it. Tešovič has a son named Šimon with his girlfriend, Katarína. Career Weightlifting Tešovič competed in three Summer Olympics: 1996 (10th place; middle heavyweight), 2004 (no total, 105 kg category), and 2012 (11th; 105kg category with a total of 363kg). He won the gold medal at the 1997 World Weightlifting Championships in the men's sub-heavyweight class (99kg) with a total of 400kg. He finished third place at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 412kg and was only 1kg behind the silver medalist Alexandru Bratan. Tešovič was supposed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup
The 2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 2 December 2011 in Igls, Austria and ended on 11 February 2012 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton. This season is sponsored by Viessmann. Calendar Below is the schedule of the 2011/12 season. Results Two-man Four-man Two-woman Standings Two-man Four-man Two-woman See also FIBT World Championships 2012 References External links FIBT {{DEFAULTSORT:Bobsleigh World Cup, 2011-12 2011-12 World Cup World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ... December 2011 sports events in Europe January 2012 sports events in Europe January 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
