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Lía Rovira
Lía Rovira (born 17 November 2000) is a former Spanish Rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnast who competed with the national group of Spain. Personal life Rovira took up gymnastics at the Club Mabel of Benicarló. Her idol is Evgeniya Kanaeva, her ambition was to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olympic Games. Outside the gym her hobbies are reading and watching movies. Career Lía's first Spanish Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, National Championship was in Benidorm in 2012, participating in the pre junior category with clubs and winning silver. Junior As a junior, in 2013, she was proclaimed national group champion in Granada and was 4th in the team competition at individual nationals in Valladolid. That same year she attended for the first time several trainings held at the CEARD in León. In the individual national championships held in Granada in 2014, she achieved the 5th position in the teams category and was classified among the 10 best gymnasts in the j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peniscola
Peñíscola () or Peníscola () and officially Peñíscola/Peníscola, anglicised as Peniscola, is a municipality in the Province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. The town is located on the Costa del Azahar, north of the Serra d'Irta along the Mediterranean coast. It is a popular tourist destination. History Peniscola, often called the "Gibraltar of Valencia", and locally as "The City in the Sea", is a fortified seaport, with a lighthouse, built on a rocky headland about 220 feet (67 m) high, and joined to the mainland by only a narrow strip of land (tombolo). ''Peníscola'' is a local evolution of Latin ''peninsula''. The history of the place goes back to the Iberians. Later the town became Phoenician, named ''Tyreche'', then Greek, under the name ''Chersonesos'' (meaning "peninsula"). It was next captured by the Carthaginians under Hamilcar Barca; legend has it that this is the place where he made his son Hannibal swear an oath that he would never be a friend of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Valentine
Miss Valentine is an international gymnastics tournament in Tartu, Estonia. The event was first held in 1995 and, as of 2023, has been hosted annually. The event hosts rhythmic gymnastics and aesthetic group gymnastics competitions. In 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, Miss Valentine was hosted as an online competition due to the arena where the event traditionally happens being turned into a temporary vaccination center. Aesthetic group gymnastics Miss Valentine hosted stages of the Aesthetic Group Gymnastics World Cup series in 2014, 2015 and 2017. Rhythmic gymnastics In 2013, for the first time Miss Valentine hosted a Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup stage. In 2020, Miss Valentine served as the third stage of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix series. It was the first time that the Nordic and Baltic regions received a Grand Prix stage. In 2022, 2023, and 2024, the event was also part of the Grand Prix series. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarragona
Tarragona (, ; ) is a coastal city and municipality in Catalonia (Spain). It is the capital and largest town of Tarragonès county, the Camp de Tarragona region and the province of Tarragona. Geographically, it is located on the Costa Daurada area on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean shore. During the period of the Roman Empire, it was one of the most prominent cities of the Iberian Peninsula, as the capital, successively, of the Roman provinces of Hispania Citerior and Hispania Tarraconensis. The Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco, Archaeological Complex of Tàrraco is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History Punic Etymology Ta-Aragona name in Phoenician means the Aragona, which is the native Iberian term for the Ebro Vallay. Mythical Origins One Catalan legend holds that Tarragona was named for ''Tarraho'', eldest son of Tubal in c. 2407 BC; another (derived from Strabo and Megasthenes) attributes the name to 'Taharqa, Tearcon the Ethiopian', a seventh-century BC pharaoh w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza De Colón
Plaza de Colón (; ) is located in the encounter of Chamberí, Centro and Salamanca districts of Madrid, Spain. This plaza and its fountain commemorate the explorer Christopher Columbus, whose name in Spanish was Cristóbal Colón. Monuments The plaza, originally called Plaza de Santiago (''St. James Square''), was renamed Plaza de Colón in 1893 to honor Christopher Columbus. The square contains two monuments. On the Paseo de la Castellana side there is a monument to Columbus whose base was constructed between 1881 and 1885. It is topped by a statue of Columbus. The monument is 3 meters tall. The second monument near the Calle de Serrano consists of a group of concrete macro-sculptures by Joaquín Vaquero Turcios. The concrete blocks are decorated with inscriptions and reliefs related to the discovery of America. Flag Since Spain's National Day in 2001, the world's largest Spanish flag—14m x 21m (46 x 69 ft.)—294 square meters (3164 square feet)—has flown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. These were the fourth Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics to be hosted by the United States, making it the first country to have three different cities host the Summer Olympics. It also marked the 100th anniversary of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the inaugural edition of the modern Olympic Games. These were also the first Summer Olympics to be held in a different year than the Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics since the same time practice commenced in 1924, as part of a new International Olympic Committee, IOC practice implemented in 1994 to hold the Summer and Winter Games in alternating, even-numbered years. The 1996 Games were the first of the two consecutive Summer Olympics to be held in a predomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba Sárrias
''Alba'' ( , ) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is also, in English-language historiography, used to refer to the polity of Picts and Scots united in the ninth century as the Kingdom of Alba, until it developed into the Kingdom of Scotland of the late Middle Ages following the absorption of Strathclyde and English-speaking Lothian in the 12th century. It is cognate with the Irish term ' (gen. ', dat. ') and the Manx term ', the two other Goidelic Insular Celtic languages, as well as contemporary words used in Cornish (') and Welsh ('), both of which are Brythonic Insular Celtic languages. The third surviving Brythonic language, Breton, instead uses ', meaning 'country of the Scots'. In the past, these terms were names for Great Britain as a whole, related to the Brythonic name Albion. Etymology The term first appears in classical texts as ' or ' (in Ptolemy's writings in Greek), and later as ' in Latin documents. Historically, the term refers to Brita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba Polo
Alba Polo (born 17 May 2001) is a Spanish former rhythmic gymnast who competed with the national group of Spain. Personal life Alba took up gymnastics when she was 7 at the Club Vallecas, her idols are the girls of the Spanish group that won Olympic silver in 2016 and Margarita Mamun, her ambition was to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games. Outside the gym her hobby is going shopping. She speaks Spanish and English. Career In 2009 Alba participated in her first group national championships, celebrated in Valladolid, with Club Torrejón performing a free hands routine. From then until 2013 she participated in the national group championships (being 5th the last two years) and competed as an individual at regional level. Junior In 2014 she participated in her first national individual championship, held in Guadalajara, placing among the 25 major junior category with clubs. During that year she was in several control training of the Royal Spanish Federation of Gymnastics until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Esquerdo
Clara Esquerdo (born 8 May 2000) is a Spanish former rhythmic gymnast who competed with the national group of Spain. Personal life Esquerdo took up gymnastics in 2010, her idols are the girls of the Spanish group that won Olympic silver in 2016 and Alina Maksymenko, her ambition was to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games. Outside the gym her hobby is going out with friends and family while she studies mechanical engineering. She speaks Catalan and Spanish. Career Esquerdo started at the Club Muntanyenc Sant Cugat (current Club Sant Cugat Esportiu) under the orders of the former Spanish gymnast Esther Escolar. In 2011 she participated as a junior in her first Spanish Team Championship, in Valladolid. By 2012, already in the children's category, she was awarded a scholarship by the Catalan Gymnastics Federation to be part of the Catalan team in the Sant Cugat's CAR, going on to train under Iratxe Aurrekoetxea and Toni Zankova. That year she participated with free hands and ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Cuadrillero
Victoria Cuadrillero (born 6 July 2000) is a Spanish former rhythmic gymnast who competed with the national group of Spain. Personal life Daughter of Juan Manuel Cuadrillero, Victoria took up gymnastics at age 7. Her idols are the girls of the Spanish group that won Olympic silver in 2016 and Yana Kudryavtseva, her ambition was to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games. Outside the gym her hobbies are studying, music, watching videos. She's currently pursuing a degree in criminology. Career Cuadrillero started in the Municipal Sports Center of Guadarrama under the orders of Celia Benayas, training around four and a half hours per week. In 2014, with a national license from the Sierra Club of Madrid, she participated in the Individual Base National Championship held in Guadalajara with the ribbon exercise, forming part of the cadet category. That same year she attended several concentrations of the Royal Spanish Federation of Gymnastics in the facilities of the CAR in Madrid (Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk
Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk region and Minsk district. it has a population of about two million, making Minsk the Largest cities in Europe, 11th-most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). First mentioned in 1067, Minsk became the capital of the Principality of Minsk, an appanage of the Principality of Polotsk, before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242. It received town privileges in 1499. From 1569, it was the capital of Minsk Voivodeship, an administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of the territories annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
The 2015 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, the 31st edition, took place from May 1 to 3 2015 in Minsk, Belarus at the Minsk-Arena Minsk Arena () is the main indoor arena in Minsk, Belarus. The Minsk-Arena complex includes the main multi-purpose arena (capable of hosting 15,000 spectators) with an open multi-level parking lot (with 1,080 parking spaces) alongside an interc .... Participating countries Competition schedule *Friday May 1 **10:00–12:10 CI junior groups 1st presentation **14:00–15:45 CI seniors individual hoop and ball Group C **16:00–18:00 CI seniors individual hoop and ball Group B **19:15–21:00 CI seniors individual hoop and ball Group A *Saturday May 2 **10:00–12:15 CI junior groups 2nd presentation **14:00–16:00 CI seniors individual clubs and ribbon Group B **16:15–18:00 CI seniors individual clubs and ribbon Group C **18:15–20:00 CI seniors individual clubs and ribbon Group A *Sunday May 3 **11:00–11:45 CIII Apparatus finals j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares Portugal-Spain border, the longest uninterrupted border in the European Union; to the south and the west is the North Atlantic Ocean; and to the west and southwest lie the Macaronesia, Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, which are the two Autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous regions of Portugal. Lisbon is the Capital city, capital and List of largest cities in Portugal, largest city, followed by Porto, which is the only other Metropolitan areas in Portugal, metropolitan area. The western Iberian Peninsula has been continuously inhabited since Prehistoric Iberia, prehistoric times, with the earliest signs of Human settlement, settlement dating to 5500 BC. Celts, Celtic and List of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
