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Martina (given Name)
Martina is a female given name, the female form of Martin (name), Martin and Martino (given name), Martino. People with the given name * Martina (empress) (died after 641), the niece and second wife of the Byzantine emperor Heraclius * Martina Arroyo (born 1937), American operatic soprano * Martina Attille (born 1959), British filmmaker * Martina Capurro Taborda (born 1997), Argentine tennis player * Martina Cavallero (born 1990), Argentine field hockey player * Martina Ćorković (born 1993) Croatian handball player * Martina Del Trecco (born 2001), Argentine footballer * Martina Dominici (born 2002), Argentine artistic gymnast * Martina de la Puente (born 1975), Spanish shot putter * Martina Favaretto (born 2001), Italian fencer * Martina Fortkord (born 1973), Swedish alpine skier * Martina Gedeck (born 1961), German actress * Martina Gmür (born 1979), Swiss visual artist * Martina Gusmán (born 1978), Argentine actress * Martina Hingis (born 1980), Swiss tennis player * Mart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or Gentile name, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Martina Gusmán
Martina Gusmán (born 28 October 1978) is an Argentine actress and film producer. Biography Martina Gusmán has produced around ten Argentine films, including '' El Bonaerense'' (2002) and the comedy '' Familia rodante'' (2004). She also played under the direction of her partner Pablo Trapero in the film ''Nacido y criado'' and in '' Leonera''.; the latter film won her several prizes, including the best young actress award from the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences. She starred in the 2010 drama '' Carancho'', which was entered into the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. In 2011, she was a member of the jury chaired by Robert De Niro for the main competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''The Lighthouse'' (1998) * ''Nada x perder'' (2001) * '' Lion's Den'' (2008) * '' Carancho'' (2010) * ''White Elephant A white elephant is a possession that its owner cannot dispose of without extreme difficulty, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Martina Portocarrero
Martina Portocarrero (29 September 1949 – 22 April 2022) was a Peruvian folk singer, cultural researcher, and politician. She was an interpreter of huaynos and mulizas, as well as a researcher of Andean culture. Portocarrero was posthumously honored by the Peruvian government as (Meritorious Personality of Culture). During her political career, she ran unsuccessfully for various positions as a member of FREPAP, Broad Front, and Free Peru. Biography Leonila Martina Portocarrero Ramos was born in Nazca, Peru, on 29 September 1949. In 1970, she entered the in Lima. She studied at the Escuela de Nacional de Arte Dramático, as well as at the National University of San Marcos, but it was in Switzerland where she graduated from university as an educator. In the 1908s, she began her career as a soloist, performing huaynos throughout Peru. Around 1984, she traveled to Europe, introducing Latin American music in European festivals. In 1986, she settled in Switzerland and continue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova (, ; ; born October18, 1956) is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, singles for 332 weeks (List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at No. 1, second-most of all time), including as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 seven times, and was world No. 1 in women's List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, doubles for a record 237 weeks. Navratilova won 167 top-level singles titles and 177 doubles titles (both the Open Era records), including an Open Era record 59 Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles: 18 in singles, a record 31 in women's doubles, and 10 in mixed doubles. Her nine Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon singles titles are an all-time record. Alongside Chris Evert, her Evert–Navratilova rivalry, greatest rival, Navratilova dominated women's tennis f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Martina Müller (tennis)
Martina Müller-Skibbe (; born 11 October 1982) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. She won one singles title and one doubles title on the WTA tour. Career Coached by her father, Reinhard Müller, Martina had her best results on clay courts: she won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Budapest Grand Prix and a WTA Tour doubles title in 's-Hertogenbosch on grass. On the ITF Women's Circuit, she won ten singles and ten doubles titles. On 2 April 2007, she reached a career-high WTA ranking of 33. In February 2008, she peaked at No. 47 in the WTA doubles rankings. In 2007, she started the year with middling results, reaching the second round at the Australian Open, losing to Elena Dementieva in three sets. From January to April, Müller never came past the second round of a tournament. In May, at the German Open in Berlin, she defeated Eleni Daniilidou and 13th seed Shahar Pe'er to reach the round of 16 where she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova 3–6, 2–6. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Martina Müller (footballer)
Martina Müller (born 18 April 1980) is a retired German footballer. She played as a striker for VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team. Club career Müller had played at several smaller clubs at youth level, before joining the reigning German champions FSV Frankfurt in 1998. Because many of club's star players, such as Birgit Prinz and Sandra Smisek, had left that summer, Müller immediately became a regular starter and helped the team avoid relegation. After two years, she moved to SC 07 Bad Neuenahr, where she played for four seasons. In 2005, she joined VfL Wolfsburg, at a time when the club had just been relegated to the second division. With 36 goals, Müller was the second Bundesliga top-scorer the following season, helping Wolfsburg to achieve immediate promotion back to the German top flight. Müller remained with Wolfsburg in their 2012–13 breakout season, when they won a treble of Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and UEFA Women's Champions League. In May 2013's Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Martina McBride
Martina Mariea McBride (née Schiff, July 29, 1966) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material. McBride was born in Sharon, Kansas, and relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1989. She signed to RCA Records in 1991, and made her debut the following year as a neo-traditionalist country singer with the single, " The Time Has Come". Over time, she developed a pop-styled crossover sound, similar to Shania Twain and Faith Hill, and had a string of major hit singles on the ''Billboard'' country chart and occasionally on the adult contemporary chart. Five of these singles went to No. 1 on the country chart between 1995 and 2001, and one peaked at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart in 2003. McBride has fourteen studio albums, two greatest hits compilations, one "live" album, as well as two additional compilation albums. Eight of her studio albums and two of her compilations have an RIAA Gold certif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Martina Maggio
Martina Maggio (born July 26, 2001) is an Italian artistic gymnast. She represented Italy at the Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olympic Games. She was a member of the gold medal winning teams at the Artistic gymnastics at the 2022 Mediterranean Games, 2022 Mediterranean Games and the 2022 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2022 European Championships. She was also the alternate for the team who won bronze at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart. Individually she is the 2022 Mediterranean Games all-around champion, the 2022 European all-around bronze medalist, the 2022 European silver medalist on floor, and 2016 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2016 European junior vault champion. Early life Martina Maggio was born in Villasanta, Italy on July 26, 2001. In 2014, she moved to Brescia to train at the International Academy of Brixia. Junior gymnastics career 2014 Maggio competed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Martina Lubyová
Martina Lubyová (12 May 1967 – 20 November 2023) was a Slovak economist and politician. She served as Slovakia's minister of education, science, research, and sport between 2017 and 2020. She was a member of the Slovak National Party. Early life Martina Lubyová was born on 12 May 1967 in Bratislava. Her father is Štefan Luby, a prominent physicist and a former president of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (1995–2009). Following the example of her father, she studied biophysics at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics of the Comenius University, graduating in 1991. In 1999, she graduated with degrees in law and statistics, also from Comenius University. She obtained her PhD in Economics from CERGE-EI in 2002. In 1995, Lubyová joined the Slovak Academy of Sciences as a researcher. In 2000, she moved to Moscow to work for the International Labour Organization. In 2010, she rejoined the Slovak Academy of Sciences and taught statistics at the University of Econo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
