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Paola Dominguín
Paola is a female given name, the Italian form of the name Paula. In Greek it is Polina. Notable people with the name include: People In arts and entertainment * Paola Del Medico (born 1950), Swiss singer *Paola e Chiara, pop music duo consisting of two sisters born in Milan, Italy *Paola Ferrari (journalist) (born 1960), Italian journalist and television presenter *Paola Foka (born 1982), Greek singer *Paola Gaviria known as Power Paola (born 1977), Colombian-Ecuadorian cartoonist *Paola Lázaro (born 1994), Puerto Rican actress and playwright *Paola Marella (1963–2024), Italian television presenter *Paola Oliveira, Brazilian actress *Paola Rey (born 1979), Colombian actress *Paola Rojas (born 1976), Mexican television news personality *Paola Turbay (born 1970), Colombian actress In politics *Paola Balducci (born 1949), Italian politician and jurist * Paola Concia (born 1963), Italian politician *Paola De Micheli (born 1973), Italian politician *Paola Pabón (born 1978) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female
An organism's sex is female ( symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and males are results of the anisogamous reproduction system, wherein gametes are of different sizes (unlike isogamy where they are the same size). The exact mechanism of female gamete evolution remains unknown. In species that have males and females, sex-determination may be based on either sex chromosomes, or environmental conditions. Most female mammals, including female humans, have two X chromosomes. Characteristics of organisms with a female sex vary between different species, having different female reproductive systems, with some species showing characteristics secondary to the reproductive system, as with mammary glands in mammals. In humans, the word ''female'' can also be used to refer to gender in the social sense of gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola De Micheli
Paola De Micheli (; born 1 September 1973) is an Italian manager and politician of the Democratic Party (PD), who served as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from 2019 until 2021; she was the first woman to hold the office. Early life and education De Micheli graduated in political sciences at the Catholic University in Milan and worked as a manager in the agri-food industry. Political career Early beginnings Born in a Catholic family and herself Catholic, at 16 De Micheli joined Christian Democracy (DC). A centre-left Christian Democrat, she later joined the Italian People's Party (PPI) and Democracy is Freedom (DL). Her first elective role was as municipal councilor of Pontenure from 1999 to 2004. In 2007, along with DL, she joined the Democratic Party (PD). From 2007 to 2010 she was municipal minister for Human and Economic Resources in Piacenza. In the 2008 Italian general election, De Micheli was elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Longoria
Paola Michelle Longoria López (born 20 July 1989) is a Mexican racquetball player. She is the current Women's World Champion in Singles and the Team event, winning both divisions at the International Racquetball Federation (IRF) 2024 World Championships in San Antonio, Texas. Longoria is the most winning player in IRF World Championship history, and she is the only woman to win both singles and doubles at Worlds. Longoria is also the #1 player on the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) tour, and was the first Mexican woman to attain the #1 pro ranking, doing so at the end of the 2008–09 season. She repeated the feat at the end of 2009–2010 season, and has been #1 for ten consecutive seasons. Longoria's style is characterized by a semi-western grip of the racquet, which is unusual for racquetball; Longoria is the only pro player using this grip style. In the 2024 general election she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a plurinominal deputy for the Citize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Espinosa
Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez (born 31 July 1986) is a Mexican diver and represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she was her national team's flagbearer, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In 1987, the Espinosa Sánchez family moved to La Paz from Mexico City with Paola, who was barely nine months old. In Athens in 2004, from speciality platform jumps of 10 meters, she placed in the individual jump and fifth in synchronized jumps. In the synchronized jumps, she participated with Tatiana Ortiz, who was also an Olympic medalist. On August 8, 2008, she was the champion of the Mexico national team at the Opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Beijing. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Synchronized 10-meter Platform at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing on 12 August 2008 with a score of 330.06. She won silver medal in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olympics wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Ogechi Egonu
Paola Ogechi Egonu (; born 18 December 1998) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italian volleyball club Vero Volley Milano and is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team. Early life Egonu was born in Cittadella, Italy, to Nigerian parents. She has two siblings, Angela and Andrea, and a cousin, Terry Enweonwu, who also plays volleyball. She received Italian citizenship at age fourteen. She was awarded the prize for Woman of the Year 2019 by ''D - la Repubblica delle donne'', a weekly magazine of ''La Repubblica''. Career National team Egonu began playing for the Italian national team in 2015. That year, she led Italy's junior teams to gold at the U18 World Championship, where she was named MVP of the tournament, and bronze at the U20 World Championship. At age 17, she participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she placed ninth overall with her team. In 2018, Egonu helped her team win silver at the 2018 World Championship in Japan; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Ferrari (basketball)
Paola Andrea Ferrari Yegros (born 16 September 1985) is a Paraguayan basketball player. She currently plays for PB63 Battipaglia in Serie A2 as a shooting guard. Biography Paola Ferrari began playing basketball at age 7 at the club Deportivo Internacional in her native Asunción. She played her first South American Championship in Peru, in the cadet category, where she stood out as a top scorer of the tournament. She made her debut in the senior league of Paraguay at age 14, where she played for several teams, including Deportivo Internacional, Deportivo San Jose, UAA. She had outstanding performances in the South American Championships at all levels, being proclaimed the best player, top scorer, and best three-point shooter on several occasions. After training in the United States in 2003 at Tomahawk High School in Wisconsin, Ferrari played for Union University of Tennessee in 2004. A year later, she played for the University of Quevedo, where the team reached the semifinal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Duguet
Paola Duguet (born October 1, 1987, in New York, United States) is a Colombian-American Olympic freestyle swimmer. She swam for Colombia at the 2004 Olympics, swimming the 400 (29th) and 800 frees (27th). She is the daughter of and Noel Duguet, founder and principal of Aravis Capital Advisors, of Briarcliff Manor, and Maria Teresa Duran Duguet, a real estate broker. Paola started swimming at the age of 5 with the Briarcliff Manor Summer Swim Team. By the age of 10, she was ranked #1 in the United States in the 50-yard breaststroke. She consistently ranked among the Top16 fastest swimmers in her age group through the years, winning many Metropolitan Junior Olympics High Point Awards and competing in 8 consecutive Eastern Zone Championships. With her Badger Swim Club teammates, Kim Kelly, Bridget O'Connor, and Whitney Sprague, they broke one of the longest standing U.S. National Age Group Records in the 15–16-year-olds 800-freestyle relay held by Mission Viejo Swim Club. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Croce
Paola Croce (born March 6, 1978, in Rome) is an Italian volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ... player, who plays as a libero. She last played for Chateau D'Ax Urbino Volley in 2013. She has twice competed at the Olympics as part of the Italian national team, finishing 5th in 2008 and 2012. She was part of the Italian team that won the 2007 European Championship. In the same year, she was part of the Italian team that won the bronze medal at the World Grand Prix. References Profile External links * 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Rome Italian women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Cavallino
Paola Cavallino (born 6 June 1977 in Genoa) is a butterfly swimmer from Italy, who won the silver medal in the women's 200 metres butterfly event at the 2004 European Championships. She represented her native country a couple of months later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe .... References Profile Italian female swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Italy Swimmers from Genoa 1977 births Living people European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming FISU World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Cardullo
Paola Cardullo (born 18 March 1982 in Omegna) is a former volleyball player from Italy, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. There she was named ''Best Libero'' of the tournament. Career Cardullo also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ..., where Italy ended up in fifth place and she was named ''Best Libero'' at the end of the Olympic tournament. She won the bronze medal at the 2007–08 CEV Indesit Champions League with Asystel Novara and also was individually awarded ''Best Libero''. In the 2012-12 champions league, Cardullo played with the French club RC Cannes, capturing the silver medal and the Best Libero award. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Taverna
Paola Taverna (born 2 March 1969) is an Italian politician for the Five Star Movement, who has been a member of the Senate of the Republic since the 2013 Italian general election. In March 2018, she was elected vice-president of the Senate. Biography Born in Rome, Taverna lives in the Torre Maura district. Political life In the 2013 Italian general election, Taverna was elected to the Italian Senate on the Five Star Movement party-list in Lazio. Taverna was re-elected at the 2018 general election in the constituency of Rome—Tuscolano District. On 28 March 2018, Taverna was elected by her fellow senators to be the vice president of the Senate of the Republic with 105 votes. Political positions Paola Taverna during the session no. 327 of 2014 in the Senate falsely stated that the welfare state would have been created by Benito Mussolini during his dictatorship through measures such as the severance pay and accused Matteo Renzi of wanting to dismantle it with the ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paola Severino
Paola Severino (born 22 October 1948) is an Italian lawyer, academic and politician. She served as Minister of Justice in the Monti cabinet from November 2011 to April 2013, being the first woman appointed Minister of Justice in Italian history. On 3 October 2016, she was nominated rector of Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli. Early life and education Severino was born in Naples in 1948. She studied law at La Sapienza University of Rome and graduated in 1971. She is married to former CONSOB executive Paolo Di Benedetto, with whom she had a daughter. Severino is an amputee, having lost her right arm due to an illness. Career Severino began her career as a researcher at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (National Council of Research) in 1972, and worked there until 1975. She then worked as an assistant professor at La Sapienza from 1975 to 1987. Later she began to work at Perugia University and taught penal commercial law at the Faculty of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
