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Sailing At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's IQFoil
The women's iQFoil competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics was the women's windsurfer event and was held in Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ..., France, from 29 July to 2 August 2024. It was the first women's windsurfing competition at the Olympics to use the iQFoil board, which replaced the RS:X boards that had been used in the previous four Olympics. 24 sailors from 24 nations competed in 14 opening series races. The board finishing first was eligible to compete directly in the final, while the second and third-ranked boats appeared in the semi-finals. Boards ranked fourth to 10th featured in the quarter-finals, from which the top two made it to the semi-finals. The top two boards in the semi-finals joined the first-ranked team from the opening series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yan Zheng (sailor)
Yan Zheng is a marine geochemist known for her research on metals in groundwater and private wells in Bangladesh, China, and the United States. She is an elected fellow of the Geological Society of America and the American Geophysical Union. Education and career Zheng has a B.S. from the University of Science and Technology (1988). She then moved to Columbia University where she earned an M.A. (1993), an M.Phil (1994), and a Ph.D. (1999). Zheng began a position at Queens College, City University of New York in 1998 and was promoted to professor in 2006, and served as the director of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences from 2012 until 2016. In 2014, she returned to China to hold the position of chair professor at Peking University's Institute of Water Sciences. In 2016 she moved to Southern University of Science and Technology where she is a chair professor. From 2009 until 2011, she was a specialist at UNICEF Bangladesh working in their water and environmental sanit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Women's Events At The 2024 Summer Olympics
A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional uteruses are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause. More generally, sex differentiation of the female fetus is governed by the lack of a present, or functioning, ''SRY'' gene on either one of the respective sex chromosomes. Female anatomy is distinguished from male anatomy by the female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva. An adult woman generally has a wider pelvis, broader hips, and larger breasts than an adult man. These characteristics facilitate childbirth and breastfeeding. Women typically have less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less muscular than men. Throughout human history, traditional gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sailing At The 2024 Summer Olympics
Sailing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics were held from July 28th to August 8th at Marseille Marina. The number of sailors competing across ten different events at these Games has been reduced from 350 to 330, with an equal distribution between men and women. Furthermore, several significant changes are instituted in the sailing program for Paris 2024 to reinforce gender equality and vast diversity among the nations in the qualifying process. Medal events and equipment * For the Men's Single-handed Dinghy event, the equipment will be the ILCA 7 * For the Women's Single-handed Dinghy event, the equipment will be the ILCA 6 * For the Mixed Double-handed Dinghy event, the equipment will be the 470 * For the Mixed Foiling Catamaran event, the equipment will be the Nacra 17 * For the Men's Skiff event, the equipment will be the 49er * For the Women's Skiff event, the equipment will be the 49erFX * For the Men's Windsurfer event, the equipment will be the IQFoil. * For the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Veerle Ten Have (born 1974), Belgian politician
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Veerle is a (mainly) Flemish and Dutch female given name, derived from Pharaildis or Pharailde, itself formed from Old Norse fara, "to travel", and hildr, "battle", meaning traveling (female) warrior. People so named include: *Veerle Baetens (born 1978), Belgian actress and singer *Veerle Casteleyn (born 1978), Belgian musical theatre performer and ballerina *Veerle Dejaeghere (born 1973), Belgian runner *Veerle Ingels (born 1981), Belgian racing cyclist *Veerle Wouters Veerle Wouters (born 2 June 1974 in Hasselt) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to the N-VA. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives The Chamber of Representatives (; ; ) is one of the two chambers in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maja Dziarnowska
Maja Dziarnowska (born 7 August 1990 in Gdańsk) is a Polish windsurfer, Olympian from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, World Championship silver medalist in Formula Windsurfing (2012, 2020) and Funboard (2016), and European Championship bronze medalist in iQFoil (2022). Career At the age of 12, Dziarnowska started training at the Sopot Sailing Club. She graduated from the Jędrzej Śniadecki Academy of Physical Education and Sport in Gdańsk. She achieved success in junior and youth categories. At the World Championships in the Mistral class, she won a gold medal in the U15 category in 2005 and a bronze medal in 2006. At the World Championships in the RS:X junior class, she won a silver medal in 2007 and a bronze medal in 2009 (edition 2008). At the Junior World Sailing Championships in 2008, she won a silver medal in the same class. Dziarnowska represented Poland at the Senior World Championships in the RS:X class, achieving the following placements: 51st (2006), 48th (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hélène Noesmoen
Hélène Noesmoen (born 31 December 1992) is a French windsurfer who competes in the IQFoil class. She won the women's events at the 2021 IQFoil World Championships and the 2020, 2021 and 2022 IQFoil European Championships. Noesmoen also won the RS:X event at the 2018 Sailing World Cup in Miami, and multiple junior world championships. Personal life Noesmoen is from Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. She started windsurfing at a young age, initially with an RS:X. Her father Yves runs (National School of Sailing and Water Sports), and her two brothers and one sister have also won European windsurfing medals. Noesmoen has a degree in civil and municipal engineering from the US Intelligence and National Security Alliance. Career Noesmoen won junior championships in the Techno 293 class in 2007 and 2008, and in the RS:X classification in 2012. She won the women's RS:X competition at the 2018 Sailing World Cup event in Miami. In 2020, she started training in Marseille, where the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Theresa Marie Steinlein
Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; ) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or reap", or from θέρος (''theros'') "summer". Another origin of the name is from Latin word "Terra" which means earth. Terra mother Earth. It is first recorded in the form ''Therasia'', the name of Therasia of Nola, an aristocrat of the 4th century. Its popularity outside of Iberia increased because of saint Teresa of Ávila, and more recently Thérèse of Lisieux and Mother Teresa. In the United States it was ranked as the 852nd most popular name for girls born in 2008, down from 226th in 1992 (it ranked 65th in 1950, and 102nd in 1900). Spelled "Teresa," it was the 580th most popular name for girls born in 2008, down from 206th in 1992 (it ranked 81st in 1950, and 220th in 1900). People Aristocracy *Teresa of Portugal (other) ** Theresa, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
María Belén Bazo
María Belén Bazo Germán (born 7 August 1998) is a Peruvian windsurfer who previously competed in the RS:X class and now competes in the iQFoil class. Bazo competed at the Sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games, 2019 Pan American Games where she won a bronze medal in the RS:X event. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she came 13th in the Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's RS:X, RS:X event. In the 2024 Summer Olympics she came 4th in the Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's iQFoil, iQFoil event. Notes References External links * Maria Belen Bazo German at the 2024 Summer Olympics * * 1998 births Living people Peruvian female windsurfers Peruvian female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Peru Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sailors at the 2024 Summer Olympics – iQFoil Pan American Games bronze medalists for Peru Pan American Games bronze medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2019 Pan American Games Sailors at the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marseille
Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the Provence region, it is located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Marseille is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, second-most populous city proper in France, after Paris, with 873,076 inhabitants in 2021. Marseille with its suburbs and exurbs create the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, with a population of 1,911,311 at the 2021 census. Founded by Greek settlers from Phocaea, Marseille is the oldest city in France, as well as one of Europe's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited settlements. It was known to the ancient Greeks as ''Massalia'' and to ancient Romans, Romans as ''Massilia''. Marseille has been a trading port since ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Low-point System
Low-point system is a point system in the Racing Rules of Sailing The ''Racing Rules of Sailing'' (often abbreviated to RRS) govern the conduct of yacht racing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, model boat racing, dinghy racing and virtually any other form of racing around a course with more than one vessel while power ... where all the boats in each race of the series score the same number of points as they finish in the race, so that the first boat to cross the finish line gets one point, the second two points. Boats that don't start, finish, retires or are disqualified are scored one more point than the total entrants of the series. For example, in a series with nine entrants, a disqualified boat scores 10 points in the race it is disqualified in. The low-point scoring system is usually used to score individual events with a fixed number of entrants. For season long series of events where the numbers of participants varies from race to race alternative scoring systems are in use. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
