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Urszula Hałacińska
Urszula is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa (1705–1753), Polish-Lithuania-Belarusian noble dramatist and writer *Urszula Augustyn (born 1964), Polish politician *Urszula Dudziak (born 1943), Polish jazz vocalist * Urszula Gacek (born 1963), British-born Polish member of the European Parliament *Urszula Kasprzak, usually known simply as Urszula (born 1960), Polish singer * Urszula Kielan (born 1960), retired high jumper from Poland *Urszula Kozioł (born 1931), Polish poet and writer * Urszula Krupa (born 1949), Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament *Urszula Mayerin (1570–1635), mistress to King Sigismund III of Poland *Urszula Modrzyńska (1928–2010), Polish stage and film actress *Urszula Piwnicka, née Jasińska (born 1983), Polish javelin thrower *Urszula Plenkiewicz (1921–2021), Polish scout and liaison officer *Urszula Radwańska (born 1990), Polish tennis player *Urszula Sadkowska (born 1984), Polis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa
Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłł (, ; February 13, 1705, Czartorysk, Chartorysk – May 23, 1753, Navahrudak), was a Polish writer and playwright, the first female writer on the territory of modern Poland and Belarus. She was a Princess, the last female representative of the House of Wiśniowiecki, Wiśniowiecki noble house and a wife of Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł. Biography Franciszka Urszula was the only child of famous and wealthy parents. Her father Prince Janusz Antoni Wiśniowiecki (1678–1741) was the Castellan of Kraków, governor of Vilnius and Kraków, mayor of Pinsk, while his wife Teofila (1680–1757) was a member of Leszczyński family and a daughter of the Royal family, Royal epicalyx and Cup-Bearer of the Crown, cupbearer, governor of Podlasie, mayor of Kovel and Kamianets-Podilskyi, Kamenetz. Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłł received an excellent education at home: spoke several European languages, knew the world literature, and wrote poetry. The Wiśni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Radwańska
Urszula Radwańska (; born 7 December 1990) is a Polish professional tennis player. Radwańska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 October 2012, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 29. On 21 September 2009, she peaked at No. 74 in the doubles rankings. As a junior player, Radwańska won the 2007 Wimbledon girls' singles title, culminating in the junior year-ending world No. 1 ranking. Nicknamed Ula, she is the younger sister of Agnieszka Radwańska. Tennis career As a junior player, Radwańska won Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam titles, including the 2007 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, 2007 Wimbledon girls' singles, culminating in the junior year-ending world No. 1 ranking. This was the launching pad into her professional career, where she has been getting into Women's Tennis Association, WTA main draws via qualifying and wildcards. In 2007, Radwańska p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszulin (other)
Urszulin may refer to the following places: * Urszulin, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland) * Urszulin, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) * Urszulin, Lublin County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * Urszulin, Ryki County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * Urszulin, Włodawa County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * Urszulin, Grodzisk Mazowiecki County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursula (other)
Ursula commonly refers to: * Ursula (name), feminine name (and a list of people and fictional characters with the name) * Ursula (''The Little Mermaid''), a fictional character who appears in ''The Little Mermaid'' (1989) * Saint Ursula, a legendary Christian saint Ursula may also refer to: * ''Ursula'' (album), an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * Ursula (crater), a crater on Titania, a moon of Uranus *Ursula (detention center) Ursula is the colloquial name for the Central Processing Center, the largest U.S. Customs and Border Protection detention center for undocumented immigrants. The facility is a retrofitted warehouse that can hold more than 1,000 people. It was ope ..., processing facility for unaccompanied minors in McAllen, Texas * Ursula Channel, body of water in British Columbia, Canada * 375 Ursula, a large main-belt asteroid * HMS ''Ursula'', a destroyer and two submarines that served with the Royal Navy * Tropical Storm Ursula (other), a typhoon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Zielińska
Urszula Sara Zielińska (born 3 October 1977) is a Polish social and political activist, member of the Sejm, and co-chair of The Greens. Since 2023, she serves as the Deputy Minister of the Climate and Environment. Biography Zielińska graduated in management and marketing from the Academy of Leon Koźmiński in Warsaw. She obtained her master's degree in 2003. She lived and worked, among others, in Germany and Great Britain. She became a marketing manager for a company. She is fluent in English and German. She participated in protests against the logging of the Białowieża Forest and was involved in the Save Women project. She took part in the protests against Polish judiciary reforms. She is a member of the national board of the Green Party and the board of the Warsaw Center group. She is the author of the program entitled "''Poland without smog"'', proposed by the Green Party. Zielińska unsuccessfully ran in the 2019 European Parliament election in Poland, obtaining 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Zamoyska
Urszula Zamoyska (c. 1750-1808), was a Polish noblewoman and socialite, niece of king Stanisław August Poniatowski. She is known for her public role during the reign of her uncle, when she played the ceremonial role of the hostess of his court. Life She was the daughter of Ludwika Maria Poniatowska and Jan Jakub Zamoyski. Her parents separated shortly after her birth. In 1763, her maternal uncle, Stanisław August Poniatowski, was elected king of Poland. In 1773, she married Count Wincenty Potocki (d. 1825). Her marriage was discontinued by a divorce in 1777. According to the diary of the king, the fault was with her spouse. Her divorce was subject to a poem by Ignacy Potocki. Grigory Potemkin presented a marriage proposal, but the king did not support it. She married secondly to Michal Jerzy Mniszech in 1781. Hostess of the Royal Court She played a significant role during the last two decades of her uncle's reign. As the king was unmarried and there was no queen, his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Włodarczyk
Urszula Włodarczyk (; born 22 December 1965 in Wałbrzych) is a retired Polish heptathlete. She also competed briefly in triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ... in the fledgling years of the sport, and was a Polish record holder with 13.98 metres from July 1993 to July 2001. At the 1998 Hypo-Meeting she was runner-up with a score of 6423 points. International competitions References * 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Wałbrzych Athletes from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Polish heptathletes Polish female athletes Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Urbaniak
Urszula Urbaniak (born 27 December 1962) is a Polish filmmaker and television director. Urszula Urbaniak graduated in directing from the National Film School in Łódź (''PWSFTviT'') in 1991. She then went on to gain an M.A. in Directing at the National Film and Television School in the United Kingdom. She has directed shorts, documentaries and several dramas for Polish television. Those dramas include ''Nina'' (1994), '' Górski Hotel'' (from Václav Havel's play, 1995), '' Myra Gets Married'' (from F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1996) and ''Room 303'' (1997). In 1999, her film ''The Junction'' ('' Torowisko'') won several awards including First Film Special Distinction at the Montréal World Film Festival, the Jury Prize at the Sarajevo Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema. She has since worked on several Polish TV productions [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Sipińska
Urszula Sipińska (born September 19, 1947) is a Polish singer-songwriter, architect and writer. Within twenty years of her musical career she earned numerous hits in Poland, including "Zapomniałam", "To był świat w zupełnie starym stylu", "Są takie dni w tygodniu", "Chcę wyjechać na wieś" and "Mam cudownych rodziców". She has won many awards and performed in Poland and abroad. At the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, Sipińska ended her singing career, focusing on architecture and writing. Biography Urszula Sipińska was raised in Wilda, Poznań with elder sister Elżbieta and younger brother Stanisław. She went to music school where she learned to play piano, and later studied Interior Design at University of Fine Arts in Poznań. Although musically active already in her student years, it was not until 1967 that her singing career took off, when she performed "Zapomniałam" at the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole. The song, which she had co-written with her sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Sadkowska
Urszula Sadkowska (born 6 February 1984) is a Polish judoka is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc .... She is 6 ft 4in tall. Polish judoka Urszula Sadkowska was 2005 European U23 Champion. Silver at the 2009 European Championships in Tbilisi and bronze in 2010 in Vienna. The heavyweight won the World Cup in Prague and Tallinn in 2007 and Madrid in 2009. In 2003 she won silver at the European Junior Championships Achievements External links * * 1984 births Living people Polish female judoka Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Poland Sportspeople from Olsztyn Martial artists from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship 21st-century Polish sportswomen {{Poland-judo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Plenkiewicz
Urszula Plenkiewicz (; 15 June 1921 – 24 January 2021) was a Polish scout and liaison officer of the Bureau of Information and Propaganda of the ZWZ-AK Main Command. She taught at the covert neighbourhood school and served as a soldier in the Sub-district V of Mokotów of the District of Warsaw Union of Armed Struggle. Plenkiewicz was apprehended by the Gestapo in November 1942 and deported to the female wing of the Auschwitz concentration camp known as Birkenau, where she escaped the death march in January 1945. She was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Cross of the Home Army, and the Auschwitz Cross, as well as being recognised Righteous Among the Nations. Biography Plenkiewicz was born in Warsaw, Poland on 15 June 1921. She was the daughter of Leokadia Gowacka and Feliks Gowacki, a state police officer who was murdered by the NKVD in Kalinin in 1940, and she had a younger sister. In order to serve Poland as a scout, Plenkiewicz joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Augustyn
Urszula Danuta Augustyn (born 1 September 1964 in Tarnów) is a Polish politician. A member of the Polish parliament of the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th term. Since 2019, deputy-chairman of Commission for Petitions and a member of Commission for Culture and Media in Sejm. Biography In 1990, she completed her master's studies at the Pedagogical University of Cracow, the Faculty of Polish Philology. For 15 years she worked as a teacher in primary schools. As a journalist, she collaborated with '' Gość Niedzielny'', Radio Plus Tarnów and with the Catholic portal Opoka, where she edited information based on the service of the Polish section of Radio Vatican. She wrote for the Polish-American monthly Nasze Słowa in Hanover. She was a member of the board of the Catholic Youth Education Center "Kana" in Tarnów. In 2005 , from the Civic Platform The Civic Platform (, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
