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VanGrunsven RV-11 Motorglider, Side View
van Grunsven or VanGrunsven is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Anky van Grunsven (born 1968), Dutch dressage rider *Marcel van Grunsven (1896–1969), Dutch mayor *Richard VanGrunsven (born 1939), American aircraft designer *Riet van Grunsven (1918–2004), Dutch resistance fighter *Teun van Grunsven (born 1999), Dutch footballer {{surname, van Grunsven Surnames of Dutch origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anky Van Grunsven
Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda "Anky" van Grunsven (born 2 January 1968) is a Dutch dressage champion who is the only rider to record three successive Olympic wins in the same event. Along with her Olympic successes, she has won numerous medals at the World Equestrian Games (WEG), and is the only rider to have competed at every WEG since they began in 1990. Between 1990 and 2006, she competed at the Games in dressage, but in 2010 she was named as part of the Dutch reining team, marking a major change in discipline. In addition to her Olympic and World Equestrian Games successes, van Grunsven holds the record for the most wins at the Dressage World Cup, winning the event nine times between 1995 and 2008. She has also competed numerous times at the European Dressage Championships, winning seven individual medals and eight team medals between 1991 and 2009. Although van Grunsven has ridden many horses over her career, she won the majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Van Grunsven
Marcellus Franciscus Gerardus Maria "Marcel" van Grunsven (4 December 1896 – 24 July 1969) was mayor of Heerlen from 1926 to 1961. He led Heerlen through the Great Depression, the Second World War, and the booming mining years. He didn’t fear personal sacrifice, like salary cuts. Imminently after his installment, he turned Heerlen politics around, also eliminating the city's debt. Together with city planners and architects, for instance Frits Peutz F.P.J. Peutz (7 April 1896 – 24 October 1974) was a Dutch architect. Biography Peutz was born in a Catholic family in Uithuizen in Groningen, a mostly Protestant province in the north of the Netherlands. In 1910 he was sent to the Rolduc boar ..., he bettered the infrastructure of Heerlen, trying to fix social-economical problems. He was also a lover of arts and culture stimulating it in the city. He was made an honorary citizen of Heerlen and the culture prize of Heerlen is named after him (''Van Grunsvenprijs''). 1896 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard VanGrunsven
Richard E. "Dick" VanGrunsven (born 1939) is an American aircraft designer and Homebuilt aircraft, kit plane manufacturer. The number of VanGrunsven-designed homebuilt aircraft produced each year in North America exceeds the production of all commercial general aviation companies combined. In 1973 VanGrunsven founded the aircraft manufacturing company Van's Aircraft, and in 2012 became the founding president of the Aircraft Kit Industry Association (AKIA), an American aviation advocacy association.Bernard, Mary and Suzanne B. Bopp: ''Q&A with AKIA President Dick VanGrunsven'', Kitplanes, Volume 29, Number 12, December 2012, page 28-29. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851 Life and career Richard VanGrunsven grew up on a farm near Cornelius, Oregon and is the son of a Portland, Oregon, Portland area farmer. He has seven brothers and sisters. His father had taken flying lessons prior to getting married and his stories inspired Richard and his older brother Jerry to acquire an ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riet Van Grunsven
Maria Catharina van Grunsven (6 September 1918 – 1 March 2004), also known as Riet van Grunsven or Riet van de Haterd-van Grunsven, was an armed member of the Dutch Resistance during World War II. One of 21 people who became “ line crossers,” special agents who helped to maintain a secret connection between occupied and liberated Netherlands across the waterways of the Biesbosch and the Merwede, she operated as a courier for part of the larger Biesbosch resistance group, and the Albrecht intelligence group. During this resistance work, she was given the aliases “Ice Block” and “Trouble.” In recognition of her valor, she was honored with a personal audience with Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands in 1946, and was awarded the Bronzen Leeuw (the Bronze Lion), which was personally presented to her by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands in 1949. Formative years Born on 6 September 1918 in Geffen, in what was the Maasdonk province (and in what is now a section of the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teun Van Grunsven
Teun van Grunsven (born 30 October 1999) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eerste Divisie club FC Den Bosch. Career He started playing first team football for RKSV Margriet when he was 16 years-old. In 2018, Van Grunsven left RKSV to join OSS '20. Playing for Oss led to professional interest in his development. He signed with RKC Waalwijk ahead of the 2019–20 season but would only prove to be played for the Jong RKC side, and did not make a first team league appearance in the Eredivisie, although he did score their solitary goal in a 6-1 defeat to AFC Ajax in a pre-season friendly match in August 2020. He joined FC Den Bosch from RKC Waalwijk in the winter of the 2020–21 season. However, injury kept him from playing during the rest of that first season at his new club. He made his senior debut the following season, in the opening fixture of the 2021–22 season, a 2-0 home victory against Helmond Sport on 6 August 2021 in the Eerste Divisie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
