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Zdenko Švigelj
Zdenko Švigelj (23 October 1902 – 15 August 1990) was a Slovenian cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 18 kilometre event at the 1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Originally held in association with the 1924 Summer .... References External links * 1902 births 1990 deaths Slovenian male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Yugoslavia Cross-country skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics Skiers from Ljubljana {{Slovenia-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing (sport)
Competitive cross-country skiing encompasses a variety of race formats and course lengths. Rules of cross-country skiing are sanctioned by the International Ski Federation and by various national organizations. International competitions include the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and at the Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics, Winter Olympic Games. Such races occur over homologated, groomed courses designed to support Cross-country skiing#Classic, classic (in-track) and freestyle events, where the skiers may employ Cross-country skiing#Skate skiing, skate skiing. It also encompasses cross-country ski marathon events, sanctioned by the Worldloppet Ski Federation, and cross-country ski orienteering events, sanctioned by the International Orienteering Federation. Related forms of competition are biathlon, where competitors race on cross-country skis and stop to shoot at targets with rifles, and paralympic cross-country skiing that allo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubljana
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Cross-country Skiing At The 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 18 Kilometre
Cross country, cross-country or CrossCountry may refer to: Places * Cross Country, Baltimore, a neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, Maryland Media and entertainment * ''Cross Country'' (Webb Pierce album) * Cross Country (Breland album) * Cross Country (band), a band formed in 1973 * ''Cross Country'' (1983 film), a 1983 drama film directed by Paul Lynch * ''Cross-Country'' (2011 film), a 2011 short drama film directed by Maryna Vroda * Cross-Country (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe * ''Cross Country'' (novel), a 2008 novel by James Patterson * ''Cross Country USA'' (1988), an edutainment videogame by Didatech * '' Lawrence Jones Cross Country'', a 2022-2023 U.S. television program Sports * Cross country running, a sport in which teams of runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain * Cross-country cycling, the most common discipline of mountain biking * Cross-country riding, one of the three phases of the equestrian sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 Winter Olympics
The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Originally held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics, the sports competitions were held at the foot of Mont Blanc in Chamonix, and Haute-Savoie, France between 25 January and 5 February 1924. The Games were organized by the French Olympic Committee, and were originally reckoned as the "International Winter Sports Week". With the success of the event, it was retroactively designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as "the first Olympic Winter Games". The tradition of holding the Winter Olympics in the same year as the Summer Olympics would continue until 1992, after which the current practice of holding a Winter Olympics in the second year after each Summer Olympics began. Although figure skating had been an Olympic event in both London and Antwerp and ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1902 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's first registered nurse. ** Nathan Stubblefield demonstrates his Mobile phone, wireless telephone device in the U.S. state of Kentucky. * January 8 – A train collision in the New York Central Railroad's Park Avenue Tunnel (railroad), Park Avenue Tunnel kills 17 people, injures 38, and leads to increased demand for electric trains and the banning of steam locomotives in New York City. * January 23 – Hakkōda Mountains incident: A snowstorm in the Hakkōda Mountains of northern Honshu, Empire of Japan, Japan, kills 199 during a military training exercise. * January 30 – The Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed. February * February 12 – The 1st Conference of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance takes place in Washing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenian Male Cross-country Skiers
Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes, an ethno-linguistic group mainly living in Slovenia * Slavic peoples, an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group * Ilmen Slavs The Novgorod Slavs, Ilmen Slavs (, ''Il'menskiye slovene''), or Slovenes (not to be confused with the South Slavic Slovenes) were the northernmost tribe of the Early Slavs, and inhabited the shores of Lake Ilmen, and the river basins of the ..., the northernmost tribe of the Early East Slavs {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Cross-country Skiers For Yugoslavia
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Cross-country Skiers At The 1924 Winter Olympics
Cross country, cross-country or CrossCountry may refer to: Places * Cross Country, Baltimore, a neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, Maryland Media and entertainment * ''Cross Country'' (Webb Pierce album) * Cross Country (Breland album) * Cross Country (band), a band formed in 1973 * ''Cross Country'' (1983 film), a 1983 drama film directed by Paul Lynch * ''Cross-Country'' (2011 film), a 2011 short drama film directed by Maryna Vroda * Cross-Country (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe * ''Cross Country'' (novel), a 2008 novel by James Patterson * ''Cross Country USA'' (1988), an edutainment videogame by Didatech * '' Lawrence Jones Cross Country'', a 2022-2023 U.S. television program Sports * Cross country running, a sport in which teams of runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain * Cross-country cycling, the most common discipline of mountain biking * Cross-country riding, one of the three phases of the equestrian sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
