This project includes list of famous croatian sports workers: Hrvatski športski djelatnici - Hr list from wikipedia Croatian sports executives and administrators - En list from wikipedia Hrvatski Nogometni Savez / Croatian football federation , Official website Note: Free update and add a profiles on the list below A Dragutin Albrecht Vojko Andrijašević B Luka Bajakić ...
This is a project for those who have been involved with the PBA. The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the second oldest continuously professional basketball league existing in the world after the ...
is an individual or team sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take ...
Brasi ‧ 2012 ‧ Summer Olympics* Summer : GOLD [Au] ‧ 20x ‧ SIL-ver ‧ 25x ‧ BR-onze: 45x ‧ =ALL ‧ 2015 ‧ ♀+♂ ‧ SPORTERS=====GOLD*=====SILVER*=====BRONZE* ==SPORTS* =FLAG BEARERS* =SPORTS & WINNERS before 2012====TRACK & FIELD* 1952 ‧ ♂ ‧ high jump ‧ 1.98 ‧ BRO • José Telles da CONCEIÇÃO ‧ 23-mai 1931 ‧ • * 1952 ‧ ♂ ‧ triple jump ‧ 16.22 ‧ GOL • Adhemar Ferreira da SILVA ‧ 29-sep 1927 ‧ • * 1956 ...
Olympic Movement ‧ since 1850 Participants • Sports • Hosts Vanderlei Cordeiro DE LIMA - marathon - lights the Olympic Flame Opening Ceremony Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Maracana stadium Rio de Janeiro. Brazil, 05 August 2016. © EPA/Lukas SCHULZE NL • XYZ • EN • [ FR] • [ DE] • [ EU] • [ETC] • • • Special Olympics historic actores William Penny BROOKES ‧ x ‧ Pierre de...
Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). Wikipedia: Skiing
This is a project for people who have achieved some degree of notability in the world of ice speed skating. Ideally, we will add the profiles of all internationally-competitive speed skaters for whom we have built trees on Geni.> Definition: a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating include long-...
This project is dedicated to all those who have made baseball America's pastime. Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team (the batting team) take turns hitting against the pitcher...
This project celebrates gymnasts who have competed on the U.S. national team. Both past and present gymnasts, male and female, are covered by the scope of the project. The fields of gymnastics in the United States include artistic, rhythmic, acrobatic, and trampoline and tumbling (T&T). When adding a gymnast to the project, please list them under the proper heading(s) and include their years a...
New Zealand national rugby union team=The New Zealand national rugby union team , called the All Blacks , represents New Zealand in men's rugby union, which is known as the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cups, in 2011 and 2015 as well as the inaugural tournament in 1987.* Nickname: All Blacks * Emblem: Silver Fern* Union: New Zealand Rugby Union * Head Coach: Ian Foster ...
Bare-knuckle boxing (also known as bare-knuckle, prizefighting, or fisticuffs) is the original form of boxing, closely related to ancient combat sports. It involves two individuals fighting without boxing gloves or other padding on their hands.The difference between a streetfight and a bare-knuckle boxing match is an accepted set of rules, such as not striking a downed opponent.===Early History...
Scope of Project===Famous/Notable Cricketers from around the world. Books ===="100 Great Westindian Test Cricketers, " by Bridgette Lawrence with Reg Scarlett. Links ====* Cricket * Test cricket * List of West Indies Test cricketers * West Indies Cricket: A Select Bibliography of Resources * List of West Indies women Test cricketers * Women's Test cricket * Cricket
The Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it is both a museum and a hall of fame. It holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League (NHL) records, memorabilia and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup. Originally in Kingston, Ontario, the Hockey Hall of Fame was first established in 1943 under the leadership of James T...
College Football Hall of Fame Web site: National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame represents the highest level of achievement for players and coaches, a shrine for amateur football. Of the nearly 5 million players and coaches who have participated in college football in the last 141 years, just over a thousand have been inducted into the Hall. ==Gold Medal Award Recipients* A...
==日本のスポーツ - Japanese Sports==
Notable Lithuanian sportspeople is a project made to honour Lithuanian athletes, sports referees, doctors and coaches who have attained or helped to attain for sportsmen outstanding achievements in sports. Categories: * Top 10 winners of national and internatonal tournaments* National, continental or World record holdersOnly public or MP profiles may be part of the project.Sources: Wikipedia: L...
Honorary Citizens of Kaunas City (Lithuania) ==is a project made to honour and gather people who have been awarded Kaunas city awards. Honorary citizens award is given to people for Kaunas city proclamation in Lithuania and abroad by activities and work in arts, science, culture, sports and society matters. Crystals of Kindness are the awards of Kaunas City Mayor. It is a symbolic crystal of gl...
Lithuania sent its athletes to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris for the first time. In 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Lithuania did not participate due to economic difficulties and political controversies surrounding the National Olympic Committee. In 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Lithuania was not invited by Germany due to Memelland/Klaipėda region controversy. In 1940, Lithuania lost...
This project is for anyone who has coached, including at the assistant and associate levels, at the collegiate level. NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, and other college-level associations are all welcome, as are both men's and women's coaches.
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) and are one of the Original Six teams of the league. Founded in 1926, the team was known as the Detroit Cougars from then until 1930. For the 1930–31 and 1931–32 seasons the team was called the Detroit Falcon...
Sochi 2014 >>> Welcome to the umbrella project for the Sochi Winter Olympics !==Overview==] The 2014 Winter Olympic Games , officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games , are scheduled to take place in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014.The Sochi Games will be the first ever hosted by the Russian Federation, and the first Winter Games held in Russia or the Soviet Unio...
The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016 ), officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad , and commonly known as Rio 2016 , is a major international multi-sport event in the tradition of the Olympic Games due to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.A record number of countries are participating in a record number of sports. More than...
The Championships, Wimbledon , or simply Wimbledon (25 June – 8 July in 2012), is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. Wimbledon traditions include a strict dress code for competitors, the eating of strawberries and cream by the spectators, and Royal patronage. The tour...
Marathon Runners ====From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia===The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (26 miles and 385 yards),[1] that is usually run as a road race. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon (the namesake of the race) to Athens.The ma...
The 1969 New York Mets season was the team's eighth as a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise and culminated with them winning the World Series over the Baltimore Orioles. They played their home games at Shea Stadium. The team was managed by Gil Hodges. The team is often referred to as the "Amazin' Mets", a nickname coined by Casey Stengel, who managed the team from their inaugural season to 1...