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Romania. Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner[ a ] (née Comăneci; born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian retired gymnast. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at the age of 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games. [ 5 ] At the same Games (1976 Summer ...
Gemma Umberta Maria Galgani (12 March 1878 – 11 April 1903), also known as Gemma of Lucca, was an Italian mystic, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church since 1940. She has been called the "daughter of the Passion" because of her profound imitation of the Passion of Christ. [2] She is especially venerated in the Congregation of the ...
Farm workers - Andrew the Apostle, Benedict of Nursia, Bernard of Vienne, Eligius, George, [10] Isidore the Farmer, Notburga, Phocas the Gardener, Walstan. Farriers - Eligius, John the Baptist. Field workers - Medard. Firefighters - Eustace, [20] Florian [5] Brazilian firefighters - George.
Hope Amelia Stevens (née Solo; born July 30, 1981) is an American former soccer goalkeeper. She was a goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team from 2000 to 2016, and is a World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. After playing at the collegiate level for the University of Washington, she played professionally ...
Tacita Quinn, CNN. October 15, 2024 at 5:20 AM. More than 800 years after her birth, Joan of Arc — a patron saint of France — remains an object of not just historical, but cultural fascination ...
Charissa Jean Thompson[ 1 ] (born May 4, 1982) is an American television host and sportscaster working for Fox Sports and Amazon Prime Video. Previously, Thompson worked for ESPN, Versus, as well as for GSN and the Big Ten Network. She was the co-host of SportsNation along with Marcellus Wiley until her departure from ESPN for Fox Sports in ...
Lindsey Caroline Vonn (née Kildow / kɪldaʊ /; born October 18, 1984) [ 1 ] is an American former World Cup alpine ski racer. She won four World Cup overall championships – third amongst female skiers to Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Mikaela Shiffrin – with three consecutive titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010, [ 2 ] plus another in 2012. [ 3 ]
Hadid has undeniably been the queen of wardrobe mishaps so far this year, with three major moments to date -- and counting! The 20-year-old international model made headlines at the 2017 Cannes ...