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Scout Bassett (born Zhu Fuzhi; [1] August 18, 1988) is an American Paralympic track and field athlete. [1] [2]Bassett spent her first seven years of life in a government-run orphanage in Nanjing, China after she was found abandoned on the side of a street following the tragic loss of her right leg in a chemical fire as a newborn baby.
Recreation Time in the Amsterdam Orphanage (German: Freistunde im Amsterdamer Waisenhaus) is an oil on canvas painting by the German painter Max Liebermann, from 1881 to 1882. It depicts a scene that takes place in the courtyard of the orphanage in the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam. The style of the work is realistic with impressionistic tendencies.
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈɡintɪŋ]; born 20 October 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player. [2] He first rose to senior prominence when he won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games, having won a 2014 Youth Olympic bronze in 2014.
The Pencak silat competition at the 2018 Asian Games was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 23 to 29 August 2018 at Pencak Silat Arena (Padepokan) inside the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in East Jakarta.
John Hamilton Nunn (born February 3, 1978) is an American race walker.He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in 26th place in the men's 20 km event.On January 22, 2012, he qualified to represent the U.S. in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 50km racewalk. [2]
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York (HOA) was a Jewish orphanage in New York City.It was founded in 1860 by the Hebrew Benevolent Society. It closed in 1941, after pedagogical research concluded that children thrive better in foster care or small group homes, rather than in large institutions.
The Foundling Hospital (formally the Hospital for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted Young Children) was a children's home in London, England, founded in 1739 by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram.
Susanti won the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States. She retired from the world badminton circuit not long after her marriage, in February 1997, to Alan Budikusuma, who had also won a badminton singles gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.