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Siia projekti soovime Genist kokku koguda tuntumaid Eesti sportlasi aga ka sporditegelasi (ROK presidendid, spordiajakirjanikud, jms.) läbi kõigi ajajärkude. Kuna see projekt Eesti sport kipub liiga mahukaks muutuma - on tulnud ettepanek teha selle asemel eraldi projektid , nagu: Eesti sport - ujujad Eesti sport - tõstjad Eesti sport - suusatajad Eesti sport - maadlejad Eesti sport...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia=Golf=Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players (or golfers) use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes. Golf is defined, in the rules of golf, as "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with ...
Lithuanian Americans who are Americans by citizenship or permanent residence, but are of Lithuanian birth or descent. In 2019, there were an estimated 632,169 people in the U.S. who identified as being of Lithuanian origin or ancestry. Lithuanian Americans form by far the largest group within the Lithuanian diaspora. Chicago has historically had the largest number of Lithuanian Americans and th...
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization that constitutes one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America. Teams play in the American League (AL) and National League (NL), which operated as separate legal entities from 1901 and 1876 respectively. In 2000, the leagues merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball. The organiza...
Notable Lithuanian sportspeople is a project made to honour Lithuanian athletes, sports referees, doctors, and coaches who have attained or helped to attain outstanding achievements in sports. Only public or MP profiles may be part of the project. Categories: Top 10 winners of national and international tournaments National, continental, or World record holders List of Projects - I...
The modern Olympics have been taking place since 1896 (Winter Olympics since 1924). This project is designed to identify the people who have had the incredible skill and perseverance to win a medal. Alpine Skiing (Winter): Kjetil André Aamodt (1971 - ) Paul Accola (1967) Émile Allais (1912 - 2012) Sébastien Amiez (1972 - ) Debbie Armstrong (1963 - ) Wolfgang Bartels (1940 - 2007)
Includes both Court (or "Real") Tennis and Lawn Tennis (commonly called "Tennis") Court Tennis description: limited to members of the International Tennis Hall of FameInternational Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum web site (including list of inductees):
This is a project for those who have been involved with the NBA.The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. It has thirty franchised member clubs (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada), and is an active member of USA Basketball ...
Finnish Hockey Lions Finland (Men's) National Ice Hockey Team The Finnish men's national ice hockey team , nicknamed Leijonat ("The Lions"), is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association . Finland is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called " Big Six ", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canad...
IMPORTANT NOTE: If a relevant sub-project already exists for an individual's sport, please add them to that sub-project and not this portal. Sports Athletics Pole Vaulting Renowned Marathon Runners Track & Field Auto Racing Fast & Furious Indianapolis 500 NASCAR National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame Baseball Main project: Baseball
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...
FOUNDERS & CONTRIBUTERS =* Walter Camp , known as the "Father of American Football" is the person who founded the rules for what we know as American Football.* Fielding Yost invented the position of linebacker, co-created the first ever bowl game, the 1902 Rose Bowl, with then legendary UM athletic director Charles Baird, invented the fieldhouse concept that bears his name, and supervised the b...
Association football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is the world's most popular sport.This project is for listing the profiles of football players with an international career . For profiles to be eligible they should:* be Public, with a photo and biography* be connected to the World Tree* be international 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 ...
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...
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. The three disciplines of modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also saber); each discipline uses a different kind of blade, which shares the same name, and employs its own rules. Most competitive fencers specialise in one discipline. The modern sport gained prominence near the end of the 19th century and is based on the tra...
College Football Hall of Fame Web site: The 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 Reci...
Collecting people related to Swedish football.
Please note that this refers to the hall of fame for American football , not association football (soccer) . Pro Football Hall of Fame Web site: Hall of Famers by Year of Enshrinement 1963 Sammy Baugh 1963 Bert Bell 1963 Joe Carr 1963 Earl (Dutch) Clark 1963 Harold (Red) Grange 1963 George Halas
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...
==日本のスポーツ - Japanese Sports==
2024 Lithuania at the Paris Summer Olympics Lithuania competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-Soviet era and eleventh overall in Summer Olympic history. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0) Lithuania medaled in 4 events, earning 2 Silver and 2 Bronze medals. 50 Competitors (26 men and 24 w...
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...
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 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...