Ghizlane Samir (born 3 August 1976) is a French inline speed skater.
She was born in Casablanca, Morocco, and moved to Paris, France, at the age of 16, where she started skating. She initially practiced figure skating, roller dance and slalom, before trying inline speed skating in 2000.
Ghizlane soon showed her very powerful style in French Inline Cup (FIC) competitions, which she won twice, in 2003 and 2005. She began her international career in 2003, and has since then regularly participated in World Inline Cup, French Inline Cup and Swiss Inline Cup (SIC) competitions. As of 2007, she raced for the SsangYong Jesa Bont international team.
Inline speed skating is the roller sport of racing on inline skates. The sport may also be called inline racing by participants. Although it primarily evolved from racing on traditional roller skates, the sport is similar enough to ice speed skating that many competitors are known to switch between inline and ice speed skating according to the season.
Jessica Kürten is an Irish equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.
Giorgia Bronzini is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. She was born in Piacenza. She won the women's road race in the UCI Road World Championships in both 2010 and 2011 and the women's points race in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2009. She has taken a total of 80 victories on the road and the track, including stages of the Giro d'Italia Femminile, La Route de France, the Tour of Qatar, the Tour of California, and the Tour of Chongming Island. After a 16-year career, in August 2018 Bronzini announced that she would retire at the end of the season and become a directeur sportif with Trek Bicycle Corporation's new women's team, Trek–Segafredo in 2019.
Yuko Kavaguti is a retired pair skater who has represented Japan and Russia in international competition. In 2006, she began competing with Alexander Smirnov for Russia. They are two-time European champions, two-time World bronze medalists, two-time ISU Grand Prix Final bronze medalists, and three-time Russian national champions (2008–2010). In 2015, they became the first pair in history to complete two quadruple throw jumps in one program and the first to land a quadruple throw loop.
Elma de Vries is a Dutch marathon speed skater and inline speed skater. She is the older sister of marathon speed skater Bob de Vries.
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Zdeněk Štybar is a Czech professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Deceuninck–Quick-Step. While best known as a cyclo-cross racer, in 2011 Štybar began his professional road career while continuing to race cyclo-cross.
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Philipp Walsleben is a German professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Alpecin–Fenix. Walsleben also competed professionally in cyclo-cross, winning the world under-23 title in 2009 and the German national title on six occasions.
Jordan Malone is an American short track speed skater who was a member of the US Olympic Team for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is from Denton, Texas, and is an alumnus of the Texas Tech University Independent School District. Jordan competed in the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. During one of the Olympic days, Malone got stuck in a bathroom and, later that same day, got stuck in an elevator.
William Twomey is an Irish equestrian and is Ireland's highest ranked show jumper.
Julie Brandt Glass, known as Atomatrix, is a former roller derby skater, and a former competitive speed skater.
The World Inline Cup is the leading competition in inline speed skating.
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