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St Hilda's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college is named after the Anglo-Saxon saint Hilda of Whitby and was founded in 1893 as a hall for women; it remained a women's college until 2008. St Hilda's was the last single-sex college in the university as Somerville College had admitted men in 1994. The college now has almost equal numbers of men and women at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Hilda of Whitby was a saint of the early Church in Britain. She was the founder and first abbess of the monastery at Whitby which was chosen as the venue for the Synod of Whitby in 664. An important figure in the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England, she was abbess in several convents and recognised for the wisdom that drew kings to her for advice.
Hilda Gwendolyn Strike was a Canadian track athlete and Olympic medalist. She was born in Montreal and died in Ottawa.
Amanda Jane "Mandy" Barker is a former field hockey striker from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The forward, educated at St Hilda's College in Dunedin, played her first international against Japan for Otago in 1989, then played for The Black Sticks the next year against Great Britain. She was unable to play 1995 because of back problems that required surgery.
Ondrej Nepela was a Slovak figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia. He was the 1972 Olympic champion, a three-time World champion (1971–73), and a five-time European champion (1969–73). Later in his career, he performed professionally and became a coach.
Canada competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Despite the games being held during the Great Depression, Canada sent its second largest team to date. 102 competitors, 85 men and 17 women, took part in 69 events in 10 sports.
Hilda May Cameron was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She was born and died in Toronto.
Hilda Gaxiola Álvarez is a female beach volleyball player from Mexico, who won the silver medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Mayra García. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia.
Hilda Múdra, née Hildegard Klimpel, was an Austrian-born Slovak figure skating coach. Her most notable student was Ondrej Nepela, the 1972 Olympic champion.
Francisco de Holanda was a Portuguese artist, architect, and art essayist. He served as a court painter for the kings João III of Portugal and Sebastião of Portugal. He was an influential figure in the Portuguese Renaissance. After a stay in Italy, he returned to Portugal and contributed to the propagation of the Italianate style mainly through his writings. In 1548 he completed a manuscript entitled Da pintura antigua which was the first treatise on painting written in the Iberian peninsula.
Marián Filc was a Slovak figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia. He placed tenth at the 1968 Winter Olympics. His coach was Hilda Múdra.
Hilda Pintér is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1950s. She won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon. She was born on September 14, 1933, in Budapest, Hungary. She left Hungary in 1956. She married in Basel, Switzerland in 1957 Franz Salamon, Dr.-Ing. (Franz A. Salamon, Ph.D., Dr.-Ing., Biography: born on February 8, 1932, in Budapest, Hungary. Father Austrian, mother Hungarian. Deported to Bavaria/Germany in 1944. Returned to Hungary with his parents in 1946. Maturity at the "Fazekas Mihàly Gimnazium" in Budapest in 1950. Diploma from the Budapesti Müszaki Egyetem as Mechanical Engineer in 1954. Electrical Engineer in 1956. Escaped from Hungary in November 1956 after the revolution. He married in Basel, Switzerland in June 1957, with Pintér Hilda, Kayak-2 world champion in 1954 in Macon, France. Worked in Switzerland from 1956 to 1960. Worked at SHELL in The Hague/The Netherlands from 1960 to 1962. Worked for Du Pont de Nemours in the US and in Europe from 1962 to 1990. Started as Technical Rep., followed as Techn. Manager, Product Mgr., Customer Service Mgr., Director of Corporate Planning, Corporate Waste Management. As employee of Du Pont, invented the "Fishtail Guide", for the waste free production of the Teflon PTFE unsintered tape. Developed the membrane of Teflon, known as Gore-Tex. Produced the first Fiber Optics as Crofon. From 1990, he is working as independent consultant. Chief executive officer of Dinatar S.A. in 1995 in Geneva. President and CEO of TEDE S.A./Zug/Switzerland in 2004. He lives in Geneva, Switzerland. He won the International Honda NSX Trophy in 2000, 2001, and 2002. She gave birth to their son Jörg in Basel in 1958. She became Swiss in 1972. She won the K-1 Swiss Championship in 1968. Since 1979 she is living in Geneva, Switzerland.
Hilda Carolyn Gurney is an American equestrian. She was born in Los Angeles. She won a bronze medal in team dressage at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, aboard her chestnut gelding Keen, who she purchased, named, and trained herself. She participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, again aboard Keen, where the US dressage team placed sixth. After her competitive career, she trained and bred dressage horses and acted as a competition judge.
de Zwart is a Dutch surname, meaning "the black (one)", usually having referred to dark hair. Variant forms include De Swart, De Swarte and De Zwarte. People with these names include:
Mabel Hilda Wallis was an Irish tennis player.
Hilda Maria Carlén is a Swedish football goalkeeper who played for Linköpings FC of the Damallsvenskan. She has represented Sweden at senior international level.
Sylvie Deswarte-Rosa is an art historian who specialises in the study of the Renaissance. She has written around a hundred texts and articles on painting, drawing, iconography, art theory, architecture, sculpture, illuminations, etching, typography, history and early European interpretations of art from other continents. She writes in Portuguese, French and Italian. Her most important works explore Portuguese art and culture in the 16th century.
Hilda is an animated streaming television series based on the graphic novel series of the same name by Luke Pearson. Produced by Silvergate Media and Mercury Filmworks, the series follows the adventures of fearless Hilda, an 11-year-old blue-haired girl who, along with her mother Johanna and her deerfox Twig, moves to the fictional city of Trolberg after their old residency in the outskirts of a forest is destroyed by a giant. Though moving away from the wild and into a bustling city, Hilda still manages to befriend even the most dangerous of monsters.
Clarice Lora Betty Main is a former New Zealand diver, who represented her country at the 1950 British Empire Games.
Grégory Deswarte is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and defender.
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