Lignano Riviera | |
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Coordinates: 45°41′N13°07′E / 45.683°N 13.117°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
Province | Udine (UD) |
Comune | Lignano Sabbiadoro |
Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
Demonym | Lignanesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 33054 |
Dialing code | +39 0431 |
Patron saint | St. John Bosco |
Saint day | 31 January |
Website | Official website |
Lignano Riviera is a frazione of the city of Lignano Sabbiadoro, comune in the province of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy. It is one of the main summer resorts in northern Italy.
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The 2008 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy from 11 to 20 April 2008. It was the 87th edition of the event, which was first staged in 1896.
Dino De Martin was an Italian bobsledder who competed in the late 1950s. He finished fifth in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He died in Lignano Sabbiadoro on 31 July 1960, at the age of 39.
Para swimming is an adaptation of the sport of swimming for athletes with disabilities. Para swimmers compete at the Summer Paralympic Games and at other sports competitions throughout the world. The sport is governed by the International Paralympic Committee. Both men and women compete in para swimming, racing against competitors of their own gender. Swimming has been a part of the Paralympic program since the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.
Macrostomum lignano is a free-living, hermaphroditic flatworm. It is transparent and of small size, and is part of the intertidal sand meiofauna of the Adriatic Sea. Originally a model organism for research on developmental biology and the evolution of the bilaterian body plan, it has since expanded to other important fields of research such as sexual selection and sexual conflicts, ageing and the evolution of the bilaterian body plan, ecotoxicology, and, more recently, genomics.
Lignano Pineta is a frazione of the city of Lignano Sabbiadoro, comune in the province of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy, one of the major summer resorts in northern Italy.
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The 2005 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy.
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The PIPA Beach Polo World Series is an international series of beach polo tournaments organized by PIPA Polo Instructors and Players Association in cooperation with A Quechua World of Polo. It is the largest international beach polo tour. The rules are similar to arena polo.
Ali Saad Al-Deraan is a Saudi athlete competing primarily over the 800 metres distance. He represented his country at the 2015 World Championships, reaching the semifinals.
The Meeting Sport Solidarietà is an annual track and field meet that takes place at Guido Teghil Stadium in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. It was first held in July 1990.
Antonio Fantin is an Italian swimmer who competes in Paralympic S5 and SM5 events. He won the International Sports Prize World Athlete of the Year award in 2022.
The Premio Hemingway is an international art award established by the municipality of Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy in 1984.
Stadio Guido Teghil is a stadium in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. It has a capacity of over 5,000.
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