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Tuesday, 13 November 2012

2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships Szeged Video Highlights

Szeged - Red Bull Street Parade, Sebastian Vettel

Canoe Sprint World Cup Race 3 Szeged/HUN 2009

F1 in the Streets of Szeged demonstration

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Nagykanizsa (; ; , , ) is a medium-sized city in Zala County in southwestern Hungary. It is also known in Hungarian as Kanizsa.
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Odessa
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Parma
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. It is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world.
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Pest County
Pest County () is a county (megye) in central Hungary. It covers an area of , and has a population of 1,213,090 (2009). It surrounds the national capital Budapest and the majority of the county's population (65.2%/790,995 in 2009) live in the suburbs of Budapest. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties , , , , and . The River Danube flows through the county. The capital of Pest County is Budapest (administratively separate).
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Pitvaros
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Poland (), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. The total area of Poland is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. Poland has a population of over 38 million people, which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world and the sixth most populous member of the European Union, being its most populous Slavic member.
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Pula
Pula (; ; , ) is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula, with a population of 62,080 (2006).
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Pécs
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Rakhiv
Rakhiv (; ; ; ; , translit. Rakhov; ) is a city located in the Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Rakhiv Raion (district).
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Romania
Romania ( ; dated: Rumania; ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, north of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Romania shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south.
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Rotterdam
Rotterdam (; Dutch ) is a city and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the country, with a population of 603,425 as of March 2010.
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Ruzsa
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Röszke
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Serbia
Serbia (pronounced: ), officially the Republic of Serbia (), is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central- and Southeastern Europe, covering the southern lowlands of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans. Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; the Republic of Macedonia to the south; and Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the west; its border with Albania is disputed. Serbia's capital city, Belgrade, is among the most populous in Southeastern Europe.
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Somogy County
Somogy () is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.
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Sopron
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Southern Great Plain
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Soviet Union
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Szatymaz
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Szeged
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Szegvár
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Szentes
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Szolnok
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Szombathely
Szombathely (, also known by alternative names) is a city in Hungary. It is the administrative center of the Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria.
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Székesfehérvár
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Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. The municipality is located in northwest Ohio on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan. The city was founded in 1833 on the west bank of the Maumee River, originally incorporated as part of Monroe County, Michigan Territory; then re-founded in 1837, after conclusion of theToledo War, when it was incorporated in Ohio. Toledo grew quickly as a result of the Miami and Erie Canal and its position on the railway line between New York and Chicago. It has since become a city well known for its industry, particularly in glass and auto assembly (Jeep headquarters and related auto parts production), as well as for its art community, education, and local sports teams.
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Tolna County
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Turkey
Turkey (), known officially as the Republic of Turkey (), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between Eastern Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia.
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Turku
Turku (; ; ) is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland. Turku quickly became the most important city in Finland and retained that status for hundreds of years until Finland became part of the Russian Empire in 1809 and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland was transferred to Helsinki in 1812. After that Turku continued to be the most populous city in Finland until the end of the 1840s. Today Turku remains a regional capital and is an important location for business and culture.
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Târgu Mureş
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Tömörkény
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Ukraine
Ukraine ( ; , transliterated: , ), with its area of 603,628 km2, is the second largest country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by the Russian Federation to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast respectively.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a country and sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island nation, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign state, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. Great Britain is linked to continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel.
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Varna
Varna (, pronounced ) is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and in Northern Bulgaria, third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, and 92nd-largest in the European Union, with a population of 358,724 (500,502 in Varna Province).
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Vas County
Vas (, ) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. The county is a part of the Centrope Project.
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Veszprém
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Veszprém County
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Weinan
Weinan () is a Municipality (prefecture-level city) in the province of Shaanxi, PRC. The Grand Historian Sima Qian was born in Weinan. Weinan is also the birthplace of Bai Juyi
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Zala County
Zala is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in Hungary. It
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Zalaegerszeg
Zalaegerszeg (; ; ) is the administrative center of Zala county in western Hungary.
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Zsombó
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Zákányszék
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Árpádhalom
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Ásotthalom
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Érd
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Óföldeák
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Ópusztaszer
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Öttömös
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Újszentiván
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Üllés
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Łódź
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Albert Szent-Györgyi
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Alfréd Haar
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Attila Czene
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Attila József
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Attila the Hun
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Attila Vajda
Attila Vajda (born 17 March, 1983 in Szeged) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he has won two medals in the C-1 1000 m event with a gold in 2008 and a bronze in 2004.
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Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy
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China
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Croats
Croats () are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia, and an estimated 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have since migrated throughout the world, and established a notable Croatian diaspora. Large Croat communities exists in The United States, Chile, Argentina, Germany, Austria, Australia, Canada, Serbia, New Zealand and South Africa. Croats are noted for their culture, which throughout the ages, has been variously influenced by different cultural circles. The strongest influences came from Central Europe and the Mediterranean, where, at the same time, Croats gave their contribution. The Croats are predominantly Catholic and their language is Croatian.
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Dezső Kosztolányi
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Elisabeth of Bavaria
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Esther Jungreis
Esther Jungreis (born in Szeged, Hungary in 1936) is the founder of the international Hineni movement in America. A Holocaust survivor, she has made it her life's mission to bring back Jews to Orthodox Judaism.
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Ferenc Joachim
Ferenc Joachim (May 21, 1882 - September 16, 1964) was a Hungarian (Magyar) painter of portraits and landscapes in oil, watercolors and pastels on canvas, board and paper. He studied and painted in Budapest and Western Europe. Hungarian usage puts the surname before the given name, in the form Joachim Ferenc. As an untitled member of the minor nobility, Joachim was entitled to bear the honorary prefix Csejtei, so prior to the Communist abolition of honorifics in 1947 his name might be found in the form "Csejtei Joachim Ferenc" (or "Cs. Joachim F.") in Hungarian, or in German "Franz Joachim von Csejthey".
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Ferenc Móra
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György Sebők
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Gábor Agárdy
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Géza Maróczy
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Hungarians
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Huns
The Huns were a group of nomadic pastoral people who, appearing from beyond the Volga, migrated into Europe c. AD 370 and built up an enormous empire in Europe. Since De Guignes linked them with the Xiongnu who had been northern neighbours of China 300 years earlier to the emergence of Huns, considerable scholarly effort has been devoted in investigating such a connection. However, there is no evidence for a direct connection between the dominant element of the Xiongnu and that of the Huns. A contemporary mentions that the Huns had a language of their own; very little of it has survived and its relationships have been the subject of debate for centuries. According to some theories, it was a Turkic language. Numerous other languages were spoken within the Hun pax including East Germanic. Their main military technique was mounted archery.
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Immanuel Löw
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Ivan Fellegi
Ivan Peter Fellegi, OC () (born June 22, 1935) is a Hungarian-Canadian statistician and was the Chief Statistician of Canada from 1985 to 2008.
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Jenő Huszka
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Julius Stahel
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János Csonka
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Kálmán Mikszáth
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Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (, English: Louis Kossuth; September 19, 1802 – March 20, 1894) was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.
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Leopold Löw
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Lipót Fejér
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Louis I of Hungary
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László Paskai
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Mihály Babits
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Miklós Radnóti
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Ottoman Empire
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Ptolemy
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Rajmund Fodor
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Romanians
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Serbs
Serbs (, Romanization: Srbi ) are a native Balkan South Slavic ethnic group. Majority of Serbs live in their ancestral lands in Central Europe and the Balkans (Southeastern Europe), between the Balkan and Carpathian mountains, in the east, and the Adriatic sea, in the west. Significant percentage of Serb people live in diaspora. The total world Serbian population, however, is difficult to measure. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbs are also a significant minority in other republics of the Former Yugoslavia- primarily Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Serbs are an officially recognized minority in both Romania and Hungary, as well as Albania and Slovakia. There is a large Serbian diaspora in Western Europe especially in Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Austria, as well as in France and Italy (which also contains a historical Serb community). More than a million people of Serbian origin live in German speaking countries: Luxembourg (1%), Austria (1,8%), Switzerland (1%), and Germany (~1%).
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Slovaks
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Tamás Molnár
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Vilmos Zsigmond
Vilmos Zsigmond, A.S.C. (born June 16, 1930) is a Hungarian-American cinematographer.
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Willy Pogany
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World War I
World War I was a military conflict centered on Europe that began in the summer of 1914. The fighting ended in late 1918. This conflict involved all of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente) and the Central Powers. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million combatants were killed, due largely to great technological advances in firepower without corresponding ones in mobility. It was the second deadliest conflict in history.
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Éva Janikovszky
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Seged

Coat of arms

Nickname(s): The Sun City, The Poor Man's Cambridge

Seged

Location of Seged

Coordinates: 46°15′18″N 20°08′42″E / 46.255°N 20.145°ECoordinates: 46°15′18″N 20°08′42″E / 46.255°N 20.145°E

Country

Hungary

County

Csongrád

Government

• Mayor

László Botka (MSZP)

Area

• Total

280.84 km² (108.43 sq mi)

Population (2011)

• Total

170,285

• Density

606.34/km² (1,570.4/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Area code(s)

Website

http://www.szegedvaros.hu/

Szeged (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsɛɡɛd] ( listen); German: Szegedin; Romanian: Seghedin; Serbo-Croatian: Segedin, Сегедин; see also other alternative names) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county town of Csongrád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary.

The famous Open Air Plays of Seged (first held in 1931) are one of the main attractions; they are held every summer. Seged celebrates the Day of the city on May 21.

1 Etymology
2 History
- 2.1 During the twentieth century
3 Geography
- 3.1 Climate
4 Education
5 Demographics
6 Economy
7 Main sights
8 Famous people
- 8.1 Born in Szeged
- 8.2 Who lived in Szeged
9 Gallery
10 Twin towns - Sister cities
11 See also
12 References
13 External links

Etymology [link]

The name Seged might come from an old Hungarian word for corner (szeg), pointing to the turn of the river Tisza that flows through the city. Others say it derives from the Hungarian word sziget which means 'island'. Others still contend that szeg means 'dark blond' (sötétszőkés) – a reference to the color of the water where the rivers Tisza and Maros merge.^[1]

The city has its own name in a number of foreign languages: Serbo-Croatian, Segedin (Сегедин); Romanian, Seghedin; Bulgarian, Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian, Сегед (Seged); German, Szegedin / Segedin; Italian, Seghedino; Latin, Partiscum; Latvian, Segeda; Lithuanian, Segedas; Polish, Segedyn; Slovak, Segedín; Turkish, Segedin.

History [link]

"Happy Guietude Times"

Seged and its area have been inhabited since ancient times. Ptolemy mentions the oldest known name of the city: Partiscum. It is possible that Attila, king of the Huns had his seat somewhere in this area. The name Seged was first mentioned in 1183, in a document of King Béla III.

During the Mongol invasion the town was destroyed and its inhabitants fled to the nearby swamps, but they soon returned and rebuilt their town. In the 14th century, during the reign of Louis the Great, Seged became the most important town of Southern Hungary, and – as the Turkish armies got closer to Hungary – the strategic importance of Szeged grew. King Sigismund of Luxembourg had a wall built around the town. Szeged was raised to free royal town status in 1498.

Szeged was first pillaged by the Turkish army on 28 September 1526, but was occupied only in 1543, and became an administrative centre of the Ottomans (see Ottoman Hungary). She was a sanjak centre at first in Budin Eyaleti (1543–1596), after in Eğri Eyaleti. The town was freed from Turkish rule on 23 October 1686, and regained the free royal town status in 1715. In 1719 Szeged got its coat of arms (still used today) from Charles III. During the next years Szeged grew and prospered. Piarist monks arrived in Szeged in 1719 and opened a new grammar school in 1721. They also held scientific lectures and theatrical plays. However, these years brought not only prosperity and enlightenment; between 1728 and 1744 witch trials were frequent in the town; in 1728-29, the perhaps largest Hungarian witch trial was held here. In 1720, the population of the city totalled 193 households, of which 99 were Serbian.

Klauzál Square

Szeged is known as the home of paprika, a spice made from dried, powdered capsicum fruits. Paprika arrived in Hungary in the second half of the 16th century as an ornamental plant. About 100 years later the plant was cultivated as a herb, and paprika as we know it was born.^[2] Szeged is also famous for their Szekelygulyas, a goulash made with pork, sauerkraut and sour cream.^[3] And also famous for their Halászlé, fish soup made of carp and catfish.

The citizens of Szeged played an important part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Lajos Kossuth delivered his famous speech here. Szeged was the last seat of the revolutionary government in July 1849. The Habsburg rulers punished the leaders of the town, but later Szeged began to prosper again, the railway reached it in 1854, and the town got its free royal town status back in 1860. Mark Pick's shop – the predecessor of today's world famous Pick Salami Factory – was opened in 1869.

Today the inner city of Szeged has beautiful buildings and wide avenues. This is mainly due to the great flood of 1879, which literally wiped away the whole town (only 265 of the 5723 houses remained and 165 people died). Emperor Franz Joseph visited the town and promised that "Szeged will be more beautiful than it used to be". He kept his promise. During the next years a new, modern city emerged from the ruins, with palaces and wide streets.

During the twentieth century [link]

Reök Palace

After the first World War Hungary lost its southern territories to Romania and Serbia, thus Seged became a city close to the border, and its importance lessened, but as it took over roles that formerly belonged to the now lost cities, it slowly recovered. The University of Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania) moved to Seged in 1921 (see University of Seged). In 1923 Seged took over the role of episcopal seat from Temesvár (now Timişoara, Romania). It was briefly occupied by Romanian army during Hungarian-Romanian War in 1919. During the 1920s the Jewish population of Seged grew and reached its zenith.

Seged suffered heavily during the World War II. 6,000 inhabitants of the city were killed, the Jewish citizens were confined to ghettos, then taken to death camps, and the Soviet Army occupied the city in late-1944. During the Communist-era, Seged became a centre of light industry and food industry. In 1965 oil was found near the city; the area now satisfies 67% of the country's oil demand.

In 1962 Seged became the county seat of Csongrád. Whole new districts were built, and lots of nearby villages (e.g. Tápé, Sőreg, Kiskundorozsma, Sentmihálytelek, Gyálarét) were annexed to the city in 1973 (as was a tendency during the Communist era).

Today's Seged is an important university town and a popular tourist attraction.

Geography [link]

Szeged is situated near the southern border of Hungary, just to the south of the mouth of the Maros River, on both banks of the Tisza River.

Climate [link]

Seged's climate is transitional between oceanic (Köppen Cfb) and continental (Köppen Dfb), with cold winters, hot summers, and fairly low precipitation.

Climate data for Seged
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	1.7 (35.1)	5.1 (41.2)	11.2 (52.2)	17.1 (62.8)	22.3 (72.1)	25.3 (77.5)	27.4 (81.3)	27.0 (80.6)	23.4 (74.1)	17.6 (63.7)	9.5 (49.1)	3.8 (38.8)	15.95 (60.71)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−1.8 (28.8)	0.9 (33.6)	5.6 (42.1)	11.1 (52.0)	16.2 (61.2)	19.2 (66.6)	20.8 (69.4)	20.2 (68.4)	16.5 (61.7)	11.0 (51.8)	5.1 (41.2)	0.6 (33.1)	10.45 (50.81)
Average low °C (°F)	−4.8 (23.4)	−2.5 (27.5)	0.9 (33.6)	5.5 (41.9)	10.3 (50.5)	13.4 (56.1)	14.4 (57.9)	13.9 (57.0)	10.4 (50.7)	5.6 (42.1)	1.7 (35.1)	−2.1 (28.2)	5.56 (42.00)
Precipitation mm (inches)	29 (1.14)	25 (0.98)	29 (1.14)	41 (1.61)	51 (2.01)	72 (2.83)	50 (1.97)	57 (2.24)	34 (1.34)	26 (1.02)	41 (1.61)	40 (1.57)	495 (19.49)
Mean monthly sunshine hours	62.0	87.6	142.6	180.0	235.6	255.0	288.3	266.6	210.0	170.5	81.0	49.6	2,028.8
Source: Hong Kong Observatory ^[4]

Due to the high number of sunshine hours annually, Seged is often called City of Sunshine.

Education [link]

The University of Szeged

The city of Szeged has 62 kindergartens, 32 elementary schools, 18 high schools and a university, which were established by the unification of the past existing higher education centres. The two most prominent high schools (Ságvári Endre Gyakorló Gimnázium and Radnóti Miklós Kísérleti Gimnázium) are among the fifteen best in the country.

Szeged is the higher education centre of southern Hungary and has built quite a reputation for itself. Thousands of students study here, many of whom are foreign students from all around the world. The Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, which was built with the help of UNESCO funds, has also been a considerable source of advanced research. Scientists at this laboratory were first in the world to produce artificial heredity material in the year 2000. The building has served as a home to many well known conferences and continues to make contributions to the world of science. The University of Szeged was ranked as the best university of the country on Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2005, and one of the best 100 in Europe.

Demographics [link]

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1870	56,901	—
1880	59,143	+3.9%
1890	68,924	+16.5%
1900	82,803	+20.1%
1910	96,063	+16.0%
1920	100,175	+4.3%
1930	108,448	+8.3%
1941	110,740	+2.1%
1949	104,867	−5.3%
1960	117,515	+12.1%
1970	145,312	+23.7%
1980	164,437	+13.2%
1990	175,301	+6.6%
2000	158,158	−9.8%
2010	169,731	+7.3%
2011	170,285	+0.3%

Ethnic groups (2001 census):

Hungarians - 93.5%
Roma - 0.7%
Germans - 0.5%
Serbs - 0.2%
Romanians - 0.2%
Croats - 0.1%
Slovaks - 0.1%
No answer (unknown) - 4.7%

Religions (2001 census):

Roman Catholic - 54.5%
Calvinist - 6.7%
Lutheran - 1.6%
Greek Catholic - 0.6%
Others (Christian) - 1.3%
Others (non-Christian) - 0.4%
Atheist - 21.8%
No answer (unknown) - 13.1%

Economy [link]

Szeged is one of the centres of the food industry in Hungary, especially known for its paprika,^[2] Szekelygulyas,^[3] Szegedi Halászlé and Pick salami.

Main sights [link]

City centre, Dóm tér ("Cathedral Square") with the Votive Church	Church of Grey Friars (Gothic, 15th century)	The Water Tower
Dömötör Tower (13th century)	Ferenc Móra Museum	Reök Palace
Szeged Synagogue	Szeged City Hall	National Theatre of Szeged
Gróf-palace (1913)	Minorite Church	Fekete Ház "Black House", Museum of Currency

Famous people [link]

Born in Szeged [link]

This unreferenced section requires citations to ensure verifiability.

A memorial of the Golden Team, the legendary football team of Hungary

Adrián Annus (1975), hammer thrower
Laurenz "Loz" Lipworthz, Scally Manc
Gábor Agárdy (1922–2006), actor
Béla Balázs (1884–1949), writer, poet, film critic
Zsolt Becsey (1964), politician
Joseph Csaky (1888-1971) sculptor
Attila Czene (1974), Olympic champion medley swimmer
János Csonka (1852–1939), engineer, co-inventor of the carburetor
Sophie Evans (1976), adult movie star
Ivan Fellegi (1935), Chief Statistician of Canada
Rajmund Fodor (1976), Olympic champion water polo player
Jenő Huszka (1875–1960), composer
Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003), writer
Ferenc Joachim (1882–1964), painter
Gyula Juhász (1883–1937), poet
Esther Jungreis, Orthodox Jewish outreach speaker
Géza Maróczy (1870–1951), chess grand master
Tamás Molnár (1975), Olympic champion water polo player
Robert Nagy (1967), speedway rider
László Paskai (1927), Archbishop of Esztergom
Willy Pogany (1882–1955), illustrator
György Sebők (1922–1999), pianist
Julius Stahel (1825–1912), American Civil War general and diplomat
Ágnes Péter (1983), famous singer

Attila Vajda (1983), Olympic champion canoer
Vilmos Zsigmond (1930), cinematographer

Who lived in Szeged [link]

This unreferenced section requires citations to ensure verifiability.

Mihály Babits poet, writer
Lipót Fejér mathematician
Alfréd Haar mathematician
Attila József poet
László Kalmár mathematician
Dezső Kosztolányi poet, novelist
Leopold Löw rabbi, historian and Judaic scholar
Immanuel Löw rabbi, Judaic scholar, politician
Kálmán Mikszáth writer
Ferenc Móra writer, archaeologist
Miklós Radnóti poet
Frigyes Riesz mathematician
Albert Szent-Györgyi Nobel prize winner chemist and biologist
Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy mathematician

Gallery [link]

Szeged City Hall.
Posta Palace.
MÁV Palace.
Votive Church at night.
Matthias Corvinus of Hungary.
Elisabeth (Sissi) was Queen of Hungary.
City Hall Square.
Franz Joseph (Apostolic King of Hungary) "Bridge" or Bridge of Sighs.
Unger–Mayer House (1911).
Statue of Kuno Klebelsberg.
Art Nouveau.
Szeged Railway Station.
The Great Flood (1879) Statue.
Rector's Buliding, University of Szeged
Institute of Informatics, University of Szeged
Institute of Biology, University of Szeged
TIK, the Central Library, University of Szeged
View from Votive Church Dome.
View from Votive Church Dome.
Aerial photography.
Szeged bridge on Tisza.
Capsicum fruits in Szeged.
Móra Ferenc Museum.
Anna Thermal-Bath.

Twin towns - Sister cities [link]

Szeged is twinned with:

Cambridge, United Kingdom, since 1977
Darmstadt, Germany, since 1990^[5]
Nice, France, since 1969
Odessa, Ukraine, since 1977
Rakhiv, Ukraine, since 1939 and 1997
Parma, Italy, since 1988
Liège, Belgium, since 2001
Kotor, Montenegro, since 2001
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Târgu Mureş, Romania, since 1997
Subotica, Serbia, since 1966 and 2004
Timişoara, Romania, since 1998
Toledo, United States, since 1990
Turku, Finland, since 1971
Łódź, Poland, since 2004
Weinan, China, since 1999
Larnaca, Cyprus, since 1994
Pula, Croatia, since 2003
Varna, Bulgaria, since 2010
İzmir, Turkey, since 2010

References [link]

Notes

^ On etymology
^ ^a ^b Paprika
^ ^a ^b Szeged Gulyas Recipe
^ "Climatological Normals of Seged". Hong Kong SAR Government. http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/climat/world/eng/europe/ger_pl/szeged_e.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
^ Town Twinnings and international relations (from the official city website. Accessed 2008-08-11.)

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Szeged travel guide from Wikitravel
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Szeged, city of sunshine (English)
Panoramas
Szeged in Pictures (English)
Official site with webcam (Hungarian) (English)
Another site (English)
Official site of the Open Air Festival
Official site of Young Summer Festival
Local Radio Station - Radio Plusz
Aerial photography: Szeged
Pick Salami and Szeged Paprika Museum
SZTE Congress Center

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Sebastian Vettel
Formula One World Championship career
Vettel at 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix
Born	(1987-07-03) 3 July 1987 (age 24) Heppenheim, Hesse, West Germany
Nationality	German
2012 team	Red Bull-Renault
2012 car #	1
Races	87
Championships	2 (2010, 2011)
Wins	22
Podiums	38
Career points	846
Pole positions	31
Fastest laps	10
First race	2007 United States Grand Prix
First win	2008 Italian Grand Prix
Last win	2012 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last race	2012 Monaco Grand Prix
2011 position	1st (392 pts)

Sebastian Vettel (German pronunciation: [zeˈbasti̯an ˈfɛtəl]; born 3 July 1987) is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for Red Bull Racing. He is the current World Champion, having won the championship in 2010 and 2011.

In his first year driving for Red Bull in 2009, Vettel finished the season as the youngest-ever World Drivers' championship runner-up. He also secured Red Bull's first pole position and race win in the team's history. The following year he went on to become the youngest driver ever to win the World Drivers' Championship. In the same year he helped Red Bull win the team's first World Constructors' Championship. He followed up his first championship with a second in 2011, becoming the youngest double as well as youngest consecutive champion.

Vettel holds numerous other "youngest" Formula One records, among them: the youngest driver to have taken part in an official practice session of a Grand Prix, to score championship points, to lead a race, to secure pole position,^[1] and to win a race.^[2]

Early and personal life [link]

Vettel was born in Heppenheim, West Germany. He has one younger brother, Fabian, and two older sisters, Melanie and Stefanie. Vettel suggested in an interview that he was terrible at school, but he actually earned his Abitur (high school diploma) with a respectable grade.^[3] He also mentioned that his childhood heroes were "The three Michaels", who were Michael Schumacher, Michael Jordan and Michael Jackson. He stated that he wanted to be a singer like Michael Jackson but realised that he could not as he did not have the voice.^[4] Vettel is also a fan of The Beatles, collecting several records, including Abbey Road and his favourite song being Drive My Car. In an interview on Top Gear, Vettel stated that he was a fan of British comedy such as Little Britain and Monty Python's Life of Brian. Vettel lives in Switzerland amongst other racing drivers and is a fan of German football team Eintracht Frankfurt. Vettel has described himself as competitive, private and impatient. Vettel also appears in advertisements for Head & Shoulders. In the German version of Cars 2, Vettel featured as a voice-over.

Early career [link]

Junior series [link]

Vettel demonstrating his Formula Three Euroseries car in 2006

Vettel started racing karts in 1995, winning various titles such as the Junior Monaco Kart Cup in 2001. In 2003, he upgraded to open-wheel cars and won the 2004 German Formula BMW Championship with 18 victories from 20 races. In 2005 he drove for ASL Mucke Motorsport in the Formula Three Euroseries. He was placed fifth in the final standings with 64 points, winning the year's top rookie honours. He tested the Williams FW27 Formula One car on 27 September as a reward for this Formula BMW success. He then went on to test for the BMW Sauber team.

Vettel finished as runner-up in the 2006 F3 Euroseries, behind series leader and team mate Paul di Resta. He also made his debut in the World Series by Renault at Misano, winning after Pastor Maldonado was disqualified.^[5] However, at the next round at Spa-Francorchamps, his finger was almost sliced off by flying débris in an accident, and he was expected to be out of racing for several weeks.^[6] Nevertheless, he managed to compete in the Ultimate Masters of F3 at Zandvoort the following weekend, finishing in sixth place. He also set the third-fastest lap time, and it surprised his ASM team boss Frédéric Vasseur. Vasseur said: "I was impressed for sure, because at the beginning of the week I was sure he wouldn't race! But he showed good pace from the first practice session. I can't imagine he's 100 per cent but at least we know we can be competitive in the next F3 Euroseries round at the Nürburgring next weekend – that's important."^[7]

Vettel competed in the World Series by Renault in 2007, and took his first win at the Nürburgring. He was leading the championship when he was called up to Formula One permanently. His seat was taken by Michael Ammermüller.^[8]

Formula One [link]

Vettel during practice at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix

Vettel made his Formula One debut at the 2007 United States Grand Prix, driving for BMW Sauber.

2006–2007: BMW Sauber [link]

2006 [link]

2007 [link]

2007–2008: Toro Rosso [link]

2007 [link]

On 31 July 2007, BMW released Vettel to join Red Bull's Scuderia Toro Rosso team, replacing Scott Speed as one of its drivers from the Hungarian Grand Prix onwards.^[13] He earned approximately US$165,000 for finishing the season with Toro Rosso.^[14] Before the race, it was also announced that Vettel would drive for Toro Rosso in 2008,^[15] alongside Sébastien Bourdais.^[16]

Vettel driving the Toro Rosso STR2 at the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix

Vettel struggled for his first couple of races while cutting his teeth with his new team, but managed two impressive drives in his 5th and 6th drives for Toro Rosso, a team that was averaging a little worse than 14th place in the 2007 season before Vettel's arrival. In the rain-hit Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji, Vettel worked his way up to third, behind Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber, and seemed to be on course for not only his but also Toro Rosso's maiden podium finish. However, Vettel crashed into Webber under safety car conditions taking them both out of the race and prompting Webber to say to ITV reporter Louise Goodman "It's kids isn't it... kids with not enough experience – you do a good job and then they fuck it all up." Webber also specifically criticized Lewis Hamilton's erratic behaviour in contributing to the accident, describing his antics behind the safety car as 'shit'."^[17]^[18] Vettel was initially punished with a ten-place grid penalty for the following race, but this was lifted after a spectator video on YouTube showed the incident may have been caused by Hamilton's behaviour behind the safety car.^[19] Vettel bounced back to finish a career-best fourth a week later at the Chinese Grand Prix having started 17th on the grid while in mixed conditions. He collected five championship points, making it both his and Toro Rosso's best race result.^[20]

Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz stated his belief Vettel would be one of Formula One's big stars in the future. "Vettel is one of the young guys with extraordinary potential [...] He is fast, he is intelligent, and he is very interested in the technical side."^[21]

2008 [link]

Red Bull Racing [link]

2009 [link]

2010 [link]

2011 [link]

2012 [link]

Vettel driving for Red Bull Racing at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Vettel remained at Red Bull for the 2012 season,^[58] and is again partnered by Mark Webber. He scored a second place finish at the opening race of the season in Australia.^[59] Vettel started fifth in Malaysia, promoted from sixth after Kimi Räikkönen suffered a five-place grid penalty. Vettel spent the majority of the rain-affected race in fourth place, but picked a puncture from a collision with the HRT of Narain Karthikeyan on lap 47. He dropped to twelfth after pitting to replace the tyre, and finished eleventh after Pastor Maldonado retired late in the race with an engine failure. This was Vettel's first finish outside the points since the 2010 Belgian Grand Prix; Karthikeyan was given a 20-second post-race penalty for his part in the collision, which dropped Karthikeyan from 21st to 22nd and last.

After the race, Vettel and Red Bull boss Christian Horner criticised Karthikeyan's driving, with Vettel calling Karthikeyan an "idiot".^[60] Karthikeyan hit back at Vettel, calling him a "cry-baby".^[61] Later, Karthikeyan decided to call a truce with Vettel, stating his respect for Vettel's abilities and saying "I think we have to deal with it in a mature way and forget about it."^[61] Vettel qualified eleventh for the Chinese Grand Prix; the first time he had qualified outside the top ten since the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix,^[62] although he ran as high as 2nd with 7 laps remaining until tyre wear on a 2-stop strategy took its toll and he dropped to 5th by the flag.

Vettel took his first victory of 2012 in Bahrain

Vettel qualified in pole position for the first time in 2012 at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Vettel was able to lead for most of the race, despite coming under pressure from Kimi Räikkönen, and crossed the line in first place to take his first victory of the season; the result also saw Vettel go top of the driver's standings for the first time in 2012. At the Spanish GP, he maintained his championship lead, albeit only on countback, after a 6th place finish having started 7th following on from a qualifying session in which he didn't set a time in Q3. Vettel received a drive-through penalty for failing to slow for yellow flags during the race as well as having to change his front wing as a result of debris from an incident involving Michael Schumacher and Bruno Senna. After an eventful race at Monaco where he placed fourth, gaining 5 places from his ninth-place grid position, he is currently second in the Drivers' Championship, behind Alonso who finished third in the race.

Future [link]

On 21 August 2009 it was announced that Red Bull and Vettel have extended his contract until the end of the 2011 season^[63] with an option for 2012. The option was taken up on 14 March 2011, as Vettel extended his contract with the team until the end of 2014.^[64] Vettel has mentioned he would like to at some point in his career drive for Ferrari, while Red Bull believes he will stay with them for as long as they supply a competitive car.^[65] Prior to the Japanese Grand Prix, Red Bull's advisor Helmut Marko expressed his wish to extend Vettel's contract for another two years, to 2016.^[66]

Race of Champions [link]

Vettel competed in the 2007 Race of Champions at Wembley Stadium, representing the German team alongside Michael Schumacher.^[67] Vettel and Schumacher won the Nations' Cup Title, after exciting finals. Vettel had to beat two RoC champions, Heikki Kovalainen and Marcus Grönholm, after Schumacher stalled his car. Vettel lost the individual competition however, in first heat, in his second battle against Kovalainen.

Vettel also competed in the 2008 Race of Champions, alongside Michael Schumacher. Once again they won the Nations' Cup Title after a close final against Scandinavia. In the Driver's Cup, Vettel beat Troy Bayliss in Round One, but lost to Sébastien Loeb in the Quarter-Finals. Again Vettel teamed up with Michael Schumacher for the 2009 RoC Nations Cup, which they went on to win in a run-off against the Great Britain team of Jenson Button and Andy Priaulx. In the 2010 edition, on home ground in Düsseldorf, Vettel again teamed up with Schumacher to win the Nations Cup for the fourth time in a row.^[68] In the Driver's Cup, Vettel was eliminated in the semi-finals by Filipe Albuquerque, who went on to win the event.

In 2011, Vettel and Schumacher completed their fifth consecutive Nations Cup win, beating the Nordic team of Tom Kristensen and Juho Hänninen 2–0 in the final. In the semi-finals, Vettel had to beat both Andy Priaulx and Jenson Button, after Schumacher lost to Button.

Top Gear [link]

Vettel holds the fastest lap-time for a Formula One driver on BBC2's Top Gear programme in the "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" segment, with a lap of 1:44.0, beating previous holder Rubens Barrichello, and the old Stig, Ben Collins.

Helmet design [link]

The Bergstraße coat of arms (lower left) that appears on the chin area of Vettel's helmet

Vettel's helmet, like most Red Bull-backed drivers, is heavily influenced by the energy drink company logo.

New to Vettel's helmet since the start of 2008 has been the incorporation of the red cross of the Kreis Bergstraße coat of arms on the front, just underneath the visor, in honour of the region of his birthplace, Heppenheim.

During pre-season testing for 2010, Vettel debuted a helmet resembling a Red Bull drink can complete with graphics of a stay-tab opener on top—which would become a recurring element in his helmets for this season. During the 2010 season, Vettel has used three main helmet designs, although he made some minor changes to some in certain races: besides his standard black helmet, he has used one with the same design but in chrome colors. For the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix, Vettel had a special white-red helmet design, with black kanji and hiragana for "gives you wings". In 2011 he uses his traditional helmet, with some regular changes, like the black top and chin area with blue stylized dots, similar to his black helmet used in 2010. Helmet manufacturer Arai have said that Vettel 'retires' a helmet design after each win.

Comparison to Michael Schumacher [link]

After Vettel's unexpected win in Monza, this led for the media to dub him the "Baby Schumi", "New Schumacher", but Vettel plays down the comparison stating he wanted to be the "New Vettel".^[69] He was not just dubbed for his nationality but also because of his driving style, his concentration and the hands-on role he plays behind the scenes with his team of engineers. One difference is that Schumacher does not name his car but Vettel does, Julie (2008), Kate, Kate's Dirty Sister (2009), Luscious Liz, Randy Mandy (2010), Kinky Kylie (2011),^[70] and Abbey (2012).^[71]

Vettel and Michael Schumacher both competed in the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix, where Vettel won his second world championship title.

Nevertheless, the similarities are marked. Like Schumacher, Vettel grew up in a small town with an everyday background—Schumacher's father a bricklayer and Vettel's a carpenter. Both had their first taste of racing at the Kerpen karting track near Cologne, not far from the Nürburgring. Vettel began driving in his garden lapping the garden many times, not even stopping to eat or shower, before he could legally take to the roads, and says his passion for cars was nurtured by watching Schumacher compete. He did not know that he would actually get to race his hero.^[72]

Both Schumacher and Vettel impressed in their debut races, both of which took place in the middle of a Formula One season, and both drivers qualified seventh. Neither would ever drive for their debut teams again. Instead, both immediately joined with non-manufacturer teams founded upon sales of non-automobile-related products. Approximately a year after joining their new teams, as underdogs they would stun the Formula One world by winning races in cars few believed capable of winning. They would both add extra victories to their names in the following season before their cars' performance improved. In their third full Formula One season and both driving cars numbered 5, both won their first World Drivers' Championship, at which point both drivers had 10 Grand Prix wins on their records. Vettel became the youngest ever driver to win the World Drivers' Championship, while Schumacher, by a little over a week, only narrowly missed out on achieving the very same feat. Both drivers won their non-manufacturer teams' maiden World Drivers' Championship as well as World Constructors' Championship.

After winning his first championship in 2010, and being hailed as the 'Next Schumacher', Vettel has stated he did not want to aim for Schumacher's record after learning how hard it was to get one championship under his belt, though he would have liked to win more.^[73] It was in their next seasons that the two drivers began to dominate the sport, both clinching their second successive title before the season was finished, (unlike the previous year) in only their fourth full season. Both drivers became the youngest ever double World Champion at the time, by doing this.

Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel version [link]

In early 2011, Red Bull Racing's sponsor and partner Infiniti entered into discussions with Vettel regarding the possibility of a Formula One-inspired Infiniti FX. Vettel, who already owned his own FX50, expressed his interest in the performance capabilities of the FX platform, and as a result of six months of intense research and development, the 2012 Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel Version Concept was officially unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show on 13 September 2011. On 10 October 2011, Infiniti confirmed that the FX Sebastian Vettel version would go into production.^[74]

Honours [link]

In February 2012 Vettel was honoured with the highest sports award in Germany, the Silberne Lorbeerblatt – Silver Bay Laurel Leaf – in recognition of his multiple world titles and his exemplary character.^[75]

Racing record [link]

Career summary [link]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2003	Formula BMW ADAC	Eifelland Racing	19	5	5	4	12	216	2nd
2004	Formula BMW ADAC	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	20	18	14	13	20	387	1st
2005	Formula 3 Euro Series	ASL Mücke Motorsport	20	0	0	1	5	57	5th
	Masters of Formula 3	ASL Mücke Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
	Spanish Formula Three Championship	Racing Engineering	1	0	0	0	1	8	15th
	Macau Grand Prix	ASM F3	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	Formula One	Williams F1 Team	Test driver
2006	Formula 3 Euro Series	ASM Formule 3	20	4	1	5	9	75	2nd
	Macau Grand Prix	ASM Formule 3	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	23rd
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin Motorsport	3	1	1	0	2	28	15th
	Masters of Formula 3	ASL Mücke Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	Formula One	BMW Sauber F1 Team	Test driver
2007	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin Motorsport	7	1	1	1	4	74	5th
	Formula One	BMW Sauber F1 Team	1	0	0	0	0	6	14th
	Formula One	Scuderia Toro Rosso	7	0	0	0	0	6	14th
2008	Formula One	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	1	1	0	1	35	8th
2009	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	17	4	4	3	8	84	2nd
2010	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	19	5	10	3	10	256	1st
2011	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	19	11	15	3	17	392	1st
2012	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	6	1	1	1	2	73	2nd*

* Season in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results [link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2005	ASL Mücke Motorsport	Dallara F305/011	Mercedes	HOC1 1 15	HOC1 2 5	PAU 1 7	PAU 2 11	SPA 1 DSQ	SPA 2 13	MON 1 18	MON 2 17	OSC 1 5	OSC 2 5	NOR 1 2	NOR 2 4	NÜR 1 11	NÜR 2 2	ZAN 1 2	ZAN 2 2	LAU 1 3	LAU 2 15	HOC2 1 13	HOC2 2 3	5th	57
2006	ASM Formule 3	Dallara F305/059	Mercedes	HOC1 1 5	HOC1 2 1	LAU 1 3	LAU 2 6	OSC 1 5	OSC 2 14	BRH 1 2	BRH 2 7	NOR 1 2	NOR 2 Ret	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 1	ZAN 1 24	ZAN 2 2	CAT 1 1	CAT 2 Ret	LMS 1 9	LMS 2 9	HOC2 1 3	HOC2 2 12	2nd	75

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results [link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2006	Carlin Motorsport	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	MON 1	IST 1	IST 2	MIS 1 1	MIS 2 2	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 DNS	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	DON 1	DON 2	LMS 1	LMS 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	15th	28
2007	Carlin Motorsport	MNZ 1 5	MNZ 2 3	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 6	MON 1 2	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	DON 1	DON 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	EST 1	EST 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	5th	74

Complete Formula One results [link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	WDC	Points
2006	BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber F1.06	BMW P86 2.4 V8	BHR	MAL	AUS	SMR	EUR	ESP	MON	GBR	CAN	USA	FRA	GER	HUN	TUR TD	ITA TD	CHN TD	JPN TD	BRA TD			–	–
2007	BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber F1.07	BMW P86/7 2.4 V8	AUS TD	MAL TD	BHR	ESP	MON	CAN	USA 8	FRA	GBR	EUR											14th	6
2007	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR2	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8											HUN 16	TUR 19	ITA 18	BEL Ret	JPN Ret	CHN 4	BRA Ret				14th	6
2008	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR2B	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	BHR Ret	ESP Ret	TUR 17																8th	35
2008	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR3	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8						MON 5	CAN 8	FRA 12	GBR Ret	GER 8	HUN Ret	EUR 6	BEL 5	ITA 1	SIN 5	JPN 6	CHN 9	BRA 4			8th	35
2009	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB5	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	AUS 13	MAL 15	CHN 1	BHR 2	ESP 4	MON Ret	TUR 3	GBR 1	GER 2	HUN Ret	EUR Ret	BEL 3	ITA 8	SIN 4	JPN 1	BRA 4	ABU 1				2nd	84
2010	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB6	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	BHR 4	AUS Ret	MAL 1	CHN 6	ESP 3	MON 2	TUR Ret	CAN 4	EUR 1	GBR 7	GER 3	HUN 3	BEL 15	ITA 4	SIN 2	JPN 1	KOR Ret	BRA 1	ABU 1		1st	256
2011	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB7	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	AUS 1	MAL 1	CHN 2	TUR 1	ESP 1	MON 1	CAN 2	EUR 1	GBR 2	GER 4	HUN 2	BEL 1	ITA 1	SIN 1	JPN 3	KOR 1	IND 1	ABU Ret	BRA 2		1st	392
2012	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB8	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	AUS 2	MAL 11	CHN 5	BHR 1	ESP 6	MON 4	CAN	EUR	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	USA	BRA	2nd*	73*

* Season in progress.

Formula One records [link]

Vettel, enjoying considerable success in the sport whilst still relatively young, holds the following Formula One records:

Record	Achieved
Most championship points earned in a season^[76]	2011 (27 November 2011, 392 points)
Most starts from front row in a season	2011 (26 November 2011, 18 front row starts).
Most pole positions in a season	2011 (26 November 2011, 15 pole positions)
Most laps led in a season	2011 (27 November 2011, 739 laps led)
Most wins from pole position in a season	2011 (30 October 2011, 9 wins from pole position)^{[N 1]}
Youngest driver to drive at a Grand Prix meeting^[77]	2006 Turkish Grand Prix (25 August 2006, aged 19 years, 53 days)
Youngest driver to set fastest time in an official Grand Prix session^[78]
Youngest driver to score points in Formula One^[79]	2007 United States Grand Prix (17 June 2007, aged 19 years, 349 days)
Youngest race leader in Formula One, for at least one lap^[80]	2007 Japanese Grand Prix (30 September 2007, aged 20 years, 89 days)
Youngest Grand Prix pole position winner^[79]	2008 Italian Grand Prix (13 September 2008, aged 21 years, 72 days)
Youngest driver to score a podium position in Formula One^[81]	2008 Italian Grand Prix (14 September 2008, aged 21 years, 73 days)
Youngest Grand Prix winner^[79]
Youngest driver to score a double (pole position and race win)
Youngest Formula One World Drivers' Champion^[79]	2010 season (14 November 2010, aged 23 years, 135 days)
Youngest World Drivers' Championship runner-up^[80]	2009 season (1 November 2009, aged 22 years, 121 days)
Youngest driver to score a triple (pole position, race win, and fastest lap)	2009 British Grand Prix (aged 21 years, 353 days)
Youngest driver to score a grand slam (pole position, win, fastest lap, and led every lap)	2011 Indian Grand Prix (aged 24 years, 119 days)
Shortest time elapsed before gaining a penalty	2007 United States Grand Prix (6 seconds into his career, for speeding in the pit lane)^{[citation needed]}

Footnotes

^ Record shared with Nigel Mansell (1992).

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Sebastian Vettel official site (German)
Sebastian Vettel at the Internet Movie Database
Profile – from Formula 1 official website
Profile – from BBC F1
Profile – from ESPN
Vettel's career details

Sebastian Vettel sporting positions

Sporting positions
Preceded by Maximilian Götz	Formula BMW ADAC Drivers' Champion 2004	Succeeded by Nico Hülkenberg
Preceded by Heikki Kovalainen Marcus Grönholm	Race of Champions Nations' Cup 2007–2011 With: Michael Schumacher	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Jenson Button	Formula One World Champion 2010–2011	Succeeded by Incumbent
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Lewis Hamilton	Autosport Rookie of the Year 2008	Succeeded by Kris Meeke
Preceded by Robert Kubica	Lorenzo Bandini Trophy 2009	Succeeded by Lewis Hamilton
Preceded by Kimi Räikkönen	DHL Fastest Lap Award 2009	Succeeded by Fernando Alonso
Preceded by Jenson Button	Autosport International Driver of the Year 2010–2011	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Paul Biedermann	German Sportsman of the Year 2010	Succeeded by Dirk Nowitzki
Records
Preceded by Jenson Button 20 years, 67 days (2000 Brazilian GP)	Youngest Driver to score Points in Formula One 19 years, 349 days (2007 United States Grand Prix)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Fernando Alonso 21 years, 237 days (2003 Malaysian GP)	Youngest Race Leader, For at least one lap in Formula One 20 years, 89 days (2007 Japanese Grand Prix)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Fernando Alonso 21 years, 236 days (2003 Malaysian GP)	Youngest Grand Prix Polesitter 21 years, 72 days (2008 Italian Grand Prix)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Fernando Alonso 21 years, 237 days (2003 Malaysian GP)	Youngest Driver to score a Podium Position in Formula One 21 years, 73 days (2008 Italian Grand Prix)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Fernando Alonso 22 years, 26 days (2003 Hungarian GP)	Youngest Grand Prix Winner 21 years, 73 days (2008 Italian Grand Prix)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Lewis Hamilton 22 years, 287 days (2007 season)	Youngest Formula One World Drivers' Championship runner-up 22 years, 121 days (2009 season)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Lewis Hamilton 23 years, 300 days (2008 season)	Youngest Formula One World Drivers' Champion 23 years, 133 days (2010 season)	Succeeded by Incumbent

Winners of Autosport's International Racing Driver Award

1982: Keke Rosberg
1983: Nelson Piquet
1984: Niki Lauda
1985: Alain Prost
1986–87: Nigel Mansell
1988: Ayrton Senna
1989: Jean Alesi
1990–91: Ayrton Senna
1992–93: Nigel Mansell
1994: Damon Hill
1995: Michael Schumacher
1996: Damon Hill
1997: Jacques Villeneuve
1998–99: Mika Häkkinen
2000–02: Michael Schumacher
2003: Juan Pablo Montoya
2004: Jenson Button
2005: Kimi Räikkönen
2006: Fernando Alonso
2007–08: Lewis Hamilton
2009: Jenson Button
2010–11: Sebastian Vettel

v t e Winners of Autosport's Rookie of the Year

2000: Jenson Button 2001: Juan Pablo Montoya 2002: Mark Webber 2003: Dan Wheldon 2004: A. J. Allmendinger 2005: Tiago Monteiro 2006–07: Lewis Hamilton 2008: Sebastian Vettel 2009: Kris Meeke 2010: Kamui Kobayashi 2011: Paul di Resta

Formula One World Drivers' Champions

1950 G. Farina
1951 J.M. Fangio
1952 A. Ascari
1953 A. Ascari
1954 J.M. Fangio
1955 J.M. Fangio
1956 J.M. Fangio
1957 J.M. Fangio
1958 M. Hawthorn
1959 J. Brabham

1960 J. Brabham
1961 P. Hill
1962 G. Hill
1963 J. Clark
1964 J. Surtees
1965 J. Clark
1966 J. Brabham
1967 D. Hulme
1968 G. Hill
1969 J. Stewart

1970 J. Rindt
1971 J. Stewart
1972 E. Fittipaldi
1973 J. Stewart
1974 E. Fittipaldi
1975 N. Lauda
1976 J. Hunt
1977 N. Lauda
1978 M. Andretti
1979 J. Scheckter

1980 A. Jones
1981 N. Piquet
1982 K. Rosberg
1983 N. Piquet
1984 N. Lauda
1985 A. Prost
1986 A. Prost
1987 N. Piquet
1988 A. Senna
1989 A. Prost

1990 A. Senna
1991 A. Senna
1992 N. Mansell
1993 A. Prost
1994 M. Schumacher
1995 M. Schumacher
1996 D. Hill
1997 J. Villeneuve
1998 M. Häkkinen
1999 M. Häkkinen

2000 M. Schumacher
2001 M. Schumacher
2002 M. Schumacher
2003 M. Schumacher
2004 M. Schumacher
2005 F. Alonso
2006 F. Alonso
2007 K. Räikkönen
2008 L. Hamilton
2009 J. Button

2010 S. Vettel
2011 S. Vettel

Teams and drivers competing in the 2012 Formula One season

Red Bull	McLaren	Ferrari	Mercedes	Lotus	Force India
1 Sebastian Vettel 2 Mark Webber	3 Jenson Button 4 Lewis Hamilton	5 Fernando Alonso 6 Felipe Massa	7 Michael Schumacher 8 Nico Rosberg	9 Kimi Räikkönen 10 Romain Grosjean	11 Paul di Resta 12 Nico Hülkenberg‎
Sauber	Toro Rosso	Williams	Caterham	HRT	Marussia
14 Kamui Kobayashi 15 Sergio Pérez	16 Daniel Ricciardo 17 Jean-Éric Vergne	18 Pastor Maldonado 19 Bruno Senna	20 Heikki Kovalainen 21 Vitaly Petrov	22 Pedro de la Rosa 23 Narain Karthikeyan	24 Timo Glock 25 Charles Pic

Red Bull Racing

Personnel: Dietrich Mateschitz | Christian Horner | Adrian Newey | Helmut Marko
Former personnel: Neil Martin · Geoff Willis

Race drivers: 1. Sebastian Vettel | 2. Mark Webber

Test drivers: Sébastien Buemi

World Champions: Sebastian Vettel

Formula One cars: RB1 | RB2 | RB3 | RB4 | RB5 | RB6 | RB7 | RB8

Other cars: X2010/X2011

Persondata
Name	Vettel, Sebastian
Alternative names
Short description	German racing driver
Date of birth	3 July 1987
Place of birth	Heppenheim, Hesse, West Germany
Date of death
Place of death

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Will Smith
Smith in 2011
Born	Willard Christopher Smith, Jr. (1968-09-25) September 25, 1968 (age 43) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Other names	The Fresh Prince
Occupation	Actor, producer, rapper
Years active	1985–1993, 1997–2005 (rapping), 1990–present (acting)
Spouse	Sheree Zampino (m. 1992–1995) Jada Pinkett Smith (m. 1997)
Children	Trey Smith Jaden Smith Willow Smith
Website
www.willsmith.com

Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968),^[1] also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood.^[2] Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won multiple Grammy Awards.

In the late 1980s, Smith achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince. In 1990, his popularity increased dramatically when he starred in the popular television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The show ran for nearly six years (1990–1996) on NBC and has been syndicated consistently on various networks since then. In the mid-1990s, Smith moved from television to film, and ultimately starred in numerous blockbuster films. He is the only actor to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office and the only one to have eight consecutive films in which he starred open at #1 spot in the domestic box office tally.^[3]

Fourteen of the nineteen fiction films he has acted in have accumulated worldwide gross earnings of over $100 million, and four took in over $500 million in global box office receipts. As of 2011, his films have grossed $5.7 billion in global box office.^[4] His most financially successful films have been Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, Independence Day, Men in Black, Men in Black II, I, Robot, I Am Legend, Hancock, Wild Wild West, Enemy of the State, Shark Tale, Hitch and Seven Pounds. He also earned critical praise for his performances in Six Degrees of Separation, Ali and The Pursuit of Happyness, receiving Best Actor Oscar nominations for the latter two.

1 Family and early life
2 Recording and acting career
3 Personal life
4 Discography
- 4.1 With DJ Jazzy Jeff
- 4.2 Solo
5 Filmography
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links

Family and early life [link]

Born and raised in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia, Smith also lived in Germantown in Northwest Philadelphia. His mother, Caroline (née Bright), was a school administrator who worked for the Philadelphia school board, and his father, Willard Christopher Smith, Sr., was a refrigeration engineer.^[5]^[6] He was raised Baptist.^[7] His parents separated when he was thirteen,^[8] and did not actually divorce until around 2000.^[9]

It is untrue, though widely reported, that Smith turned down a scholarship to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); he never applied to the school,^[10] although he was admitted to a "pre-engineering program" there.^[9] According to Smith, "My mother, who worked for the School Board of Philadelphia, had a friend who was the admissions officer at MIT. I had pretty high SAT scores and they needed black kids, so I probably could have gotten in. But I had no intention of going to college."^[11]

Recording and acting career [link]

Smith at the Emmy Awards in 1993

Early work (1985–1995)[link]

Smith started as the MC of the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, with his childhood friend Jeffrey "DJ Jazzy Jeff" Townes as turntablist and producer,^[12] as well as Ready Rock C (Clarence Holmes) as the human beat box. The trio was known for performing humorous, radio-friendly songs, most notably "Parents Just Don't Understand" and "Summertime".^[12] They gained critical acclaim and won the first Grammy awarded in the Rap category (1988).^[12]

Smith had a line in "Voices That Care", a 1991 Persian Gulf War song by a celebrity group. Smith spent money freely during his early career and underpaid his income taxes.^[12] The Internal Revenue Service eventually assessed a $2.8 million tax debt against Smith, took many of his possessions, and garnished his income.^[13] Smith was nearly bankrupt in 1990, when the NBC television network signed him to a contract and built a sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, around him.^[12]

The show was successful and began his acting career. Smith set for himself the goal of becoming "the biggest movie star in the world," studying box office successes' common characteristics.^[8] His first major roles were in the drama Six Degrees of Separation (1993) and the action film Bad Boys (1995) which he starred opposite of Martin Lawrence.

Breakthrough (1996–2000)[link]

In 1996, Smith starred as part of an ensemble cast in Roland Emmerich's Independence Day. The film was a massive blockbuster, becoming the second highest grossing film in history at the time and establishing Smith as a prime box office draw.^[14] He later struck gold again in the summer of 1997 alongside Tommy Lee Jones in the summer hit Men in Black playing Agent J. In 1998, Smith starred with Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State.^[12]

He turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix in favor of Wild Wild West (1999). Despite the disappointment of Wild Wild West, Smith has said that he harbors no regrets about his decision, asserting that Keanu Reeves's performance as Neo was superior to what Smith himself would have achieved.^[15] Though in interviews subsequent to the release of Wild Wild West he stated that he "made a mistake on Wild Wild West. That could have been better."^[16]

2001–present [link]

Smith in September 2009

In 2005, Smith was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for attending a record breaking three premieres in a 24-hour time span.^[17]

He has planned to star in a feature film remake of the television series It Takes a Thief.^[18]

On December 10, 2007, Smith was recognized at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. Smith left an imprint of his hands and feet outside the world renowned theater in front of many fans.^[19] Later that month, Smith starred in the film I Am Legend, released December 14, 2007. Despite marginally positive reviews,^[20] its opening was the largest ever for a film released in the United States during December. Smith himself has said that he considers the film to be "aggressively unique".^[21] A reviewer said that the film's commercial success "cemented [Smith's] standing as the number one box office draw in Hollywood."^[22] On December 1, 2008, TV Guide reported that Smith has been selected as one of America’s top ten most fascinating people of 2008 for a Barbara Walters ABC special that aired on December 4, 2008.^[23]

Smith is currently developing a film entitled The Last Pharaoh, in which he will star as Taharqa.^[24]

President Barack Obama has stated that if a film were to ever be made about his life, he would have Smith play his part, because "he has the ears". Obama stated that the two have discussed a possibility of a film based on the 2008 election, but this may not happen until the end of the Obama presidency.^[25]

Men in Black III opened on May 25, 2012. In it, Smith will play Agent J for the third time, being one of his more popular earlier roles coincides with the fact that it will be his first major starring role in four years.

On August 19, 2011, it was announced^[26] that Smith had returned to the studio with producer La Mar Edwards to make a new album. Edwards has worked with artists such as T.I., Chris Brown, and Game.

Smith and his son, Jaden, are currently filming After Earth, which is set for a 2013 release.

Personal life [link]

Nobel Peace Prize Concert December 11, 2009, in Oslo, Norway: Smith with wife Jada and children Jaden and Willow

Smith was raised by his parents in West Philadelphia. Smith credits his father's dedication when discussing his involvement in the lives of his own children: "I look at my father and how he was able to keep four kids fed and clothed and still managed to find time to spend with us."^[27] Smith married Sheree Zampino in 1992. They had a son, Willard Christopher Smith III, also known as "Trey", but divorced in 1995. Trey appeared in his father's music video for the 1998 single "Just the Two of Us".

Smith married actress Jada Pinkett in 1997. Together they have had two children: Jaden Christopher Syre (born 1998), his co-star in The Pursuit of Happyness, and Willow Camille Reign (born 2000), who appeared as his daughter in I Am Legend. Along with his brother, Harry Smith, he owns Treyball Development Inc.,^[28] a Beverly Hills-based company named after his first son. Smith and his family reside on Star Island in Miami Beach, Florida and in Los Angeles, Stockholm, Sweden^[29] and Philadelphia.

Smith was consistently listed in Fortune Magazine's "Richest 40" list of the forty wealthiest Americans under the age of 40. He donated $4,600 to the presidential campaign of Democrat Barack Obama.^[30] On December 11, 2009, Smith and his wife hosted the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, when Obama had won the prize.^[31]

Smith has said he has studied multiple religions, including Scientology, and he has said many complimentary things about Scientology and other faiths. Despite his praise of Scientology, Smith said "I just think a lot of the ideas in Scientology are brilliant and revolutionary and non-religious"^[32]^[33] and "Ninety-eight percent of the principles in Scientology are identical to the principles of the Bible.... I don't think that because the word someone uses for spirit is 'thetan' that the definition becomes any different."^[34] He has denied having joined the Church of Scientology, saying "I am a Christian. I am a student of all religions, and I respect all people and all paths."^[35]

Smith gave $1.3 million to charities in 2007, of which $450,000 went to two Christian ministries, and $122,500 went to three Scientology organizations; the remaining beneficiaries included "a Los Angeles mosque, other Christian-based schools and churches, and [...] the Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Center in Israel".^[36] Smith and his wife have also founded a private elementary school in Calabasas, California, the New Village Leadership Academy, which uses Study Technology, a teaching methodology developed by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology.^[37] Federal tax filing showed that Will Smith donated $1.2 million to the school in 2010.^[38]

In 2012 he expressed support for the legalizing of same-sex marriage, in an endorsement of president Barack Obama's declaration to adopt this stance on the issue.^[39]

Discography [link]

Main articles: Will Smith discography and DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince discography

With DJ Jazzy Jeff [link]

Rock the House (1987)
He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (1988)
And in This Corner... (1989)
Homebase (1991)
Code Red (1993)

Solo [link]

Big Willie Style (1997)
Willennium (1999)
Born to Reign (2002)
Lost and Found (2005)

Filmography [link]

Television [link]

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1990	Saturday Morning Videos	Host
	ABC Afterschool Special – "The Perfect Date"	Hawker
	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Will Smith (The Fresh Prince)	1990–1996
1992	Blossom	Himself	Cameo, episode 18 "I'm with the Band"
1997	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Pinocchio	Episode 14 of Season 2 which aired on April 13, 1997.
2003	All of Us	Johnny	2003–2004; 3 episodes; Creator/Executive Producer
2004	American Chopper	Himself	Cameo

Film [link]

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Where the Day Takes You	Manny
1993	Made in America	Tea Cake Walters
1993	Six Degrees of Separation	Paul
1995	Bad Boys	Detective Mike Lowrey
1996	Independence Day	Captain Steven "Steve" Hiller, USMC	MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
1997	Men in Black	James Darrell Edwards / Agent J	MTV Movie Award for Best Fight MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie
1998	Enemy of the State	Robert Clayton Dean	Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
1999	Torrance Rises	Himself	Cameo
1999	Wild Wild West	Captain James "Jim" West
2000	Welcome to Hollywood	Himself
2000	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Bagger Vance	Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
2001	Ali	Muhammad Ali	MTV Movie Award for Best Performance Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
2002	Men in Black II	James Darrell Edwards / Agent J	BET Award for Best Actor Nominated—Black Reel Award for Best Actor
2002	"Girlfriend" by B2K	The Godfather	Music video
2003	Bad Boys II	Detective Mike Lowrey	Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
2004	A Closer Walk	Narrator	Documentary
	Jersey Girl	Himself	Uncredited Cameo
	I, Robot	Detective Del Spooner	Producer Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
	The Seat Filler		Executive Producer; Independent Film
	Saving Face		Producer
	Shark Tale	Oscar	Voice
2005	There's a God on the Mic		Documentary
2005	Hitch	Alex "Hitch" Hitchens	Producer Nominated—BET Award for Best Actor Nominated—Black Movie Award for Best Actor Nominated—Black Reel Award for Best Actor Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
2006	The Pursuit of Happyness	Chris Gardner	Producer Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Black Reel Award for Best Actor Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
2007	I Am Legend	Dr. Robert Neville	Producer MTV Movie Award for Best Performance Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated—BET Award for Best Actor Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
2008	Hancock	John Hancock	Producer Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
	Lakeview Terrace		Producer
	The Secret Life of Bees		Producer
	Seven Pounds	Ben Thomas	Producer
2010	The Karate Kid		Producer
2012	This Means War		Producer
2012	Men in Black III^[40]	James Darrell Edwards / Agent J
2013	After Earth	Jack	Producer

Box office grosses [link]

Year	Title	Budget	U.S. gross^[41]	Worldwide gross^[41]
1992	Where the Day Takes You	N/A	$390,152	$390,152
1993	Made in America		$44,942,695	$104,942,695
1993	Six Degrees of Separation		$6,284,090	$6,284,090
1995	Bad Boys	$23m	$65,647,413	$141,247,413
1996	Independence Day	$75m	$306,169,255	$817,400,878
1997	Men in Black	$90m	$250,690,539	$587,790,539
1998	Enemy of the State	$90m	$111,549,836	$250,649,836
1999	Wild Wild West	$170m	$113,805,681	$222,105,681
2000	The Legend of Bagger Vance	$80m	$30,695,227	$39,235,486
2001	Ali	$107m	$58,183,966	$84,383,966
2002	Men in Black II	$140m	$190,418,803	$441,818,803
2003	Bad Boys II	$60m	$138,540,870	$272,940,870
2004	I, Robot	$120m	$144,801,023	$348,601,023
2004	Shark Tale	$75m	$161,192,000	$367,192,000
2005	Hitch	$70m	$177,784,257	$366,784,257
2006	The Pursuit of Happyness	$55m	$162,586,036	$306,086,036
2007	I Am Legend	$150m	$256,393,010	$585,055,701
2008	Hancock	$150m	$227,946,274	$624,346,274
2008	Seven Pounds	$55m	$69,369,933	$166,617,328
2012	Men in Black 3	$55m	$69,254,717^[42]	$202,454,717

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v t e Will Smith

Big Willie Style	"Men in Black" "Just Cruisin'" "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" "Just the Two of Us" "Miami"

Willennium	"Wild Wild West" "Will 2K" "Freakin' It"

Born to Reign	"Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)" "1000 Kisses"

Lost and Found	"Switch" "Party Starter"

Compilations	Before the Willenium Greatest Hits

Featured albums	Kiss the Sky

Featured singles	"Boy You Knock Me Out" (with Tatyana Ali) "Hey Sexy Lady" (Remix) (with Shaggy and Sean Paul)

Promotional singles	"So Fresh" "La Fiesta"

Related articles	Discography Filmography DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Jada Pinkett Smith Willow Smith Jaden Smith

v t e DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

DJ Jazzy Jeff Will Smith Ready Rock C

Studio Albums	Rock the House (1987) He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (1988) And in This Corner... (1989) Homebase (1991) Code Red (1993)

Compilation Albums	Greatest Hits (1998) Before The Willenium (1999) Platinum & Gold Collection (2003) The Very Best of Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (2006) The Best of DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (2010)

Singles	"Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble" "The Magnificent Jazzy Jeff" "A Touch of Jazz" "Brand New Funk" "Nightmare on My Street" "Parents Just Don't Understand" "I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson" "Jazzy's Groove" "Yo Home to Bel Air" "Summertime" "Ring My Bell" "The Things That U Do" "You Saw My Blinker" "I Wanna Rock" "Boom! Shake the Room" "I'm Looking for the One (To Be with Me)" "Can't Wait to Be with You" "Twinkle Twinkle (I'm Not a Star)" "Lovely Daze"

v t e Philadelphia 76ers

Formerly the Syracuse Nationals Founded in 1939 Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Franchise	Franchise Syracuse All-Time roster Draft history Seasons Head coaches Current season

Arenas	Convention Hall Philadelphia Arena The Spectrum Wells Fargo Center

Coaches	Cervi Seymour Hannum Schayes Hannum Ramsay Rubin Loughery Shue Cunningham Guokas Lynam Moe Carter Lucas Davis Brown Ayers Ford O'Brien Cheeks DiLeo Jordan Collins

General Managers	Ferris Ramsay DeJardin Williams Nash Shue Lynam Greenberg Lucas King Stefanski Thorn

D-League Affiliate	Maine Red Claws

Administration	Owner Apollo Global Management Joshua Harris (chairman) David Blitzer Jason Levien Art Wrubel Will Smith Jada Pinkett Smith Chief Executive Officer Adam Aron President & General Manager Rod Thorn Head coach Doug Collins

Retired Numbers	2 6 10 13 15 24 32 34 MIC

NBA Championships (2)	1967 1983

Rivals	Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers New York Knicks New Jersey Nets Washington Wizards Milwaukee Bucks

Culture and Lore	"Fo', fo', fo'" Wilt the Stilt Dr. J The Answer The Boston Strangler Dave Zinkoff Practice!? Curse of Billy Penn Hip Hop Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame Sir Charles The Kangaroo Kid Boston's dead! Nine and 73-ers

Media	Television Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia Comcast Network WPSG Radio WIP-AM WPHT-AM Announcers Marc Zumoff Malik Rose Tom McGinnis

Awards for Will Smith

MTV Movie Award for Best Fight

Adam Sandler vs. Bob Barker - Happy Gilmore (1996)
Fairuza Balk vs. Robin Tunney - The Craft (1997)
Will Smith vs. Cockroach - Men in Black (1998)
Ben Stiller vs. Puffy the Dog - There's Something About Mary (1999)
Keanu Reeves vs. Laurence Fishburne - The Matrix (2000)
Zhang Ziyi vs. Entire bar - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001)
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker vs. Hong Kong gang - Rush Hour 2 (2002)
Yoda vs. Christopher Lee - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2003)
Uma Thurman vs. Chiaki Kuriyama - Kill Bill Volume 1 (2004)
Uma Thurman vs. Daryl Hannah - Kill Bill Volume 2 (2005)
Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt - Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2006)
Gerard Butler vs. Robert Maillet - 300 (2007)
Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet - Never Back Down (2008)
Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet - Twilight (2009)
Beyoncé Knowles vs. Ali Larter - Obsessed (2010)
Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2011)

v t e MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss

1990s	Anna Chlumsky & Macaulay Culkin in My Girl (1992) Christian Slater & Marisa Tomei in Untamed Heart (1993) Demi Moore & Woody Harrelson in Indecent Proposal (1994) Jim Carrey & Lauren Holly in Dumb and Dumber (1995) Natasha Henstridge & Anthony Guidera in Species (1996) Will Smith & Vivica A. Fox in Independence Day (1997) Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore in The Wedding Singer (1998) Gwyneth Paltrow & Joseph Fiennes in Shakespeare in Love (1999)

2000s	Sarah Michelle Gellar & Selma Blair in Cruel Intentions (2000) Julia Stiles & Sean Patrick Thomas in Save the Last Dance (2001) Jason Biggs & Seann William Scott in American Pie 2 (2002) Tobey Maguire & Kirsten Dunst in Spider-Man (2003) Owen Wilson, Carmen Electra, & Amy Smart in Starsky & Hutch (2004) Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams in The Notebook (2005) Heath Ledger & Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2006) Will Ferrell & Sacha Baron Cohen in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2007) Briana Evigan & Robert Hoffman in Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart in Twilight (2009)

2010s	Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2010) Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2011)

MTV Movie Award for Best Performance

Arnold Schwarzenegger / Linda Hamilton (1992)
Denzel Washington / Sharon Stone (1993)
Tom Hanks / Janet Jackson (1994)
Brad Pitt / Sandra Bullock (1995)
Jim Carrey / Alicia Silverstone (1996)
Tom Cruise / Claire Danes (1997)
Leonardo DiCaprio / Neve Campbell (1998)
Jim Carrey / Cameron Diaz (1999)
Keanu Reeves / Sarah Michelle Gellar (2000)
Tom Cruise / Julia Roberts (2001)
Will Smith / Nicole Kidman (2002)
Eminem / Kirsten Dunst (2003)
Johnny Depp / Uma Thurman (2004)
Leonardo DiCaprio / Lindsay Lohan (2005)
Jake Gyllenhaal (2006)
Johnny Depp (2007)
Will Smith / Ellen Page (2008)
Zac Efron / Kristen Stewart (2009)
Robert Pattinson / Kristen Stewart (2010)
Robert Pattinson / Kristen Stewart (2011)

v t e Saturn Award for Best Actor (1991–2010)

Anthony Hopkins (1991) Gary Oldman (1992) Robert Downey, Jr. (1993) Martin Landau (1994) George Clooney (1995) Eddie Murphy (1996) Pierce Brosnan (1997) James Woods (1998) Tim Allen (1999) Hugh Jackman (2000) Tom Cruise (2001) Robin Williams (2002) Elijah Wood (2003) Tobey Maguire (2004) Christian Bale (2005) Brandon Routh (2006) Will Smith (2007) Robert Downey, Jr. (2008) Sam Worthington (2009) Jeff Bridges (2010)

Complete list (1974–1990) (1991–2010) (2011–present)

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Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold	1999 Milan	K-2 500 m
Gold	2006 Szeged	K-1 500 m
Gold	2011 Szeged	K-1 500 m
Silver	1999 Milan	K-2 1000 m
Silver	1999 Milan	K-4 200 m
Silver	2002 Seville	K-2 200 m
Silver	2002 Seville	K-2 500 m
Silver	2003 Gainesville	K-2 200 m
Silver	2005 Zagreb	K-2 500 m
Silver	2006 Szeged	K-2 200 m
Silver	2006 Szeged	K-4 1000 m
Silver	2007 Duisburg	K-4 1000 m
Bronze	1999 Milan	K-2 200 m
Bronze	2005 Zagreb	K-2 200 m
Bronze	2005 Zagreb	K-4 1000 m
Bronze	2007 Duisburg	K-1 500 m

Marek Twardowski (born October 6, 1979 in Białystok) is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-1 500 m: 2006, K-2 500 m: 1999), nine silvers (K-2 200 m: 2002, 2003, 2006; K-2 500 m: 2002, 2005; K-2 1000 m: 1999, K-4 200 m: 1999, K-4 1000 m: 2006, 2007), and four bronzes (K-1 500 m: 2007, K-2 200 m: 1999, 2005; K-4 1000 m: 2007).

Twardowski also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at Athens in 2004.

Nicknamed Twardy, he is 182 cm (6'0) tall and weighs 85 kg (187 lbs). Twardowski is a member of the Sparta Augustów club where he is coached by Andrzej Siemion.

On July 9, 2008 he was named the Polish national flag bearer for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

References [link]

World Champions in Men's Canoe Sprint K-1 500 m

1948: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
1950: Johan Andersen (DEN)
1954: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
1958: Stefan Kapłaniak (POL)
1963: Aurel Vernescu (ROU)
1966: Aurel Vernescu (ROU)
1970: Anatoliy Tischenko (URS)
1971: Nikolay Gogol (URS)
1973: Géza Csapó (HUN)
1974: Vasile Dîba (ROU)
1975: Géza Csapó (HUN)
1977: Vasile Dîba (ROU)
1978: Vasile Dîba (ROU)
1979: Vladimir Parfenovich (URS)
1981: Vladimir Parfenovich (URS)
1982: Vladimir Parfenovich (URS)
1983: Vladimir Parfenovich (URS)
1985: Andreas Stähle (GDR)
1986: Jeremy West (GBR)
1987: Paul MacDonald (NZL)
1989: Martin Hunter (AUS)
1990: Sergey Kalesnik (URS)
1991: Renn Crichlow (CAN)
1993: Mikko Kolehmainen (FIN)
1994: Zsombor Borhi (HUN)
1995: Piotr Markiewicz (POL)
1997: Botond Storcz (HUN)
1998: Ákos Vereckei (HUN)
1999: Ákos Vereckei (HUN)
2001: Ákos Vereckei (HUN)
2002: Nathan Baggaley (AUS)
2003: Nathan Baggaley (AUS)
2005: Nathan Baggaley (AUS)
2006: Marek Twardowski (POL)
2007: Adam van Koeverden (CAN)
2009: Ronald Rauhe (GER)
2010: Anders Gustafsson (SWE)
2011: Marek Twardowski (POL)

World Champions in Men's Canoe Sprint K-2 500 m

1948: Finland (Thor Axelsson & Nils Björklöf)
1950: Sweden (Lars Glasser & Ingemar Hedberg)
1954: West Germany (Ernst Steinhauer & Meinrad Miltenberger)
1958: Poland (Stefan Kapłaniak & Władysław Zieliński)
1963: Romania (Vasilie Nicoarǎ & Haralambie Ivanov)
1966: Romania (Aurel Vernescu & Atanase Sciotnic)
1970: Sweden (Lars Andersson & Rolf Peterson)
1971: Sweden (Lars Andersson & Rolf Peterson)
1973: Soviet Union (Nikolay Gogol & Pytor Greshta)
1974: Poland (Ryszard Oborski & Grzegorz Śledziewski)
1975: Soviet Union (Viktor Vorobiyev & Nikolay Astapkovich)
1977: East Germany (Joachim Mattern & Bernd Olbricht)
1978: East Germany (Bernd Olbricht & Rüdiger Helm)
1979: Soviet Union (Vladimir Parfenovich & Sergei Chukhray)
1981: Soviet Union (Vladimir Parfenovich & Sergei Chukhray)
1982: Soviet Union (Vladimir Parfenovich & Sergey Superata)
1983: East Germany (Frank Fischer & André Wohllebe)
1985: New Zealand (Alan Thompson & Paul MacDonald)
1986: West Germany (Reiner Scholl & Thomas Pfrang)
1987: Hungary (Ferenc Csipes & László Fidel)
1989: East Germany (Kay Bluhm & Torsten Gutsche)
1990: Soviet Union (Sergey Kalesnik & Anatoli Tishchenko)
1991: Spain (Juan José Roman & Juan Manuel Sánchez)
1993: Germany (Kay Bluhm & Torsten Gutsche)
1994: Germany (Kay Bluhm & Torsten Gutsche)
1995: Italy (Beniamino Bonomi & Daniele Scarpa)
1997: Australia (Andrew Trim & Daniel Collins)
1998: Slovakia (Michal Riszdorfer & Juraj Bača)
1999: Poland (Marek Twardowski & Adam Wysocki)
2001: Germany (Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter)
2002: Germany (Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter)
2003: Germany (Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter)
2005: Germany (Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter)
2006: Germany (Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter)
2007: Germany (Ronald Rauhe & Tim Wieskötter)
2009: Belarus (Vadzim Makhneu & Raman Piatrushenka)
2010: Belarus (Raman Piatrushenka & Vadzim Makhneu)
2011: Hungary (Dávid Tóth & Tamás Kulifai)

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Persondata
Name	Smith Jr., Willard Christopher
Alternative names	Smith, Will
Short description	Actor, producer, and rapper
Date of birth	September 25, 1968
Place of birth	Wynnefield, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death

Persondata
Name	Twardowski, Marek
Alternative names
Short description	Polish canoeist
Date of birth	October 6, 1979
Place of birth
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