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Oro means gold in Italian and Spanish.

Oro may refer to:

Places

• Oro, Estonia, a village in Estonia
• Orø, an island in Denmark
• Örö, a town situated in the outer archipelago, north east of Oskarshamn, Sweden.

In music:

• "Oro" (song), the Serbian entry in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest
• Óró – A Live Session, an album by Irish musician Máire Brennan
• Oro: Grandes Éxitos (also known as ABBA Oro), a Spanish-language album by ABBA
• Oro album, an RIAA certification for 100,000 Spanish-language albums shipped

In other uses:

• Oro, another name for the Italian wine grape Garganega
• Oro (beverage), a Peruvian soft drink
• Oro, a North Korean concentration camp for political prisoners - see Human rights in North Korea
• Oro, a Balkan folk dance - see Hora (dance),
• Oro (Street Fighter), a video game character in Street Fighter III
• Oro (wrestler), Jesús Javier Hernández Solís (1971–1993), Mexican professional wrestler
• Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
• Oro-Medonte, a township in Ontario usually abbreviated to just "Oro"
• 'Oro, a god in Polynesian mythology
• ORO, in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, the Outer Rim Oreworks Company, a corporation that ran a cortosis mine on Apatros
• "Oro...", the exclamation of the main protagonist, Himura Kenshin of the manga/anime Rurouni Kenshin, whenever he is (acting) confused. From the Japanese the closest translation into English would be, "Huh?..."
• ORO, a series of disk brakes models manufactured by Formula Disc Brakes
• CD Oro, a football club in Jalisco, Mexico
• 4733 ORO, a main-belt asteroid

See also[link]

• El Oro

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Jelena Tomašević Јелена Томашевић
Tomašević at Beovizija 2008
Background information
Born	(1983-11-01) November 1, 1983 (age 28) Negotin
Origin	Kragujevac, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Genres	Traditional pop, folk, ethnic
Occupations	Singer
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Minacord
Associated acts	Željko Joksimović

Jelena Tomašević (pronounced [jɛ̌lɛna tɔmǎːʃɛv̞itɕ]; Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Томашевић) (born November 1, 1983 in Negotin, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian pop singer famed for her strong vocal performances. She has won numerous awards for her songs and represented Serbia at 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, coming sixth with the song "Oro".^[1]

Music career[link]

Jelena started her way to stardom at the young age of 8 when she won the children's song contest "Šarenijada" in Kragujevac. She joined a folklore group in Kragujevac called Kud Abrasevic that toured all over Europe winning many awards for their dance as well as Jelena winning many awards with her vocals. She was one of the main vocalist for the folklore group. This was her first public performance and with her vocal abilities captivated a very large amount of people. She performed to a much larger audience in 1994 at the Yugoslav Children's festival, held that year in Kragujevac when she won.^[2]

From then she performed at various international festivals such as the Czech Republic, Belarus and Bulgaria where she won various awards. She competed and won in an Idol style show in 2002 called "3K dur" aired on RTS3.

Jelena Tomašević at Beovizija 2005

In 2005 she started a professional involvement with popular Serbian singer Željko Joksimović. He composed the song Jutro for her with which she competed at Beovizija, the Serbian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Ultimately she missed out in controversial fashion at the overall Serbia and Montenegro final (Evropesma), when all four Montenegrin jurors overlooked it in distributing their points. No Name, qualifier from Montenegro's pre-selection, instead represented Serbia & Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, placing 7th. This was to be the country's last ever appearance in the contest as in 2006, both peacefully decided to go their separate ways and became independent countries.

In 2007 record label company Minocard signed her up and in 2008 her debut album has been released. Song Košava, from that album, was presented in the RTS show Beogradska Hronika in late March 2008. The video to the song was filmed in a Belgrade villa built in 1907 and will be the main song off the album.^[3]

In 2008, Željko Joksimović composed Jelena a song called Oro for Beovizija 2008. She won the contest and represented Serbia in Eurovision Song Contest held in Belgrad in May.

In her career she also guest starred in the movie Ivkova slava (2006) for which she also sang, made a guest appearance on Joksimović's album (2005) and opened the EuroBasket 2005 in Belgrade.

In 2009 Jelena also recorded a song dedicated to peace along with the participants of Eurovision 2008 Boaz Mauda (Israel) and Sirusho (Armenia).The song is called Time To Pray. The lyricist of the song is the president of Israel, Shimon Peres. The song was represented in Moscow and also in Serbia during the Serbian National Final of Eurovision.

Personal life[link]

Jelena graduated high school in Kragujevac in 2002. That same year she started studying at the University of Kragujevac at the faculty for English language. She has put her studies on hold but plans to graduate one day. She is from the same town as 2007 Eurovision Winner, Marija Šerifović. On August 28, 2011, Jelena married the Serbian actor Ivan Bosiljcic and they are awaiting their first child in January 2012. On Januar 24, 2012, Jelena birthed a baby girl. She and her husband Ivan Bosiljcic gave her tha name Nina.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

External links[link]

• Jelena Tomašević RTS page
• More Jelena Tomasevic's music
• Jelena Tomašević interview

Notes[link]

v t e Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest1   Participation 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012   Artists 2000s Željko Joksimović No Name Marija Šerifović Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugić Marko Kon & Milaan 2010s Milan Stanković Nina Željko Joksimović   Songs 2000s "Lane moje" "Zauvijek moja" "Molitva" "Oro" "Cipela" 2010s "Ovo je Balkan" "Čaroban" "Nije Ljubav Stvar" 1Competed as Serbia and Montenegro in 2004 to 2005 (Note: Entries scored out are when Serbia did not compete)

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Félix Sánchez

Félix Sánchez at the World Championship Athletics 2009 in Berlin
Personal information
Nationality	Dominican Republic
Born	(1977-08-30) August 30, 1977 (age 34) New York
Residence	San Diego
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	73 kg (160 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	400 meter hurdles, 4 × 400 meters relay
College team	USC Trojans
Medal record Men's Athletics Competitor for the  Dominican Republic Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens 400 m hurdles World Championships Gold 2001 Edmonton 400 m hurdles Gold 2003 Paris 400 m hurdles Silver 2007 Osaka 400 m hurdles Pan American Games Gold 2003 Santo Domingo 400 m hurdles Silver 2011 Guadalajara 4x400 m relay Bronze 2007 Rio de Janeiro 4x400 m relay Bronze 2011 Guadalajara 400 m hurdles

Félix Sánchez (born on August 30, 1977) —nicknamed Super Felix, the Invincible and the Dictator— is a track and field athlete from New York City, United States who competes for The Dominican Republic. Sánchez's event is the 400 meter hurdles, in which he won the first ever Olympic gold medal for the Dominican Republic on August 28, 2004 during the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.^[1] Although Sánchez was born in the United States, his parents were born in the Dominican Republic, and he has competed for that country since 1999. He graduated from University City High School in San Diego, California.^[2][3]

In 1999, Sanchez was a Pac-10 champion (400 m hurdles) and All-American relay champion (1600 m) at the University of Southern California,^[4] where he majored in psychology. Between 2001 and 2004 he won 43 races in a row at 400 m hurdles, including the 2001 and 2003 World Championships. He won a share of the Golden League million dollar-jackpot in 2002 after winning all 7 races.^[5]

At the 2003 Pan American Games, Sánchez won the Dominican Republic's first gold medal at the competition and also broke the Pan American Games record in the 400 m hurdles.^[6][7] He was named Track and Field News Track & Field Athlete of the Year in 2003.

During his 43-race winning streak, from 2001 to 2004, Sánchez was known for wearing a wristband while competing. The red flashing wristband, a souvenir from the 2000 Olympics, served as a motivation for him after failing to advance to the final in Sydney. After winning the Olympic gold medal in Athens 2004, Sánchez gave the wristband to the IAAF for auction and the profits were donated to charity. In his first race after the Olympics - and his first race without the wristband - at the Van Damme Memorial meet in Brussels, Sánchez injured his leg and had to abandon the race halfway through.^{[8] [9]}

References[link]

External links[link]

• California State Records before 2000
• IAAF profile for Félix Sánchez
• Interview from Runner's Tribe

Sporting positions
Preceded by Angelo Taylor	Men's 400 m Hurdles Best Year Performance 2001–2004	Succeeded by Kerron Clement
Awards
Preceded by	CAC Male Athlete of the Year 2004	Succeeded by Asafa Powell