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Ole Barndorff-Nielsen Ole Eiler Barndorff-Nielsen (born 18 March 1935 in Copenhagen) is a renowned Danish statistician, who has contributed to many area of the statistical science. He became interested in statistics when, as a student of actuarial mathematics, he worked part-time at the Department of Biostatistics of the Danish State Serum Institute.
Ole Beich Ole Beich (1955 - 1991) was a Danish guitarist and bass player, born in the city of Esbjerg. In his younger years he became a local Rock'n'Roll icon with his Fender Telecaster, his good looks, his long blonde hair and his rock'n'roll attitudes.
Ole Bjur Ole Bjur (born September 13, 1968) is a former Danish professional football (soccer) player, who played 384 matches for Danish club Brøndby IF, with whom he won three Danish championships. Ole Bjur played as a attacking midfielder, and he represented the Denmark national football team on three occasions, scoring one goal.
Ole Bremseth Ole Bremseth (born January 2 1961) is a ski jumper from Hokksund. At the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo, Bremseth won a bronze medal in the individual normal hill and a gold medal in the team large hill.
Ole Budtz Ole Budtz (born April 20, 1979) is a Danish professional football defender who currently plays for Danish team Aarhus Gymnastik Forening. Budtz has previously played in Belgium for the team Cercle Brugge and in Germany for the team Kickers Offenbach.
Ole Edvart Rølvaag Ole Edvart Rølvaag (spelled "Rolvaag" in the United States) (April 22, 1876 - November 5, 1931) was a Norwegian-American writer and professor, well known for his writings on the immigrant experience. Karl F.
Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen (born January 27, 1974; height: 5'10" (179 cm); weight: 10 st 3 lb (143 lb) (64 kg) from Simostranda in Modum, southeastern Norway) is a career biathlete. He lives in the village of Toblach in Italian South Tyrol with his wife, Italian-Belgian biathlete Nathalie Santer, whom he married on May 27, 2006.
Ole Gabriel Gabrielsen Ueland Ole Gabriel Ueland (October 28 1799 - January 9 1870) was a Norwegian political leader and member of the Norwegian parliament, Stortinget. Of humble origins, he is credited for having popularized politics in Norway, paving the way for individuals of underprivileged backgrounds to rise to positions of political importance.
Ole Herman Johannes Krag Ole Herman Johannes Krag (1837 – 1916) was a Norwegian gun designer. He designed a wide range of firearms during his lifetime, but only two – the Krag-Petersson and the Krag-Jørgensen – were adopted by any armed forces.
Ole Hermann Borgan Ole Hermann Borgan (born October 10, 1964 in Drammen) is a Norwegian football assistant referee. He has a great amount of experience and after having been appointed by UEFA on New Year's Day 1996, he has run the line for many European matches and international competitions including UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal.
Ole Holmquist Ole Holmquist (born Bert Olav Holmquist, Skelleftea, Sweden, November 1936) is a Swedish trombonist who has been active in the European music scene since the 1960s. A completely self-taught musician, he first took up the tuba, switched to valve trombone, and then to slide trombone.
Ole Christensen Ole Christensen (born 7 May 1955 in Pandrup, North Jutland) is a Danish politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Social Democrats, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
Ole Christian Bach Ole Christian Bach (May 31, 1957 – July 11, 2005) was a Norwegian financier, who in 2005 was charged with economic fraud. On July 11 2005, he was found shot and dead due to suicide in Sweden after he had been followed in a car chase by Swedish undercover police.
Ole Christian Eidhammer Ole Christian Eidhammer (b April 15 1965) is a former Norwegian ski jumper from Molde who competed from 1983 to 1990. His best known success was at the 1988 Winter Olympics, where he earned a bronze medal in the team large hill event.
Ole Ivar Lovaas Ole Ivar Lovaas is a clinical psychologist considered one of the fathers of Applied Behavior Analysis therapy for autism. In his studies in the 1960s he used severe electroshock and face slapping to punish children for exhibiting any and all autistic behaviors.
Ole J. Kvale Ole Juulson Kvale (February 6, 1869 – September 11, 1929) (father of Paul John Kvale), was a Representative from Minnesota; born near Decorah, Winnesheik County, Iowa, February 6, 1869; attended the rural schools; was graduated from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1890, from Luther Theological Seminary, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1893, and from the University of Chicago in 1914; was ordained to the ministry in 1894 and served in Orfordville, Wisconson, from 1894 to 1917, and in Benson, Swift County, Minnesota, from 1917 until elected to Congress. Kvale was unsuccessful candidate as an Independent Republican for election in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; but was elected as a Farmer-Labor candidate to the Sixty-eighth through Seventy-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his death near Otter Tail Lake, Minnesota, on September 11, 1929; interment in Benson Cemetery, Benson.
Ole Kirk Christiansen Ole Kirk Christiansen (April 7, 1891–March 11, 1958) was a Danish master carpenter and toymaker, responsible for both founding the Lego Group and inventing the world-famous Lego bricks. He has a son, who headed LEGO after him: Godfred Kirk Christiansen.
Ole Kjær Ole Kjær (born August 16, 1954) is a Danish former football (soccer) player, who won the 1978 Danish Player of the Year award. He played as a goalkeeper, and most prominently represented Danish club Esbjerg fB, with whom he won the 1979 Danish Championship.
Ole Lukøje Ole Lukøje (19th century spelling: Ole-Lukøie) is one of Hans Christian Andersen's more obscure folk tales, telling of a mysterious mythic creature—based on folklore character of the Sandman, it gently takes children to sleep and, depending on how good or bad they were, shows them various dreams.
Ole Mortensen Ole Henrik Mortensen (born 29 January 1958 in Vejle, Jutland) is a Danish former cricketer, probably the best his country has produced. A fast-medium right-arm bowler, in a first-class career with Derbyshire that ran from 1983 to 1994 he took 434 wickets at a good average of 23.
Ole Olsen (comedian) John Siguard "Ole" Olsen (November 6, 1892–January 26, 1963) was a Vaudeville comedian. Born in Peru, Indiana, he graduated from Northwestern University in 1912 with a degree in music and hit the Vaudeville circuit.
Ole Savior Oloveuse Scorpio "Ole" Savior (Born October 29, 1949) in Minneapolis, Minnesota graduated from Marshall High School (Minneapolis) in 1967. Savior is a frequent candidate for the DFL party in Minnesota.
Ole Sæther Ole Sæther was a Norwegian rifle shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the silver medal with the Norwegian Military Rifle team.
Ole Sørensen (explorer) Ole Sørensen is a Danish cave expert who in 1970 discovered a new concealed cavern of Harrison's Cave in Saint Thomas Parish in the centre of the Caribbean island of Barbados. The new cavern which became known as the crystal caverns contained stalagmites and stalactites.
Ole Sørensen (footballer) Ole Sørensen (born November 25, 1937) is a former Danish football (soccer) player. He played 25 matches and scored 7 goals for the Danish national football team between 1961 and 1969, and represented his country at the 1964 European Championship.
Ole Singstad Ole Singstad (born June 29, 1882 - died December 8,1969) was a Norwegian-American civil engineer. Born in Lensvik in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, Singstad was educated at the Trondheim Tekniske Læreanstalt, and in 1905 he emigrated to the USA.
Ole Stensen Ole Stensen (born August 29 1903) is a Norwegian nordic skier who competed in nordic combined and cross country skiing in the 1920's and early 1930's. He won a Nordic combined silver at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
Ole Wilhelm Erichsen Ole Wilhelm Erichsen (1793-1860) was the Norwegian Minister of the Navy 1848-1852 and 1853-1856. He was temporarily appointed councillor of state in interim government in Stockholm 1852-1853, and was member of the Council of State Division 1852-1853.
Olea Olea is a genus of about 20 species in the family Oleaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of southern Europe, Africa, southern Asia and Australasia. They are evergreen trees and shrubs, with small, opposite, entire leaves.
Olea capensis Olea capensis is an African tree species belonging to the olive family (Oleaceae). Olea capensis is widespread in Africa, ranging west to Cameroon north to Sudan and Somalia, east to the Indian Ocean, and south to South Africa.
Oleaceae Oleaceae, the olive family, is a plant family containing 24 extant genera (and one extinct) of woody plants, including shrubs, trees and vines. It is characterised by opposite leaves that may be simple or pinnately-compound.
Olean Wholesale Grocery Olean Wholesale Grocery is a retailers' cooperative serving independent supermarkets in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. It was founded in 1922 and is a member of Retailer Owned Food Distributors & Associates.
Oleanna (play) Oleanna is a two-character play by David Mamet about the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students who accuses him of sexual harassment and, by doing so, spoils his chances of being accorded tenure. The play's title, taken from a folk song, refers to a 19th-century escapist vision of utopiaMamet's New Play Detonates The Fury of Sexual Harassment, an October 26, 1992 review by Frank Rich of The New York Times.
Oleanna (song) Oleanna is a Norwegian folk song which was translated into English and popularized in the United States by Weavers member Pete Seeger. Pete Seeger's version is not just a translation, but contains verses that is not present in the original.
Olecko Olecko (former since 1560, also , since 1928) is a town in Masuria, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland, near Ełk and Suwałki. It is situated at the mouth of the Lega river into the Great Olecko Lake (Jezioro Oleckie Wielkie) on its south-western shore.
Olefin metathesis Olefin metathesis or transalkylidenation (in some literature, a disproportionation) is an organic reaction which involves redistribution of olefinic (alkene) bonds. Since its discovery, olefin metathesis has gained widespread use in research and industry for making products ranging from medicines and polymers to enhanced fuels.
Oleg Antonov Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (, ; February 7, 1906 (Troits'ke, Russian Empire) - April 4,1984,(Kiev, Ukrainian SSR)) was a Soviet aircraft designer, the founder of Antonov ASTC, a world-famous aircraft company in Ukraine, later named after him.
Oleg Blokhin Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin (born November 5, 1952 in Kiev, Soviet Union, now Ukraine), is a Ukrainian soccer coach who was formerly a striker for the USSR national football team. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1975.
Oleg Cassini Oleg Cassini (April 11, 1913 – March 17, 2006) was an American fashion designer noted for being chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her state wardrobe in the 1960s. His clothing designs also appeared in numerous Hollywood films starring his second wife, the actress Gene Tierney.
Oleg Deripaska Oleg Deripaska (born 1968) is a Russian billionaire, a business oligarch, and the Chairman of the Board of RUSAL, a Russian aluminium industry company. His holdings provide him effective control of Russia's profitable metals sector.
Oleg Fediukov Oleg Fediukov (Russian: Олег Федюков) (born October 20, 1972 in Moscow, Russia) is an American figure skater who competed in ice dance with Debbie Koegel. They captured a pair of bronze medals at the U.
Oleg Fesov Oleg Fesov is a musician from Tajikistan, who composes and arranges his songs in addition to performing. Despite living as an immigrant, Fesov still feels strongly connected to his home country and his ancestors from the Pamir Mountains.
Oleg Firsov Oleg Borisovich Firsov (Russian: Олег Борисович Фирсов, June 13 [OS May 31] 1915, Petrograd – April 2, 1998, Moscow) – was a Russian Soviet physicist-theorist known for his work on atomic interaction. He was awarded the Lenin Prize in 1972 for a series of work "Elementary processes and non-elastic scattering at nuclear collisions".
Oleg Gordievsky Oleg Antonovich Gordievsky (born 10 October 1938 in Moscow, Russia), was a Colonel of the KGB and KGB Resident-designate (rezident) and bureau chief in London, who defected to the United Kingdom. He became the highest-ranking KGB defector ever.
Oleg Gorobiy Oleg Gorobiy (Russian: Олег Горобий), born 2 July 1971 in Voronezh, is a retired Russian flatwater canoeist who won seven world championship titles in the 1990's. He was a member of Russia's four-man kayak (K4) team from 1990 to 2003.
Oleg Grigoryev Oleg Georgievich Grigoryev () (born December 25 1937) was a bantamweight boxer from the Soviet Union, who won the gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. In the finale he defeated Italian Primo Zamparini, who won the silver.
Oleg Iachtchouk Oleg Iachtchouk (born October 26, 1977) is a Ukrainian footballer currently playing for Ergotelis in Greece. Prior to his move to Greece in July 2006 he played for Anderlecht in Belgium where he made a good start in the first team in the 1990s but then became injured for long periods of time.
Oleg Kalugin Oleg Danilovich Kalugin (In Russian Олег Данилович Калугин), (born September 6, 1934) is a former KGB spy. He was the longtime head of KGB operations in the United States and later a critic of the agency.
Oleg Koshevoy Oleg Vasilyevich Koshevoy (, translit. Oleh Vasyl’ovych Koshovyi; ) (June 8, 1926 - February 9, 1943) was a Ukrainian partisan and one of the founders of the clandestine organization Young Guard, which fought the Nazi forces in Krasnodon during World War II (the "Great Patriotic War") between 1941 and 1945.
Oleg Lobov Oleg Lobov (Олег Лобов) (born 7 September 1937 in Kiev) was a Russian politician who served as acting Prime Minister of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic from September to November 1991, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He later served in several important positions in post-Soviet Russia.
Oleg Lundstrem Oleg Leonidovich Lundstrem (also spelled Lundstoem, Lundström, Russian: Олег Леонидович Лундстрем; April 2, 1916, Chita — October 13, 2005, near Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian jazz composer and conductor of the Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra, one of the very few officially recognized jazz bands in the Soviet Union.
Oleg Malyshkin Oleg Alexandrovich Malyshkin (; also transliterated as Malshkin) is a Russian politician and member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. He is a member of the State Duma of Russia and stood for President in the Russian presidential election, 2004.
Oleg Moliboga Oleg Alekseyevich Moliboga () (born February 27, 1953) is a former Russian volleyball player for the USSR. He was one of the pre-eminent players of the 1970s and the early 1980s, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Dnepropetrovsk.
Oleg of Novgorod Prince (or konung) Oleg (Slavic: Олег, Old Norse: Helgi, Khazarian, possibly Helgu) was a Varangian ruler who moved the capital of Rus from Novgorod the Great to Kiev and, in doing so, founded the powerful state of Kievan Rus. According to East Slavic chronicles, he was a supreme ruler from 879 to 912, which dates do not comply with the Schechter Letter mentioning the activities of certain khagan HLGW of Rus in the 940s.
Oleg Ogorodov Oleg Ogorodov (born July 16, 1972 in Tashkent) is a former tennis player from Uzbekistan, who turned professional in 1994. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round by America's MaliVai Washington.
Oleg Pantyukhov Colonel Oleg Ivanovich Pantyukhov (; 25 March 1882 Biography of Pantuhin on side pravoverie.ru - 1973 Oleg Pantyukhov U Lukomorya publication in Uchitel'skaya Gazeta with preface of Vsevolod Kuchin ) was the founder of Russian Scouting.
Oleg Penkovsky Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky (1919–1963) was a colonel with Soviet military intelligence (GRU) in the late 1950s and early 1960s who passed important secrets to the west. He is considered one of the best assets the West ever had in the Soviet Union.
Oleg Petrov Oleg Mikhailovich Petrov (Олег Михайлович Петров; born April 18, 1971 in Moscow, Russia) is a professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays in the Swiss Hockey League. He had played in the NHL between 1992 and 2003.
Oleg Protsenko Oleg Protsenko (born August 11, 1963) is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR. He won a bronze medal at the 1986 European Championships as well as a silver medal at the 1987 World Indoor Championships.
Oleg Prudius Oleg Aleksandrovich Prudius is a Russian professional wrestler who was introduced to WWE by current Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Vice President Jeff Jarrett's father (and, former majority owner of TNA), Jerry Jarrett. He is trained in free style wrestling, rugby, American football, sambo, kickboxing and judo.
Oleg Sakirkin Oleg Sakirkin (born January 23, 1966 in Chimkent, Russia) is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR and later Kazakhstan. His greatest achievement came in 1987, when he won the World Campionship bronze medal with a personal best jump of 17.
Oleg Salenko Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko (Russian Cyrillic: Олег Анатольевич Саленко) (born October 25, 1969 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a former Russian football striker, who set a World Cup record by scoring five goals in one game, for Russia against Cameroon on June 28, 1994. Salenko finished the 1994 World Cup with six goals, sharing the Golden Boot with Hristo Stoichkov, a remarkable feat since Russia was knocked out in the first round, and Stoichkov's Bulgaria played another four games in the tournament.
Oleg Serebrian Oleg Serebrian (born july 13, 1969) is a Moldovan politician and political scientist (geopolitician). He has been Chairman of the Social Liberal Party (Moldova) since May 2001, and member of parliamentJohn Smith Memorial Trust news and leader of the social liberal group in the Moldovan Parliament since April 2005.
Oleg Stefan Oleg Stefan (born September 7, 1959 in Donetsk, Ukraine) is a film actor. He's appeared in a number of popular television series, including Frasier and JAG, and has a role in Robert De Niro's The Good Shepherd opposite Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, and De Niro himself.
Oleg Stepanov (polymath) Oleg Stepanov (; 1961) is a world-renowned expert on mind sports. He has particular expertise in the board games Pente, Renju, Shogi and Othello (Reversi), and is widely regarded as the leading authority on mental calculation and its history.
Oleg Sushkov Oleg Sushkov is a Professor at the University of New South Wales and a leader in the field of high temperature super-conductors. Educated in Russia in quantum mechanics and nuclear physics, he now teaches in Australia.
Oleg Veretennikov Oleg Veretennikov () (born January 5, 1970 in Revda, Sverdlovsk Oblast) is a Russian formerly international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records.
Oleg Yakushenkov Oleg Yakushenkov is an Assyrian documentary filmmaker, born and raised in Russia and still makes his home there. His documentary film, In the Name of Christ, depicts the lives of the Assyrians who migrated from Urmia, Iran during the Great Exodus from Urmi following Assyrian Genocide of 1914-1918 and their settlement in Russian towns.
Oleg Zagorodnev Oleg Zagorodnev (born July 7, 1959) is a former field hockey player from Russia, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Field Hockey Team from the Soviet Union at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Oleg Zhukov Oleg Zhukov (born June 28, 1977 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian rugby league player currently playing for RC Lokomotiv Moscow in the Championship of Russia competition. His position of choice is usually in the backs.
Oleh Shelayev Oleh Shelayev (born on November 5, 1976 in Luhansk, Ukraine) is a professional Ukrainian football player for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He is a regular Member of Ukraine's National Football Team, and featured several games in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Olei Hagardom Olei Hagardom (Hebrew: "Those hanged in the gallows", עולי הגרדום) is the term commonly used for those Jewish fighters that were trialed by courts of the British Mandate and executed by hanging, usually in the prison in Acre. In total, together with 2 Nili fighters, there were 15 "Olei Hagardom".
Oleksander Koshetz Oleksander Koshetz (September 12, 1875 – September 21, 1944) was a Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer, ethnographer, writer, musicologist, and lecturer. He helped popularize Ukrainian music around the world.
Oleksander Ohloblyn Oleksander Ohloblyn, Ukr. Олександр Петрович Оглоблин (born in Kiev, 1899 and died in Ludlow, Massachusetts, USA, 1992) was one of the most important Ukrainian emigre historians of the Cold War era.
Oleksander Tysovsky Dr. Oleksander Tysovsky ( alternately Oleksandr Tysowskyj), pseudonym: "Drot", was the the founder of the Ukrainian Scouting organization Plast in 1911, and adapted the universal Scout principles to the needs and interests of Ukrainian youth.
Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr is a Ukrainian tennis player, born on the 7 November 1988 , started tennis at the age of 3 , coached by his father, a former ukrainian tennis player named Oleksandr Dolgopolov.His favourite tennis player is Marcelo Rios.
Oleksandr Dukhnovych Oleksandr Dukhnovych () (April 24, 1803 — March 30, 1865) was a poet, writer, pedagogue and social activist of Ukrainian and Rusyn nations. Oleksandr Dukhnovych was born in the village of Topoli (now Eastern Slovakia).
Oleksandr Mikolaiovich Sharkovsky Oleksandr Mikolaiovich Sharkovsky (born December 7, 1936 in Kiev, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian mathematician who is best known for an important theorem on continuous functions that he proved in 1964. Sharkovsky's main topics of interests are the theory of dynamical systems, the theory of oscillations, and the theory of stability.
Oleksandr Moroz Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Moroz (, , born February 29, 1944, in Buda, a town located in the Tarashchansky Raion (district) of the Kiev Oblast) is a Ukrainian statesman and politician. He is currently the Speaker of Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine, a post he previously held in 1994 through 1998.
Oleksandr Sharkovsky Oleksandr Sharkovsky (December 7, 1936-) is a prominent Ukrainian mathematician most famous for developing Sharkovsky's Theorem in 1964. In 2006 he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Oleksandr Tkachenko Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Tkachenko () is a Ukrainian politician, a senior member of Ukrainian Parliament, currently elected by Communist Party list. Between July 7, 1998 and January 21, 2000 Tkachenko was the Chairman of the Parliament.
Oleksandr Yakovenko Oleksander Yakovenko was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the Communist Party of Workers and Peasants, which he has chaired since 2001; this party won 0.41% of the votes in the 2002 parliamentary elections.
Oleksandr Yatsenko Oleksandr Yatsenko (born February 24, 1985) is a Ukrainian football player, who currently plays for the Ukrainian Premier League team FC Kharkiv and Ukraine U-21 Team. He was called up as a replacement in the Ukraine 2006 FIFA World Cup squad for the injured Serhiy Fedorov.
Oleksandr Zinchenko Oleksandr Zinchenko () is a Ukrainian politician. He served as a Deputy Chairman (vice-Speaker) of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) in mid-1990s, and as a Secretary of State (chief of President's office) for Viktor Yuschenko in 2005.
Oleksandriia Oleksandriia or Oleksandriya () is a city located in the Kirovohrad Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Oleksandriiskyi Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast.
Oleśnica County Oleśnica County (in Polish powiat oleśnicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Lower Silesian Voivodship in Poland, created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
Olen (poet) Olen was a legendary early poet from Lycia who went to Delos, where his hymns celebrating the first handmaidens of Apollo in the island of the god's birth and other "ancient hymns" were still part of the cult at Delos in the time of Herodotus:
Olen Underwood Olen Underwood was an American college and professional football player. A linebacker, he played college football at the University of Texas at Austin, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Houston Oilers from 1966 through 1969.
Olena Zhupina Olena Zhupina (born August 23, 1973) is a diver from the Ukraine who won the bronze medal with Ganna Sorokina in the 3 m Synchronized Springboard competition. Zhupina also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Olena Zubrilova Olena Zubrilova (Belorussian: Алена Зубрылава, Ukrainian: Олена Миколаївна Зубрилова, Russian: Елена Николаевна Зубрилова; born February 25, 1973) is a Ukrainian born biathlete who has been competing for Belarus since 2002. Prior to that, she had competed for the Ukraine from 1991 until she changed her citizenship to Belarus in 2002.
Olentangy Liberty High School Olentangy Liberty High School is a four-year, comprehensive, public high school located in Powell, Ohio. Established in 2003, Olentangy Liberty is one of two high schools in the Olentangy Local School District.
Oleoyl-estrone Oleoyl-estrone is a fatty acid ester of estrone. It was first reported in 1996 to cause a body fat loss effect in rats in the International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic DisordersThe animal research] has all been conducted by the Nitrogen-Obesity Research Group of the [[University of Barcelona.
Olesia Olesia Island ((Inuktitut: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ, Olseaaytuuk, French: Ile de Olesia) is one of the Canadian Arctic islands in the territory of Nunavut. It was sighted by English Explorer William Baffin and may have been also visited by the Norse.
Olesko Castle The Olesko Castle () is currently located within the borders of present-day Ukraine. The first historical records of the castle are in a document dated 1390, when Pope Boniface IX gave Halych, a Catholic bishop, this castle as a gift.
Olesya Dudnik Olesya [alternate spelling Olessia] Vitalyevna Dudnik (Олеся Витальевна Дудник born August 15, 1974 in Zaporizhia, Ukraine) is a gymnastics coach and former artistic gymnast who competed internationally for the Soviet Union between 1988 and 1990. She was the world champion on the vault in 1989.
Olesya Zykina Olesya Zykina (born October 7, 1980 in Kaluga) is a Russian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.
Oleta River The Oleta River, situated north of Miami, drains the northern Everglades into Biscayne Bay, allowing freshwater to reach the Atlantic Ocean. Today, it is the only natural river in Miami-Dade County that has not been dredged and channelized.
Olexandr Dovzhenko Olexandr Petrovych Dovzhenko (, ; also referred to as Oleksandr, Aleksandr, Alexander, or Alexandre Dovjenko) ( - November 25, 1956) was a writer, producer and director of films, and is often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein and Vsevolod Pudovkin, whose films often celebrated the lives and work of his fellow Ukrainians.
Olf (unit) The olf is a unit used to measure the scent emission of people and objects. It was introduced by Danish professor Ole Fanger; the name "olf" is derived from the Latin word olfactus, meaning "sense of scent".
Olfactory epithelium The olfactory epithelium is a specialized epithelial tissue inside the nasal cavity that is involved in smell. In humans, it measures about 1 inch wide by 2 inches long (about 2 cm by 5 cm) and lies on the roof of the nasal cavity about 3 inches (about 7 cm) above and behind the nostrils.

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