Vladislav Druso (born 3 August 1968) is a retired Czech cruiserweight and heavyweight boxer.
Amateur
He started boxing at the age of 20 and boxed in some 200 amateur fights. He also won a bronze medal twice at national tournaments in the Czech Republic.
Professional
Druso switched to professional boxing late on at the age of 33. His debut fight was against Polish heavyweight Tomasz Bonin in 2001, who was also making his professional debut. In his early fights he faced other polish names like Krzysztof Wlodarczyk and Wojciech Bartnik. His most notable opponents were German BDB cruiserweight title holder Ruediger May, one-time German heavyweight champion Mario Schiesser and Finnish heavyweight champion Jukka Jarvinen.
He had fought 34 professional fights of which he lost 29. His last bout was against Alexander Frenkel in 2006 which he lost by TKO in the 4th round, quitting boxing shortly after.
Amateur
He started boxing at the age of 20 and boxed in some 200 amateur fights. He also won a bronze medal twice at national tournaments in the Czech Republic.
Professional
Druso switched to professional boxing late on at the age of 33. His debut fight was against Polish heavyweight Tomasz Bonin in 2001, who was also making his professional debut. In his early fights he faced other polish names like Krzysztof Wlodarczyk and Wojciech Bartnik. His most notable opponents were German BDB cruiserweight title holder Ruediger May, one-time German heavyweight champion Mario Schiesser and Finnish heavyweight champion Jukka Jarvinen.
He had fought 34 professional fights of which he lost 29. His last bout was against Alexander Frenkel in 2006 which he lost by TKO in the 4th round, quitting boxing shortly after.
Noah Kagan is an American entrepreneur and the one of the founders of AppSumo.
Early life
After graduating from UC Berkeley with degrees in Business and Economics, Kagan began his career at Intel as a marketing analyst in 2004.
Career
In late 2005, Kagan joined Facebook as employee #30 where he served as product manager for eight months. After being fired from Facebook, he then joined Mint as the director of marketing. In March 2010, Kagan founded AppSumo.
In January 2017, Kagan started a podcast: LIVE business challenge, case studies and unique interviews that grew audiences from 0 to 10k within a few months
Early life
After graduating from UC Berkeley with degrees in Business and Economics, Kagan began his career at Intel as a marketing analyst in 2004.
Career
In late 2005, Kagan joined Facebook as employee #30 where he served as product manager for eight months. After being fired from Facebook, he then joined Mint as the director of marketing. In March 2010, Kagan founded AppSumo.
In January 2017, Kagan started a podcast: LIVE business challenge, case studies and unique interviews that grew audiences from 0 to 10k within a few months
Brent Olson is a writer living near Clinton, Minnesota. His first four books are The Lay of the Land, A View from the Prairie, Letters from a Peasant, Still Whistling, the only sane response to a complicated world and Papa, Figuring Out What Matters.. The Midwest Independent Publishers Association awarded Brent Olson the award for Best Regional Book for Letters from a Peasant.
In 2018 he won awards from the American Agricultural Editors Association in Humor and Editorial Writing
The Upper Minnesota River Art Crawl selected him as their Tributary Artist of 2010. He is the first ever recipient of this award.
He won the American Agricultural Editor's Association Award for "Best Regular Column" in 2010 and 2013. He also won AAEA Awards in 2011 and 2012.
His weekly column, "Independently Speaking", is syndicated around the world.
He is a member of the American Agricultural Editor's Association and the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists.
In 2012 he was awarded a Bush Foundation Fellowship.
His Bush Foundation Project, the Inadvertent Cafe, was profiled by Minnesota Public Radio and resulted in a new book, The Inadvertent Cafe, Lessons in Life, Business, and the Limited Value of Being a Do-Gooder.
In 2018 he won awards from the American Agricultural Editors Association in Humor and Editorial Writing
The Upper Minnesota River Art Crawl selected him as their Tributary Artist of 2010. He is the first ever recipient of this award.
He won the American Agricultural Editor's Association Award for "Best Regular Column" in 2010 and 2013. He also won AAEA Awards in 2011 and 2012.
His weekly column, "Independently Speaking", is syndicated around the world.
He is a member of the American Agricultural Editor's Association and the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists.
In 2012 he was awarded a Bush Foundation Fellowship.
His Bush Foundation Project, the Inadvertent Cafe, was profiled by Minnesota Public Radio and resulted in a new book, The Inadvertent Cafe, Lessons in Life, Business, and the Limited Value of Being a Do-Gooder.
Caelen Dalmer (born June 29, 1997) is a Canadian ice dancer who represents Canada internationally. She and Shane Firus, her partner of five years, are the reigning 2013 Canadian Junior Ice Dance Bronze medalists.
Career
Dalmer was born in Victoria, British Columbia and began skating at the age of two. She started in the at the Oak Bay Figure Skating Club. When she moved to Vancouver with her family she joined the Vancouver Skating Club, where she worked with her primary coaches Tina Leininger and Liz Goepel, as well as Rod Mackieand Victor Kraatz to develop her early skating skills. The other primary part of her coaching team was former Czechoslovak Champion (1974-75), Zdenek Pazdirek who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympic Games.
Dalmer has worked with Audrey Weisiger, who was instrumental in helping Dalmer land her triple jumps. She is a triple GOLD test medalist in freeskate, skills and dance and also has her Junior Competitive tests in singles and dance, all achieved by the time she was 13. She is also an accomplished singles skater as well as ice dancer. She competed in singles at the Junior level and in 2012 was 6th at the 2012 BC Championships and won the Musicality Award for both Junior and Senior Ladies. She represented BC at the 2008 Canadian Junior Figure Skating Championships as the BC Juvenile Ladies Champion.
In 2008, Dalmer and Firus teamed up at 11 and 14 years old to ice dance. Their coaches Rod Mackie and Shae Zukiwsky saw them through to a fifth-place finish at the Canadian Challenge event. After 11th and seventh-place finishes in their compulsory dances they had a wonderful freedance, which placed them fifth-overall. The Challenge event is the Canadian Championships for Pre-Novice.
In 2009, Dalmer and Firus switched coaches and have been with Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe since then. Wing and Lowe's strong work ethic and determination to create a western ice dance school has paid dividends for both Dalmer and Firus and ice dance in Canada. They passed their Novice and Junior Competitive Dance tests together and are currently working completely their Diamond dance tests.
In 2010, BC ice dance teams swept the novice podium at the Minto Summerskate competition. A few months later Dalmer and Firus were in third going into the freedance and missed the podium by a few points at the 2011 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, a position they would be in, in subsequent years.
Based on their strong performances they were chosen to represent Canada on the 2011 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating and went to Milan, Italy where they placed ninth. They participated at this event without their coaches as Wing and Lowe delivered their twins on same weekend as the competition. Firus was sick at this event with a case of bronchitis that required antibiotic treatment once he arrived home. In 2012 they again represented Canada on the 2012 JGP and placed sixth at the event held in Bled, Slovenia. In January 2013, after three years of missing the podium they became the reigning Canadian Junior Ice Dance Bronze medalists
Personal life
Dalmer was born in Victoria and lived there until she was five years old. She moved with her family to Burnaby, a community within the Greater Vancouver area. She speaks both French and English fluently.
Programs
Pre-Novice: Prince Medley
Novice: Caravan
Junior Year 1:
* Short Dance: ChaCha: Della Reese, Hey Daddy and Mambo: Bandelero Boys, Chihuahua
* Freedance: American in Paris
Junior Year 2:
* Short Dance: Swing: I've Got a Woman by Ray Charles, Blues: Don't Cry Baby by Etta James, Swing: I've Got a Woman by Ray Charles
* Freedance: Macavity (from "Cats") by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer (from "Cats") by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Prologue: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats (from "Cats") by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Competitive highlights
* 2013 Canadian Championships
* 2013 Skate Canada Challenge - 6th
* 2013 BC/YT Provincial Championships - 1st
* 2012 JGP Bled, Slovenia - 6th
* 2012 Lake Placid Championship - SD 3rd, FD 2nd
* 2012 BC Summerskate - SD 2nd, FD 1st
* 2012 Canadian Championships - 7th
* 2012 Canadian Challenge - 7th
* 2011 JGP Milan, ITA - 9t
* 2011 BC Summerskate - 2nd & 3rd
* 2011 Minto - 4th & 6th
* 2011 Canadian Championships - 4th
* 2011 Canadian Challenge - 4th
* 2011 BC Provincial Championships - 3rd
* 2010 BC Summer Skate: 3rd
* 2010 Minto: FD 3rd/ CD 3rd
* 2010 BMO Skate Canada Western Challenge - Pre-Novice Dance - 5th
* 2010 BC Sectional Championships - Pre-Novice Dance - 3rd
* 2009 Octoberfest - Pre-Novice Dance - 2nd
* 2009 Wild Rose - Pre-Novice Dance - 1st
* 2009 BC Sectional Championships - Juvenile Dance - 4th
* 2009 BC Coast - Juvenile Dance - 3rd
Career
Dalmer was born in Victoria, British Columbia and began skating at the age of two. She started in the at the Oak Bay Figure Skating Club. When she moved to Vancouver with her family she joined the Vancouver Skating Club, where she worked with her primary coaches Tina Leininger and Liz Goepel, as well as Rod Mackieand Victor Kraatz to develop her early skating skills. The other primary part of her coaching team was former Czechoslovak Champion (1974-75), Zdenek Pazdirek who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympic Games.
Dalmer has worked with Audrey Weisiger, who was instrumental in helping Dalmer land her triple jumps. She is a triple GOLD test medalist in freeskate, skills and dance and also has her Junior Competitive tests in singles and dance, all achieved by the time she was 13. She is also an accomplished singles skater as well as ice dancer. She competed in singles at the Junior level and in 2012 was 6th at the 2012 BC Championships and won the Musicality Award for both Junior and Senior Ladies. She represented BC at the 2008 Canadian Junior Figure Skating Championships as the BC Juvenile Ladies Champion.
In 2008, Dalmer and Firus teamed up at 11 and 14 years old to ice dance. Their coaches Rod Mackie and Shae Zukiwsky saw them through to a fifth-place finish at the Canadian Challenge event. After 11th and seventh-place finishes in their compulsory dances they had a wonderful freedance, which placed them fifth-overall. The Challenge event is the Canadian Championships for Pre-Novice.
In 2009, Dalmer and Firus switched coaches and have been with Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe since then. Wing and Lowe's strong work ethic and determination to create a western ice dance school has paid dividends for both Dalmer and Firus and ice dance in Canada. They passed their Novice and Junior Competitive Dance tests together and are currently working completely their Diamond dance tests.
In 2010, BC ice dance teams swept the novice podium at the Minto Summerskate competition. A few months later Dalmer and Firus were in third going into the freedance and missed the podium by a few points at the 2011 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, a position they would be in, in subsequent years.
Based on their strong performances they were chosen to represent Canada on the 2011 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating and went to Milan, Italy where they placed ninth. They participated at this event without their coaches as Wing and Lowe delivered their twins on same weekend as the competition. Firus was sick at this event with a case of bronchitis that required antibiotic treatment once he arrived home. In 2012 they again represented Canada on the 2012 JGP and placed sixth at the event held in Bled, Slovenia. In January 2013, after three years of missing the podium they became the reigning Canadian Junior Ice Dance Bronze medalists
Personal life
Dalmer was born in Victoria and lived there until she was five years old. She moved with her family to Burnaby, a community within the Greater Vancouver area. She speaks both French and English fluently.
Programs
Pre-Novice: Prince Medley
Novice: Caravan
Junior Year 1:
* Short Dance: ChaCha: Della Reese, Hey Daddy and Mambo: Bandelero Boys, Chihuahua
* Freedance: American in Paris
Junior Year 2:
* Short Dance: Swing: I've Got a Woman by Ray Charles, Blues: Don't Cry Baby by Etta James, Swing: I've Got a Woman by Ray Charles
* Freedance: Macavity (from "Cats") by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer (from "Cats") by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Prologue: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats (from "Cats") by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Competitive highlights
* 2013 Canadian Championships
* 2013 Skate Canada Challenge - 6th
* 2013 BC/YT Provincial Championships - 1st
* 2012 JGP Bled, Slovenia - 6th
* 2012 Lake Placid Championship - SD 3rd, FD 2nd
* 2012 BC Summerskate - SD 2nd, FD 1st
* 2012 Canadian Championships - 7th
* 2012 Canadian Challenge - 7th
* 2011 JGP Milan, ITA - 9t
* 2011 BC Summerskate - 2nd & 3rd
* 2011 Minto - 4th & 6th
* 2011 Canadian Championships - 4th
* 2011 Canadian Challenge - 4th
* 2011 BC Provincial Championships - 3rd
* 2010 BC Summer Skate: 3rd
* 2010 Minto: FD 3rd/ CD 3rd
* 2010 BMO Skate Canada Western Challenge - Pre-Novice Dance - 5th
* 2010 BC Sectional Championships - Pre-Novice Dance - 3rd
* 2009 Octoberfest - Pre-Novice Dance - 2nd
* 2009 Wild Rose - Pre-Novice Dance - 1st
* 2009 BC Sectional Championships - Juvenile Dance - 4th
* 2009 BC Coast - Juvenile Dance - 3rd