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"Claudia Antoinette Zwiers (born November 23, 1973 in Haarlem, North Holland) is a judoka from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at two Summer Olympics (1996 and 2004). She won the bronze medal in the women's middleweight division (- 66 kg) in Atlanta, United States (1996). ==References== * Dutch Olympic Committee Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Dutch female judoka Category:Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Category:Olympic judoka of the Netherlands Category:Olympic medalists in judo Category:Sportspeople from Haarlem Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Universiade medalists in judo Category:Universiade silver medalists for the Netherlands "
"Jason Begg-Smith (born 21 November 1980) is an Australian-Canadian freestyle skier who competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics. He finished in 29th place.Olympic results Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he is the older brother of Olympic Gold Medalist Dale Begg-Smith. Jason Begg-Smith took part in the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics, representing Australia on 15 February 2006. He took 29th place for the Men's Moguls Qualification, finishing at 20.22 seconds. In 2006 Begg-Smith was ranked top 20 in the world. In only his third year competing in skiing he became the Canadian Jr. National Champion at the age of 16. His 2004/05 season – his second for Australia – was delayed while he recovered from a separated shoulder injury. He missed the first two events of the season, returning in January in Lake Placid, New York and went on to produce a best placing of 26th in Inawashiro. Begg-Smith contested all 12 events on the World Cup in 2003/04, with his best result a 24th in Mont Tremblant. He also posted a 24th in dual moguls in Fernie, British Columbia. At the young age of 14, Begg-Smith slalom water skied across the frigid waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca (a distance of 32 nautical miles) on his first try. The former Canadian represented the country of his birth on the circuit in 2001, with a best performance of 43rd on home snow in Mont Tremblant in January 2001. With his brother Dale Begg-Smith, he then stood out of World Cup competition for two seasons before taking Australian citizenship and joining the OWI mogul skiing team under the tutelage of Head Coach Steve Desovich. Begg-Smith holds the Caribbean swordfish record at 392 lbs.Jason reels in record swordfish He caught the record setting fish in a 16-foot aluminum boat on 80 lbs. test fishing line. It took him 14.5 hours to land the catch. ==ReferencesExternal links== * *Begg-Smith Top Qualifier for Final - Australian Olympic Committee Category:1980 births Category:Australian people of Canadian descent Category:Canadian male freestyle skiers Category:Australian male freestyle skiers Category:Sportspeople from Vancouver Category:Living people Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic freestyle skiers of Australia Category:Canadian emigrants to Australia "
"Torghundi, also spelled Turghundi or Towrgondi (, Tōrghūnḍəi), is a border town in northern Herat province of Afghanistan. It is the second border crossing between Afghanistan and neighboring Turkmenistan (Aqina is the other). The town of Serhetabat in Turkmenistan is located just a short drive from the border crossing. Torghundi is about 100 km from the city of Herat. Torghundi is connected by a road and a 1520 mm gauge railroad with Serhetabat. The railroad was originally built in 1960 as a single track, and was upgraded in 2017. Torghundi has become the starting point of the Lapis Lazuli trade corridor. ==Climate== With an influence from the local steppe climate, Torghundi features a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Toraghundi is 15.8 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 300 mm. July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 28.5 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 3.4 °C. == See also == *Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Pipeline (TAPI) *Afghanistan–Turkmenistan relations *Aqina (second border crossing between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan) *Islam Qala *Hairatan *Sher Khan Bandar *Demogan *Spin Boldak *Torkham == References == Category:Populated places in Herat Province Category:Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border crossings "