Famous People with Name Irena

Irena Pavelková            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Irena Pavelková: is a Czech slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s. She won five medals in the K-1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (2003, 2005) and three silvers (2002, 2006, 2007).Pavelková also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fifth in the K-1 event at Sydney in 2000.

Irena Salina            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Irena Salina: was born in France and acted in French theatre before moving to New York City to study at the Actors Studio. Her first short film, See You on Monday, screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival. She is the niece of actor Philippe Noiret. Ghost Bird: The Life and Art of Judith Deim (2000), her first documentary film feature, played a number of festivals, winning the Best Documentary Award at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival and the President’s Award at Mexico’s prestigious Ajijic International Film Festival. Her films are also shown on the Sundance Channel.

Irena Pavlovic            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Irena Pavlovic: is a French female tennis player of Serbian descent. Born in Serbian capital Belgrade, she moved to Paris when she was three. Pavlovic won three singles and twelve doubles events organized by the International Tennis Federation, and is currently ranked Wo

Irena Nawrocka            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Irena Nawrocka: was a Polish Olympic fencer. Nawrocka graduated from the Law School of the Jagiellonian University in 1945. She was a sister of Jan Nawrocki, who was also a fencer. Nawrocka is buried at Bródno Cemetery in Warsaw.

Irena Fleissnerová            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Irena Fleissnerová: is a retired female breaststroke swimmer from the Czech Republic, who won two gold medals at the 1979 Summer Universiade in Mexico City, Mexico. She represented Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.