Famous People with Name Blanka

Blanka Vlašic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Blanka Vlašic: a Croatian high jumper and current world champion. Her personal best jump of 2.07m (also a national record) was set on August 7, 2007. Only two other women (one indoor and one outdoor) have jumped higher than this. She jumped over 2 metre in 49 competitions, which ranks her third, behind Kajsa Bergqvist (52) and Stefka Kostadinova (197). She is known for striking a pose after she clears a height; she first did this in the IAAF World Championships in Osaka 2007. She is six feet and four inches (1.93 m) tall, taller than most male high jumpers.

Blanka Paulu            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Blanka Paulu: is a former Czech cross country skier who competed during the 1970s and 1980's. She won a silver medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and finished 4th in the 20 km at those same games.Paulu also won two medals at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the 5 km and a bronze in the 4 x 5 km. She also had two individual victories in her career (10 km: 1982, 5 km: 1983).

Blanka Szávay            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Blanka Szávay: is a Hungarian tennis player. She is the younger sister of professional tennis player Ágnes Szávay. Szávay has won one ITF tournament in doubles, and has made her first WTA Tour appearance at the 2009 GDF SUEZ Grand Prix, playing doubles partnering with h

Steven Or Stephan Blankaart            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Steven Or Stephan Blankaart: was a Dutch physician and entomologist, who worked on the same field as Jan Swammerdam.[1] The physician and iatro-chemist, spouting up blood vessels to prove the existence of a capillary system as was already suggested by Leonardo da Vinci, is known for his use of the injection technique to study the details.[2] Unfortunately he failed to recognise the true significance of his finding.[3] Blankaart translated work of John Mayow.