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<mask> is a Welsh-based singer-songwriter. He began his career as the principal songwriter and lead singer of Welsh bands Lear and the Proud Marys. An early solo performance came supporting Rue Royale on 27 January 2013 in the venue 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. His music has seen him tour the UK and Europe, including a residency at Liverpool’s Cavern Club, performances at Wembley Arena and playing support to Amy Wadge, Henry Priestman, Bernard Butler and Ian McCulloch. As a dedicated song-smith he has also been sought after to co-write songs from country to R&B, has co-written for UK X-Factor quarter-finalist Katie Waissel, Spanish electronic dance music artist Edge of Universe and electronic dance music trio, Lua Sonique. He has also written songs for animated films, as well as for the 2012 British motion picture musical Rain: An Original Musical (aka 'Summertime') by Tornado Independent Films Ltd., and directed by Maxine Evans. Lear was voted the best live act while touring Scotland, during which he played in support of Mark Morriss, Dodgy, Mystery Jets, Tom Hingley, Stories, The Crocketts and Thousand Reasons.The <mask>r Band blends instrumentalists including Van Morrison bassist Pete Hurley, African rhythm student Liz Mullins, country music guitarist Brett Green, Back Of Beyond's drummer <mask>  and flautist and acoustic guitarist Terry Payne. History

2010–2012: Solo beginnings and Little Acorns and the A Million Stars: A Mini Album
From August 2010 to June 2011 Lear wrote and recorded a number of songs for the 2012 South Wales based film Rain: An Original Musical (aka 'Summertime') released by Tornado Independent Films Ltd. The songs included, in the Soundtrack, were "Two Steps Behind You", "We’re So Young", "The Cull-de-sac Tango" and "Fight scene theme". Lear’s first solo recording, A Million Stars, was a six track mini album/EP, the success of which resulted in the title track becoming Welsh Single of the Week on BBC Radio Wales, as featured on the Roy Noble show. <mask>'s second single "Little Acorns", produced by Greg Haver was also made Welsh Single of the Week on BBC Radio Wales. Following these releases Lear linked up with a unique and eclectic supporting band of musicians which added djembe, accordion, bass guitar and guitar to the live line-up. Between February and April 2012, Lear co-wrote and recorded the songs "Air", "Everyone Everything" and "Reflections (Physics)" for the No More Silence EP by Spanish-language emo musician Alen Seed release, Modern World Studio produced by Greg Haver.During May 2012 he teamed up with 2011 UK X Factor quarter-finalist Katie Waissel and her band The Red Velvet Lovers at Tetbury, England and co-wrote the songs "Geek Chic" and "Straight Up, Straight Laced". These songs appear on her 2020 self-titled solo album ('Geek Chic' is renamed 'Geek'). 2013–2015: The release of debut studio album Let It Go
On the back of the success of "Little Acorns" and A Million Star: A Mini Album Lear released the debut album Let It Go a further success and the release saw Lear become Welsh Artist of The Week for two consecutive weeks via BBC Radio Wales. The success of the Let It Go release was quickly followed by appearances playing a host of shows and summer festivals alongside the likes of Seth Lakeman, Show of Hands, The Mystery Jets, Hayseed Dixie and Martin Simpson. "If nothing happens to these songs then the record industry must have s*** in their ears" – Kingsley Ward, founder of Rockfield Studios

About recording the album Lear has said "there are some personal stories that I don't mind telling people about, like (the song) No Way Home which follows the story of my mother's grandmother's family who sold everything to leave Dublin, jump on a boat and come to Cardiff to find work. Selling up in a time when there were no benefits and taking that step looking for a better life seemed like a courageous thing to do. Others songs are personal, but in a more emphatic way where I've drawn inspiration on a situation where I've been an observer".During May 2014, Lear provided top-line melody work and vocal recording for Ramsgate based electronic dance music artists Lua Sonique on their release of "It All", playlisted on BBC Radio One, BBC Introducing in 2015 as 'Record of The Week' in conjunction with their Lines album '. 2015 saw <mask> collaborate with another electronic dance music musician, this time with Edge of Universe (aka Alen Seed) on the track "Ama La Vida". The Latin pop track featured Lear on co-writing and vocal duties, the track also featured Leo Diaz. 2016–2019: The release of second studio album Motorcycle Heart
From his base in the Welsh valleys, 2016 saw the release of <mask>'s second album, Motorcycle Heart, and as with his debut album Let It Go, once again, <mask> teamed up with Richard Thompson (musician)’s Grammy nominated record producer, Simon Tassano, as co-producer along with Cardiff's Ty Drwg Studio's, Frank Naughton. The album blended all the skills and influences of <mask>’s band to produce 12 tracks that bridged Americana, folk, country music and pop. The songs themselves took their inspiration from Lear's experience growing up in a homestead dominated by motorcycles and motorcyclists and the unique characters and stories that flowed from them. During 2018, 2019 and 2020, Lear provided vocals, keyboards and guitar for the tracks "Rabbit Hole", "I Don't Wanna Die In Minnesota {Part II}" and "Choke" for the album "Working To Design" by Welsh singer-songwriter Anthony Price (under musical pseudonym name "dunkie").He also appeared within the "dunkie" live band set in early 2020 providing synthesiser, percussion and backing vocals duties alongside Terry Phillips (acoustic guitar and electric guitar), Adam Price (electric guitar), Dorian Richard Holmes (bass guitar), Charlotte Jayne Goodwin (trumpet and violin), Gareth Anthony (piano / keyboard), Adam Gregory (drums) and record producer Wayne Bassett (electric guitar). Discography
A Million Stars: A Mini Album (2011)
"A Million Stars"
"Beautiful Face"
"Snowblind"
"Willow"
"Heaven Help"
"I Saw Her"
Let It Go (2013)
"Never Do"
"Elvis"
"What You Do"
"Let It Go"
"Christine"
"Just Love"
"HeartStrings"
"Hearts on the Radio"
"Strange Birds"
"No Way Home"
"I Want It Back"
"Coming Down"
Motorcycle Heart (2016, 1 May)
"Grace
"Look Me Up"
"Light of My Life"
"Michael"
"Strung Out"
"Didn't I"
"Who"
"Elfinman"
"Carry On"
"Too Beautiful"
"Beseeched"
"I Want You"

References

External links
Official website
Interview with Plugged In Magazine Wales, pp 18–19
<mask>'s Discography

Welsh pop singers
Welsh folk singers
Welsh songwriters
21st-century Welsh male singers

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Rob Lea
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<mask> (born 25 February 1973) is a Zimbabwean football coach and former professional player who is the team manager at South African Premier Division side Mamelodi Sundowns. As a player he was as a striker from 1988 until 2011, notably spending time in England and more specifically in the Premier League with Coventry City as well as in the Football League for both Birmingham City, Huddersfield Town and Sheffield United. The rest of his career was spent in his native Africa with  Highlanders, Mamelodi Sundowns, Thanda Royal Zulu, Highfield United and Black Mambas. He was capped 81 times for his country, scoring 37 goals. Since retirement, Ndlovu has moved into coaching and has worked as assistant manager of Zimbabwe, before returning to Mamelodi as the club's team manager. Early life
Ndlovu comes from Binga district in North Western, Siabuwa Zimbabwe. He was however born in Bulawayo.Club career

Coventry City
Ndlovu was originally spotted by John Sillett, prior to his official signing from Highlanders by Terry Butcher in July 1991. He made an immediate impact by scoring away at Arsenal and then became the toast of Highfield Road with a thunderbolt winner against Aston Villa in November 1991, endearing him to the Sky Blues fans. Although he would go on to play a major role at several clubs in the Championship, it is his time at Coventry he is particularly known for given the club's top flight status at that time. He would play a significant role in two major teams, Bobby Gould's attacking team of 1992/93 and the expansive squad of the mid and late 1990s, during which time Ron Atkinson and then Gordon Strachan managed the club. Bobby Gould's team in 1992–93 are widely regarded as under-achievers, finishing 15th in the first Premier League season, having spent much of the season in considerably higher positions. On 19 August 1992, Ndlovu made history by being the first African footballer to play in the new English Premier League. Having acquired striker Micky Quinn in November 1992 they continued what had already been a blistering start, with away wins at Tottenham Hotspur (2–0) Sheffield Wednesday (2–1) and Wimbledon (2–1) to add to already impressive home wins against Middlesbrough (2–1).By the early autumn the Sky Blues briefly topped the inaugural Premier League and would only lose five league games prior to Christmas. The addition of Micky Quinn to the squad led to further outstanding home wins against Aston Villa (3–0) and Liverpool (5–1). In February 1993, they won 4-2 against title chasing, big spending Blackburn Rovers. However, a barren final few weeks of the season and a run in that would see back to back games against Man United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Leeds United saw them slip from fifth in the league in February to 15th in the final table. The season finished with a thrilling performance from Ndlovu in a 3–3 draw against Leeds United. Ndlovu was a key component throughout the season in Gould's fast pacey front line which included John Williams, Kevin Gallacher (until his departure to Blackburn) and Robert Rosario, who formed a worthy partnership with Micky Quinn. Ndlovu's goal against Norwich City, in a 1–1 draw in late September, was a signature piece of Ndlovu flair which earned him the Match of Day 'Goal of the month' competition.The 1993–94 season would see a managerial shift in the autumn as Gould resigned and was succeeded by his assistant Phil Neal - but not before the legendary curtain raiser to the second Premier League season. Bobby Gould's first day gamble would be to play without traditional full backs. This novel formation gave Ndlovu full licence to play a large part in a memorable opening day triumph in the capital. The 3–0 victory at Highbury over Arsenal saw Micky Quinn score a hat-trick in front of the newly refurbished North Bank. It also ensured that the Sky Blues made one of their customary lightning starts to the season, so synonymous of this era. After an early Ian Wright threat on the Coventry goal, it was Ndlovu who made a darting run into the Arsenal penalty box which produced a clumsy challenge from Lee Dixon. The resulting penalty was calmly converted by Micky Quinn for the opener.The second half would see Ndlovu and Roy Wegerle lead the Gunners defence a merry dance, Wegerle in particular enjoying possibly his finest game for the club. So shocked were Arsenal by the 3–0 defeat that manager George Graham cancelled the proposed post-match lap of honour at the final whistle, which was to parade their League Cup and FA Cup silverware. The explanation given by Arsenal was 'Reasons beyond the club's control!'. It is reported that Coventry rejected a £4 million offer from Arsenal for Ndlovu during the 1993–94 season - a deal which would have made Ndlovu the most expensive player signed by an English club. The dramatic resignation of Bobby Gould, after a 5–1 mauling at Loftus Road in October 1993, was reputedly inspired by the possible imminent sale of Ndlovu to a top six club. However, Ndlovu stayed but the 11th-place finish secured that season was not repeated in the 1994–95 campaign. Phil Neal was replaced by Ron Atkinson in February.Big Ron was credited with saving the club from relegation in the spring of 1995, and brought in Gordon Strachan as his assistant. This second significant phase for Ndlovu would once again promise much - the 'new era' of big money signings heralded by Atkinson's appointment saw the arrival of Huckerby, Whelan, Salako and McAllister together with Neal's £2 million signing Dion Dublin. Big Ron provided vital impetus early on, but the following season his stylish and classy team sheet rarely 'clicked' in the traditional sense. However, Ndlovu still scored some memorable goals for the Sky Blues during this period, including the first away player to secure a hat-trick at Anfield for 30 years. Other memorable goals in Sky Blue included a vital winning goal away at Wimbledon in a relegation six-pointer and a dynamic last minute rifling winner in a 3rd Round FA Cup tie at West Bromwich Albion. Ndlovu gradually suffered due to inconsistency. The large and expansive side Gordon Strachan inherited, well equipped with attacking options, saw fierce competition for places from Whelan, Huckerby, Salako and Telfer.An increasingly cosmopolitan Premier league too would eventually see Coventry turn to Steve Froggatt and Moroccan internationals Mustapha Hadji and Youssef Chippo in the years following Ndlovu's departure. He was known as 'Nuddy' by Coventry City fans and his other nicknames being 'The Bulawayo Bullet'  and 'Nsukuzonke' an isiNdebele word referring to his ability to turn on the style everytime/day he played. Birmingham City
Ndlovu eventually moved to Birmingham City in July 1997, signed by Trevor Francis for a fee of £1.6 million. Ndlovu is generally considered a success by Blues fans, despite failing to reach the Premiership whilst "Nuddy" was in their ranks. Ndlovu's old-school wing play helped propel the Blues to two successive play-off appearances in Nationwide Division One, though both appearances would ultimately end in semi-final defeats. He spent time on loan at Huddersfield Town in December 2000, where he scored twice on his debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Upon returning to Birmingham he helped them beat Ipswich Town in the semi-final of the 2000-01 League Cup.However, before the final he was released to join Sheffield United in February 2001. Sheffield United
Ndlovu also enjoyed success at Sheffield United and was known to their fans as 'Nuddy'. With him playing on the right side of midfield, United managed to get to two semi-finals of major cup competitions, in addition to the final of the Championship (formerly Division 1) play-offs in the 2002–03 season. He scored the winning goal against Leeds United in the 2002 Worthington Cup competition and scored a hat-trick against Cardiff City in 2003–04. He left the Blades in the summer of 2004 having scored 25 goals in 135 league games. In all, Ndlovu scored more than 90 goals during his 12 seasons and 338 appearances in the top two flights of the English football league. In South Africa
Ndlovu signed for South African Premier Soccer League outfit Mamelodi Sundowns during the 2004 off-season.Thanda Royal Zulu made one of their major signings before transfer window closed on the day by bringing former Mamelodi Sundowns striker Ndlovu on board. Ndlovu was released from his contract by Thanda Royal Zulu at the end of 2008–09 after they were relegated from South Africa's top division. He stayed for two years without playing football. Coaching career
In 2011, Ndlovu became the assistant manager of the Zimbabwe national team. In 2013, Ndlouv returned to Mamelodi Sundowns as the club's team manager. Personal life
<mask>'s brothers, Adam and Madinda, were also international players. The brothers played on the streets of Makokoba, Zimbabwe, where they grew up.<mask> also played in both his primary (Lotshe Primary) and secondary (Mzilikazi) schools and his hometown team Highlanders before joining Coventry in 1991. His surname is commonly mispronounced by British commentators and, as a result, fans as well. Throughout his career, he was referred to as 'Und-luv', when in fact, the pronunciation of his surname is closer to 'Nd-lo-vu'. Ndlovu was left in a "critical" condition in hospital after a car crash near the Victoria Falls Airport in Zimbabwe on 16 December 2012. Ndlovu's BMW X5 had suffered a tyre blow out which caused it to come off the road and hit a tree. He suffered internal injuries, head injuries, broken ribs and a broken leg and his brother Adam and a female passenger were killed. Ndlovu subsequently faced trial the following March for culpable homicide, with the prosecution claiming he was responsible for failing to control his car properly.He was acquitted in April 2013, with the court citing a lack of evidence to prove Ndlovu's responsibility. Career statistics
Scores and results list Zimbabwe's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ndlovu goal. Bibliography

References

External links
Profile at Soccerbase
<mask>i Sundowns F.C.players
Thanda Royal Zulu F.C. players
Premier League players
English Football League players
Zimbabwean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate soccer players in South Africa
2004 African Cup of Nations players
2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
Highlanders F.C. players
Black Mambas F.C. players
Northern Ndebele people
FIFA Century Club

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<mask> (born 11 July 1990) is a Scottish track and field athlete who competes in the 800 metres. She is the 2012 European champion and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She won a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Her personal best is 1:57.69, the seventh fastest time over 800m by a British woman, set in the final of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Personal life
<mask> was born in Dumfries, Scotland and lived her early life in nearby Lochmaben. She is the daughter of former Scottish athletes <mask> and <mask> (née Lightfoot). Her father won a 1982 European silver medal in the 200 m and competed at the 1980 Olympic Games, while her mother has an 800 m best of 2:02.91 and competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.<mask> went to The Mary Erskine School in Edinburgh. She graduated with a 2:1 in Law (LLB) from Edinburgh Napier University in 2012 a few weeks before competing in the London Olympics. She has said she was inspired to study law after her father fought a medical negligence case following permanent injuries he sustained in a road crash. She is also a fan of Scottish Premiership side Rangers. <mask> lives with fellow Scottish athlete Andrew Butchart in San Diego, US. In October 2019, it was reported that the couple had become engaged. Career
As a teenager, <mask> competed at the IAAF World Youth Championships and IAAF World Junior Championships.In 2011, she improved her 800 m personal best by almost four seconds. In June, she took her best down from 2:04.44, to 2:02.48 in Watford then 2:01:98 in Prague. Then in July, at the European U23 Championships in Ostrava, she further improved to 2:00.65, to win a bronze medal. This would be upgraded to silver due to the 2013 disqualification of Elena Arzhakova. In June 2012, at the UK Championships & Olympic trials, <mask> was a surprise winner of the 800 metres. Olympic qualifying rules stated that a country could send three athletes in an event provided they had achieved the A standard, or one athlete who had the B standard. <mask> only had the B standard, while four other British women had the A standard: an injured Jenny Meadows and three athletes who <mask> had defeated at the Olympic trials.A week after the trials, <mask> won a silver medal at the European Championships in Helsinki with a personal best of 2:00.52, a time that was still outside the A standard. (This would be upgraded to gold the following year, after abnormalities were found in Elena Arzhakova's biological passport. Arzhakova was stripped of both her 2012 European title and 2011 European U23 title.) The selectors decided to select <mask> and leave behind athletes including Meadows and Marilyn Okoro. At the Olympics, she ran 2:01.41 in her heat to qualify for the semi-finals, where she finished seventh in 2:01.78, failing to reach the final. At the end of the 2013 season, <mask> had surgery on her ankle as it had become infected. This resulted in her competing throughout the 2014 season against medical advice with an open wound in her foot.In July 2014, <mask> ran under two minutes in the 800 m for the first time, running 1:59.67 at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne. In August, at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, she ran 2:01.34 to win a silver medal in the 800 m. The race was won by 2013 World champion Eunice Sum. The night before the Commonwealth 800 m final, <mask> suffered stomach cramps and sickness and had to be placed on a drip at the Poly-clinic at the Athletes' Village until 5:30 am on the morning of the race. <mask>'s performance was hailed as "a miracle run". Two weeks after the Commonwealth Games, she won a silver medal at the European Championships in Zürich in a time of 1:58.80, breaking Susan Scott's Scottish record of 1:59.02 and moving to eighth on the UK all-time list. The race was won by Maryna Arzamasava of Belarus in 1:58.15. 2016 Olympics
<mask> finished sixth in the 800 metres final at the 2016 Rio Olympics, improving her own Scottish record to 1:57.69.Following the race, <mask> broke into tears and said that "it was difficult to compete against Caster Semenya and other hyperandrogenic athletes after the rule to suppress testosterone levels was overturned." <mask> was criticised in the media when she appeared to ignore Semenya post-race while embracing fellow runners Joanna Jóźwik and Melissa Bishop. <mask> has since defended her comments, saying on Twitter that:

 <mask> had previously claimed that "there were obvious athletes with heightened testosterone" and that there were "two separate races being run." 2017–present
<mask> ran 1:58.80 in the 800 metres at the Athletissima Lausanne Diamond League race in July 2017, then later in the month ran a season's best of 1:58.01 at the Herculis Monaco Diamond League. Three weeks later at the 2017 World Championships in London, she reached the 800 m final, finishing eighth in 1:58.98. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, <mask> was eliminated in the heats of the 800 m, running 2:01.63. After competing throughout 2019, <mask> went on hiatus due to surgery to remove pre-cancerous cells followed by pregnancy, but stated that she intends to return to competition.Achievements
Voted "Athlete of the Year" at the annual Scottish Athletics awards in 2011 and 2012. UK 800 m Champion in 2012 and 2014. All information taken from IAAF profile and power of 10 profile. References

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1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Dumfries
Scottish female middle-distance runners
British female middle-distance runners
Olympic female middle-distance runners
Olympic athletes of Great Britain
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
European Athletics Championships winners
European Athletics Championships medalists
British Athletics Championships winners
Alumni of Edinburgh Napier University
People educated at the Mary Erskine School

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Lynsey Sharp
Lynsey Sharp
Cameron Sharp
Carol Sharp
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<mask> (born April 6, 1970) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer of heavy metal bands Hellyeah and Stone Sour and is currently the drummer for the industrial metal band Ministry. Early life
<mask> was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, on April 6, 1970, to Cuban and Ecuadorian parents. At four years old, his family moved to Florida. While growing up, his parents would often play Motown music and rhythm and blues, which were his earliest exposures to music. He eventually became a fan of Kiss through his older brother, which led him to become interested in rock music. He began playing drums at six years old. His parents soon divorced, leading to him moving to Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he became involved in the local punk rock scene.Career
<mask> formed his first band in 1985 in Allentown, called Youthquake. When Youthquake's bassist departed from the group, the remaining members formed Word Made Flesh, which <mask>'s brother eventually joined as guitarist. <mask> befriended the members of New York punk rock band Nausea while living in Allentown, which led to him becoming the band's drummer in 1988. The band released their debut album Extinction in 1990 through Profane Existence, which was accompanied by a European headline tour, and a tour in support of D.O.A.In the following year, the band recorded a number of songs for compilations, as well as the single "Cybergod". Additionally, the tour the U.S. west coast, with local support from Final Conflict, Neurosis, Asbestosdeath and Mindrot, before departing on a second European headline tour supported by the Radicts, however Nausea were unable to complete the final leg of the tour. In 1992, they released their final single "Lie Cycle", through Graven Image Records, before breaking up in the following months. After Nausea's breakup, <mask> formed Thorn with Stephan Flam and ex-Nausea guitarist John John Jesse.After their fourth live performance they signed to Roadrunner Records. He also played with New York hardcore punk band Shelter in 1996. He also played drums on the album The Hollowing with metal band Crisis in 1996. <mask> formed the heavy metal band Soulfly in 1997, with former Sepultura vocalist Max Cavalera. He and Cavalera co-wrote much of the music for the band's self-titled debut album. He then departed from the band in 1999. In 2001, he rejoined the band, performing on their 2002 album 3, before leaving again in 2003 in protest of the firing of guitarist Cello Dias.He was briefly a member of the band Medication from 1999 to 2001. In 2004, he helped create rock band Abloom as with vocalist Jasan Radford and lead guitarist Levon Sultanian. Also part of the band was Mike Doling (Snot, Soulfly) and John Fahnestock (Snot). Fahnestock left and was replaced by Marcelo Dias a.k.a. Marcello D. Rapp (Soulfly). In 2005, he appeared as one of the drummers on the Roadrunner United compilation CD The All-Star Sessions, playing on "The Enemy", "The End", and "Baptized in the Redemption", all tracks being produced and musically written by Dino Cazares and <mask>. The song "The End" spawned a music video.<mask> also does classical film scoring, working on films such as Legion (2004) and Shudder (2007). He temporarily filled in behind the drumkit for Sepultura's 2006 European tour with In Flames following Igor Cavalera's absence. He officially joined Stone Sour on May 10, 2006, as a replacement for Joel Ekman. He drummed for their second release, Come What(ever) May, released in August 2006. The band toured for the next year and a half, releasing the Live in Moscow album exclusively to iTunes on August 14, 2007. In October 2013, Belgian metal band Channel Zero announced that following the death of their drummer Phil Baheux. On May 6, 2019, <mask> was announced as Hellyeah's new drummer for their May 11, 2019 performance honoring their previous drummer Vinnie Paul.while also announcing Welcome Home as the title of their next album and that the release date was pushed back to September 27. Personal life
In May 2011, <mask> suffered a stroke as a result of his frequent headbanging while drumming. The event led to him having to re-learn how to play drums. Discography

 1986: Youthquake - Maximum Rock and Roll Compilation
 1989: Nausea - They Don't Get Paid, They Don't Get Laid, But Boy Do They Work Hard
 1989: Nausea - Squat or Rot Volume. 1
 1990: Nausea - Extinction
 1990: Nausea - Cybergod
 1991: Nausea - More Songs About Plants and Trees
 1991: Nausea - Lie Cycle
 1992: Nausea - Discharged: From Home Front to War Front
 1993: Thorn - Bitter Potion
 1996: Crisis - The Hollowing
 1998: Soulfly - Soulfly
 2000: Dave Navarro - Trust No One
 2002: Soulfly - 3
 2004: Abloom - Abloom
 2004: Nausea - The Punk Terrorist Anthology Vol. 1 (re-release)
 2005: Roadrunner United - The All-Star Sessions
 2006: Stone Sour - Come What(ever) May
 2007: Black President - Black President
 2010: Amebix - Redux
 2010: Stone Sour - Audio Secrecy
 2011: Amebix - Knights of the Black Sun 12"
 2011: Amebix - Sonic Mass
 2012: Stone Sour - House of Gold & Bones - Part 1
 2013: Stone Sour - House of Gold & Bones – Part 2
 2014: Channel Zero - Kill All Kings
 2015: Stone Sour - Meanwhile in Burbank...  (recorded in <mask>'s personal studio in Burbank, California)
 2015: Stone Sour - Straight Outta Burbank... (recorded in Mayorga's personal studio in Burbank, California)
 2017: Stone Sour - Hydrograd
 2019: Mark Morton - Anesthetic (tracks 4, 7, 10)

Producer/Engineer credits
 1994: Chaos B.C. remix (Sepultura)
 1995: Sun to Sun (The Spitters)
 1997: Kicks Joy Darkness (Karouac)
 1997: Eye for an Eye remix (Soulfly)
 1998: Tribe remix (Soulfly)
 2012: No Rules EP (Lody Kong)

Film Score
 2004: Legion
 2007: Shudder

References

External links

 Roy Mayorga: The Soulfly Interview, Drum!Magazine, December 2002
 Interview with Musicfeeds TV during the 2011 Stone Sour Australian Tour
 "Nausea", Cybergod live in Poland, 1991

1970 births
Living people
American people of Cuban descent
Hispanic and Latino American musicians
Stone Sour members
American heavy metal drummers
Nu metal drummers
Black President (band) members
Nausea (band) members
Soulfly members
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers
Mass Mental members
21st-century American drummers

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Roy Mayorga
Mayorga
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<mask> (19 December 1922 – 20 May 2003) was a German writer, literary critic and a literature graduate. Biography
<mask> was born in Sulzbach-Rosenberg and became a soldier in 1942 during the Second World War. After 1945 he studied philosophy, history, German studies and comparative literature in Erlangen, Göttingen and Heidelberg and in 1949 he earned a Doctor title in Gottfried Keller School. He worked as a lecturer assistant from 1954 to 1958 at the University Frankfurt. In 1954, he attended regular sessions called the 47, which was a group of young German authors who spoke about postwar from the west BRD. During the early 1960s he moderated literature broadcasts on a free broadcasting channel of Berlin. From 1959 to his retirement in 1988 he was a professor of literature studies at UT Berlin.Meanwhile, he looked and researched a lot of professors from the USA. During his research and work he published poems and novels, and put together critical statements for other literature works. In 1954 Höllerer put together the two-month newspaper Akzente, one of the most important literature forums in the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1961 Höllerer published the newspaper Sprache im technischen Zeitalter (Language in the Age of Technology), in 1963 he brought up Colloquium Berlin to life. Through his hard work as a publisher and critic and a professor at TU Berlin he helped with the era of literature. In 1965  Höllerer married a photographer, Renate, from Mangoldt, she previously had two sons. In 1977 he founded literary archives in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, which he then embedded the newspaper Akzente into the archives.In 1966 he was honored with the Fontane-Award and in 1993 together with Robert Creeley, the Horst-Bienek-award for lyrics and in 1994 the Rahel-Varnhagen-von-Ense-Medaille from Berlin. He was also honorary citizen and culture award-winning from the city Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Robert Neumann harshly criticized Höllerer's leading role in the group 47 and in the literary scene. He obtained research from Christoph König that Höllerer was a member of the NSDAP in 1941. Höllerer said that he has not gotten any confirmation for being in the NSDAP. Höllerer was laid to rest at the Friedhof Heerstraße in Berlin. His widow Renate donated the archive Sulzbach-Rosenberg as a gift to <mask>llerers research, which since 2007 has been developed and been researched even more.Since 19 April 2007, the Sulzbach-Rosenberg school changed its name to Walter-Höllerer-Realschule. List of works

Non-fiction
 Gottfried Kellers "Leute von Seldwyla" als Spiegel einer geistesgeschichtlichen Wende. Eine Studie zur Geschichte der Novelle im 19. Jahrhundert. Erlangen 1949
 Zwischen Klassik und Moderne. Lachen und Weinen in der Dichtung einer Übergangszeit. Klett, Stuttgart 1958; new edition: SH, Köln 2005,
 Theorie der modernen Lyrik.Dokumente zur Poetik 1. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1965
 Advanced new edition in 2 volumes: Hanser, München 2003,
 Modernes Theater auf kleinen Bühnen. Literal Colloquium, Berlin 1965

Literary works
 Der andere Gast. Hanser, München 1952
 Gedichte. Beigefügt: Wie entsteht ein Gedicht? Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1964
 Systeme. Neue Gedichte.Literarisches Colloquium, Berlin 1969
 Die Elephantenuhr. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1973, ; Paperback ed. 1975,
 Geschichte, die nicht im Geschichtsbuch steht. Kopp, Sulzbach-Rosenberg 1976
 Alle Vögel, alle. Eine Komödie in 2 Akten samt einem Bericht und Anmerkungen zum Theater. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1978,
 Gedichte 1942–1982. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1982,
 Oberpfälzische Weltei-Erkundungen.Weiden 1987,

As editor
 Junge amerikanische Lyrik (with Gregory Corso). Hanser, München 1960
 Transit. Lyrikbuch der Jahrhundertmitte. Mit Randnotizen. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1956
 Movens. Dokumente und Analysen zur Dichtung, bildenden Kunst, Musik, Architektur. Limes, Wiesbaden 1960
 Spiele in einem Akt.35 exemplarische Stücke. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1961
 Ein Gedicht und sein Autor. Lyrik und Essay. Literal Colloquium, Berlin 1967
 Dramaturgisches. Ein Briefwechsel (with Max Frisch). Literal Colloquium, Berlin 1969
 Welt aus Sprache. Auseinandersetzung mit Zeichen und Zeichensystemen der Gegenwart.Art Academy, Berlin 1972
 Zurufe, Widerspiele. Aufsätze zu Dichtern und Gedichten (with Michael Krüger). Berlin Scientific Publishing, Berlin 1993,

Films
 Literatur im technischen Zeitalter, TV series, 13 films, Sender Freies Berlin, 1961/62, First episode: 13 November 1961
 Berlin stellt vor. TV series, 39 films, Sender Freies Berlin, 1962, First episode: 28 May 1962
 Modernes Theater auf kleinen Bühnen, TV series, 10 films, Sender Freies Berlin, 1964/65, First episode: 18 November 1964
 Der weiße Hopfengarten, 1966
 Ein Gedicht und sein Autor, TV series, 11 films, Sender Freies Berlin, 1966/67, First episode: 1 December 1966
 Die Alexanderschlacht, 1968
 Das literarische Profil von Prag, 1969
 Das literarische Profil von Stockholm, 1969
 Das literarische Profil von London, 1970
 Das literarische Profil von Rom, 1970
 Das literarische Profil von Berlin, 1971
 Vögel und Fluggespenster, 1973

Further reading
 Barbara Baumann-Eisenack: <mask>er: Zu seinen Gedichten und seiner Lyrik-Anthologie "Transit". Literaturarchiv Sulzbach-Rosenberg 2002,
 Helmut Böttiger, Lutz Dittrich: Elefantenrunden. <mask> und die Erfindung des Literaturbetriebs. Ausstellungsbuch, Texte aus dem Literaturhaus Berlin, Bd.15, Berlin 2005,
 <mask>er: Memorandum zur Gründung eines Instituts "Sprache im technischen Zeitalter". In: Berliner Hefte zur Geschichte des literarischen Lebens, 8, 2008, , S. 103–109
 Roland Berbig, Alexander Krüger: Ein Novum unter der Ägis eines Lehrstuhlinhabers. <mask>er im Jahr 1959. In: Berliner Hefte zur Geschichte des literarischen Lebens, 8, 2008, , S. 89–99
 Achim Geisenhanslüke, Michael Peter Hehl (ed. ): Poetik im technischen Zeitalter. <mask> und die Entstehung des modernen Literaturbetriebs. Transcript, Bielefeld 2013,

External links
Literature  from and about <mask> in the German National Library catalog
Biography as part of the Berlin Institute of Technology's 125th anniversary commemoration
<mask>  in the Sulzbach-Rosenberg (Höllerer-Nachlass) literature archive

References

1922 births
2003 deaths
German-language poets
German-language writers
German philologists
German literary critics
German male non-fiction writers
German male poets
Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
20th-century philologists

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<mask> (born 7 January 1938), commonly known as B<mask>, is an Indian actress who has acted in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi movies. She acted in around 200 films in over six decades. She is known by the epithets "Abhinaya Saraswathi" (Saraswathi of acting) in Kannada and "Kannadathu Paingili" (Kannada's Parrot) in Tamil. At the age of 17, <mask> got her big break with her movie, the Kannada film Mahakavi Kalidasa (1955). In Telugu cinema, she made her debut with Panduranga Mahatyam (1957), and starred in a number of successful films until the late 1970s. The Tamil film Nadodi Mannan (1958) made her one of the top actresses in Tamil cinema. After her marriage in 1967, she continued to be the second in demand actress in Tamil films till 1974, but she continued to be one of the top actresses in Telugu and Kannada cinema from 1958 until the 1980s.She also starred in Hindi films until the mid-1960s, starting with Paigham (1959). She played the lead heroine in 161 consecutive films in 29 years between 1955 and 1984. <mask> <mask> received the Padma Sri, the fourth-highest civilian honour, in 1969 and Padma Bhushan, third highest civilian award, in 1992 from the Government of India, honorary doctorate from Bangalore University and Kalaimamani award from Tamil Nadu. Early life

<mask> <mask>iga family. Her father <mask> worked for the police department, and her mother Rudramma was a homemaker. She was their fourth daughter. <mask> asked her to learn dancing, and encouraged her to take up acting as a career.A young <mask> <mask> was accompanied often by her father to studios and he would patiently tie on her salangais and massage her swollen feet after her dancing stints. Her mother gave her a strict dress code: no swimsuits and no sleeveless blouses, which she followed for the rest of her career. She was first spotted by B.R. Krishnamurthy when she was singing at a function at the age of 13, but she declined the film offer. Career

Rise to stardom

<mask> <mask>'s debut movie and also her first major success was Honnappa <mask>'s Kannada film Mahakavi Kalidasa (1955), in which she played a supporting role. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada. Next, she acted in B. R. Panthulu's Tamil film Thangamalai Ragasiyam (1957), in which she performed a dance sequence.Subsequently, she was noted by M. G. Ramachandran (MGR), who cast her as the female lead in Nadodi Mannan (1958), the movie that made her one of the most popular actresses in Tamil Nadu. She was then signed up for the Hindi film Paigham (1959), in which her co-stars included Dilip Kumar. She went on to work in other leading Hindi actors, including Rajendra Kumar in Sasural (1961), Sunil Dutt in <mask>i Bete (1964) and Shammi Kapoor in Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1963). She also shot a few scenes with Raj Kapoor for Nazrana (1961), but was replaced by Vyjayanthimala after a conflict with the director C. V. Sridhar. Following the success of Nadodi Mannan, she was also cast opposite the leading Tamil actors of that time: with Gemini Ganesan in Kalyana Parisu (1959), with Sivaji Ganesan in Bhaaga Pirivinai (1959) and again with MGR in Thirudadhe (1961). Her involvement in Tamil films also continued with superhits like Palum Pazhamum (1961), Vazhkai Vazhvatharke (1964), Aalayamani (1962), Periya Idathu Penn (1963), Puthiya Paravai (1964), Panakkara Kudumbam (1964), Enga Veetu Pillai (1965) and Anbe Vaa (1966). She came to be known as a "lucky mascot" for MGR films and acted with him in 26 films.Her early successes in Kannada cinema included Chintamani (1957), School Master (1958) and Jagajyothi <mask>ra (1959). Her role as a patriotic anti-British queen in the Kannada Kittooru Rani Chennamma (1961) was widely acclaimed. In 1964, she and Kalyan Kumar acted in the first full-fledged Kannada colour movie Amarashilpi Jakanachaari. <mask> <mask> also achieved success in Telugu films, starring opposite N. T. Rama Rao in Seetarama Kalyanam (1961), Jagadeka Veeruni Katha (1961) and Daagudu Moothalu (1964). Amara Shilpi Jakkanna (1964, remake of Kannada film) and Rahasyam, her film Pelli Kaanuka (1960) with Akkineni Nageswara Rao, were also successful. The first Telugu film featured dubbing; wherein, Krishna Kumari dubbed her voice in Panduranga Mahatyam (1957). But in the subsequent years, <mask> <mask> learnt Telugu language.Her Hindi films included  Sasural (1960), Opera House (1961), Pareeksha, Hong Kong (1962) and Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (1963), which became successful. In 1962 she was crowned "Chaturbhaasha Taare", because of her popularity in these four languages. The pair of MGR-<mask> <mask> gave 26 back-to-back hit films together, which included 1: Nadodi Mannan (1958), 2: Thirudathe (1961), 3: Thaai Sollai Thattadhe (1961), 4: Paasam (1962), 5: Kudumba Thalaivan (1962), 6: Maadappura (1962), 7: Thayai Katha Thanayan (1963), 8: Dharmam Thalai Kaakkum (1963), 9: Needhikkuppin Paasam (1963), 10: Dheiva Thaai (1964), 11: Padagotti (1964), 12: Aasai Mugam (1965), 13: Nadodi (1966), 14: Thali <mask>am (1966), 15: Naan Aanaiyittal (1966), 16: Petralthan Pillaiya (1966) and 17: Arasa Kattalai (1967). Her best performances opposite MGR were the "rich girl" roles: 18: Panathottam (1963), 19: Periya Idathu Penn (1963), 20: Panakkara Kudumbam (1964), 21: En Kadamai (1964), 22: Thaayin Madiyil (1964), 23: Enga Veettu Pillai (1965), 24: Kalangarai Vilakkam (1965), 25: Anbe Vaa (1966) and 26: Parakkum Paavai (1966). The women adored her dressing sense and her saris and blouses, ornaments, hairstyles were copied by girls and women. In the 1960s, Saroja Devi became a fashion icon among the South Indian women, who mimicked her saris, blouses, jewellery, hairstyles and mannerisms. In particular, her saris and jewellery from the Tamil movies Enga Veettu Pillai (1965) and Anbe Vaa (1966) were popularized widely in magazines.The pairing of Sivaji Ganesan and <mask> <mask> gave 22 back-to-back hit movies: 1: Thangamalai Ragasiyam (1957), 2: Sabaash Meena (1958), 3: Engal Kudumbam Perisu (1958), 4: <mask> Pirivinai (1959), 5: School Master (Hindi) (1959), 6: Irumbu Thirai (1960), 7: Vidivelli (1960), 8: Palum Pazhamum (1961), 9: Paarthaal Pasi Theerum (1962), 10: Valar Pirai (1962), 11: Aalayamani (1962), 12: Kulamagal Radhai (1963), 13: Iruvar Ullam (1963), 14: Kalyaniyin Kanavan (1963) and 15: Puthiya Paravai (1964)

Post-marriage career

After 1968, <mask> <mask>'s career in Tamil cinema gradually declined, and she became more active in Kannada movies. With her marriage in 1967 and the rise of younger heroines like K. R. Vijaya and Jayalalithaa producers stopped pairing her opposite MGR. Her last film with MGR was Arasa Kattalai (1967), which also starred Jayalalithaa. She continued starring in Tamil movies opposite Sivaji Ganesan after her marriage: 16: En Thambi (1968), 17: Anbalippu (1969), 18: Anjal Petti 520 (1969), 19: Arunodhayam (1971), 20: Thenum Paalum (1971), 21: Paarambariyam (1993) and 22: Once More (1997). She worked with Gemini Ganesan in Pen Endral Pen (1967), Panama Pasama (1968), Thamarai Nenjam (1968), Ainthu Latcham (1969), Thanga Malar (1969), Kula Vilakku (1969), Malathi (1970) and Kann Malar (1970). With Ravichandran she acted in the successful films Odum Nadhi (1969), Snegithi (1970), Malathi (1970), and Pathu Matha Bandham (1974). With R. Muthuraman, she starred in Arunodhayam (1971), Uyir (1971) and Pathu Matha Bandham (1974), which was her last Tamil film as a lead actor until 1985.She continued to be among the highest-paid actresses in Kannada and Telugu films. She was cast opposite the leading actor Dr. Rajkumar in several Kannada films, including Mallammana Pavada (1969), Nyayave Devaru (1971), Sri Srinivasa Kalyana (1974), <mask>bruvahana (1977) and Bhagyavantharu (1977). Her other successful films from this period include Thande Makkalu (1971), Papa Punya (1971), Gunavanthudu (1975), Katha Sangama (1976), Sri Renukadevi Mahathme (1977), with Chiranjeevi, then with Vishnuvardhan in Shani Prabhava (1977) and Rudranaga (1984). In Telugu cinema, she was cast opposite N. T. Rama Rao in films like Bhagyachakram (1968), Uma Chandi Gowri Sankarula Katha (1968), Vijayam Manade (1970), Mayani Mamatha (1970), Shakuntala and Daana Veera Soora Karna (1979). In her long career she chiefly opted for romantic films only in the 1960s and later sentimental and socially relevant films right from the late 1960s to the 1980s. Sri Renukadevi Mahathme, a Kannada film released in 1977 was <mask> <mask>'s 150th film in her career and by 1984, she had completed 161 films as the main lead heroine, without ever playing supporting roles. Yarivanu, in Kannada, was the 161st film, in which she played the main lead heroine.After husband's death
<mask> <mask> signed up for the film Ladies Hostel in 1985, but stopped shooting after her husband fell ill. He subsequently died in 1986, and she did not shoot or even meet non-family people for one year after his demise. She resumed shooting only in 1987. Ladies Tailor proved a successful film, but <mask> <mask> refused to sign up for any more films. She completed the eight films that she had accepted before 1986, and these were released during 1987–1990. These included Thaimel Aanai (1988) and Dharma Devan (1989). After completing her pending projects, <mask> <mask> took a break of about five years from films.She returned to acting on the insistence by film producers and her fans, but, contrary to her previous record, she no longer accepted romantic roles. She starred opposite Sivaji Ganesan in Parambariyam (1993) in a lead role as a matron, and then performed a few roles as a supporting actress. In Kannada films, her notable supporting performances included her roles in Anuraga Sangama (1995) and Agni IPS (1997). She and Sivaji Ganesan acted in the Tamil film Once More (1997), which also includes scenes from their 1963 film Iruvar Ullam. Her latest film in Tamil was the film Aadhavan (2009), in which she played a judge's mother. Twice in 1998 and 2005, <mask> <mask> chaired film juries: the 45th National Film Awards and the 53rd National Film Awards jury. She served as the vice-president of Kannada Chalanchitra Sangha, and as a member of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams's local advisory committee.She runs a successful business. She also served as the Chairperson of the Karnataka Film Development Corporation, which had been set up as a private limited company by her and a few other film personalities in 1972. <mask> <mask> is now settled in Bangalore, where she is involved in social work. She has organized many donation camps in the name of her husband and her mother. She is also involved with charitable trusts, rehabilitation centers and health programs. Her most recent work is Natasaarvabhowma, which released in 2019. Personal life
On 1 March 1967, <mask> married Sri Harsha, an engineer.Sri Harsha, an engineer, worked for Bharat Electronics, a Public Sector company. At that time, <mask> was facing a financial crisis and income tax troubles. Her husband helped her overcome these problems, and taught her how to manage her finances. Sri Harsha supported <mask>'s acting career after marriage. When <mask> was asked in an interview as to how she did not discontinue acting due to her mother's insistence after 1967, she said: "Dilip Kumar once said he has asked Saira <mask> to not to stop acting profession. The story was mentioned by Rajesh Khanna to my husband Sri Harsha, not to stop me from acting.". Sri Harsha passed away in 1986 due to various health problems.<mask> <mask>'s children included her daughter <mask> and two grandchildren Indira and Gautam. <mask> was her niece, and had been adopted by her. <mask> died young, and <mask> <mask> sponsors the Bhuvaneshwari Award for literature in her memory. Awards and honors

National awards

 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Government of India, as a part of the celebrations of India's 60th independence day. 1992 Padma Bhushan
 1969 Padma Shri

State awards

 2009 - Kalaimamani Lifetime achievement award by the Government of Tamil Nadu
 2009 - Dr. Rajkumar Lifetime Achievement Award by the Government of Karnataka
 2009 - NTR National Award from Government of Andhra Pradesh for the second time for the year 2009
 2001 - NTR National Award from Andhra Pradesh Government for the year 2001
 1993 - Tamil Nadu Government's MGR Award
 1988 - Karnataka Government's Rajyothsava award
 1980 - Abhinandana-Kanchana Mala award by Karnataka State
1969 - Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress for Kula Vilakku
 1965 - Abhinya Saraswathy honor by Karnataka

Other awards

 2009 - Natya Kaladhar Award— Tamil cinema, by Bharat Kalachar Chennai
 2007 - NTR award for remarkable achievement by Karnataka Telugu Academy
 2007-Rotary Sivaji Award by the Charitable Trust and Rotary Club of Chennai
 2006 Honorary Doctorate from Bangalore University
 2006 Vijay Award for Contribution to Tamil Cinema
 2003 Dinakaran award for All-round Achievement
 1997 Lifetime achievement awards by Cinema Express in Chennai
 1994 Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South

B. Saroja Devi National Award
In 2010, <mask>ya Vidya <mask>ja Devi National Award, a lifetime achievement award to honour artists in the field of performing arts, annually. The recipients of the award including K. J. Yesudas, Vyjayantimala, Anjali Devi, Ambareesh, Jayanthi and others. Filmography

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Actresses in Hindi cinema
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Actresses in Telugu cinema
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Recipients of the Kalaimamani Award
20th-century Indian actresses
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<mask> is the CEO and co-founder of Daffy, a new fintech platform focused on charitable giving. <mask> has been influential in fintech most notably as a serial angel investor, advisor, and board member in over 100 companies such as Acorns, Gusto, Figma, and Opendoor. His investments are geared towards making financial tools more accessible to the public via tech-enabled products. <mask>’s interest in democratizing access to technology and its communities extends through his non-profit work starting in 2011 with Oshman Family JCC and most recently as the co-Chairman of ICON,  a non-profit organization with the mission of creating a community in Silicon Valley for those who are passionate about Israeli technology & innovation and harnessing the strength of this community to help Israeli entrepreneurs & startups. <mask> currently serves as an adjunct lecturer at Stanford University. He was the Vice President of Product & Growth for Dropbox from 2018 to February of 2020. <mask> was previously the President and CEO of Wealthfront from January 2014 to October 2016.He served as an executive in residence at Greylock Partners, vice president of product management at LinkedIn, director at eBay and held strategic and technical roles at Atlas Venture, Preview Systems and Apple. <mask> holds a bachelor's and master's degree in computer science from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Early life
<mask> was born and raised in Silicon Valley. During high school <mask> did speech and debate and was state-ranked in California for Impromptu speaking. In 1990, he did an internship at NASA Ames Research Center where he worked on fluid-dynamics simulations in software. <mask> graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's and master's degree in computer science with a focus on human computer interaction. Career
After college, <mask> began working as a software engineer on the WebObjects team, originally a part of NeXT, a computer company acquired by Apple.After working for Apple, <mask> began working for a start-up company called Preview Systems, and began his MBA at Harvard Business School in 1999. After business school <mask> worked in venture capital for two years, before becoming a product manager for eBay. He eventually became the Director of eBay Express, a website that focused on fixed-price products. <mask> continued his career in product management as vice president of product management at LinkedIn in 2007. He originally led LinkedIn's core product and user experience team, and then led LinkedIn's platform and mobile products, including the open developer platform and their native applications and mobile web experiences. He founded LinkedIn Hackdays, a seminal program aimed at driving the innovation culture at the company. He left LinkedIn to join Greylock Partners in October 2011 as an executive in residence, where he advised the leadership teams of the firm's consumer technology companies and evaluated new investment opportunities.In January 2013, <mask> joined Wealthfront, an automated investment service, as COO. At the time, Wealthfront had less than $100M in client assets under management. <mask> became CEO of Wealthfront in January 2014, staying with the company through December 2016. In September 2017, <mask> became an adjunct lecturer in the Computer Science department at Stanford University, teaching the original seminar, "CS 007: Introduction to Personal Finance". In 2018, he joined Dropbox as Vice President of Product & Growth. <mask> left Dropbox in February of 2020 to focus on building a new company combining his fintech expertise with his non-profit interests with co-founder Alejandro Crosa. In September 2021, <mask> launched Daffy, the Donor-Advised Fund for You™, a not-for-profit community built around a new, modern platform for giving.Investor
<mask> has been heavily involved as an investor in consumer software, marketplaces, and fintech for the past ten years. He began his advisory roles in 2010 as a mentor at 500 Startups. He was also a mentor at MuckerLab from 2011 to 2014. <mask> was an advisor to Marin Software and Covexum and currently advises LoanSnap, Bitwise Asset Management, Raisin GmbH, and Gusto. <mask> previously served as a member of the Board of Directors in an observer capacity at Wrapp and PullString, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Acorns (has filed to go public) and Shift (public in 2020). Along with advisory and board positions, <mask> has invested in over 100 private startups, primarily at the seed stage. His investment philosophy is informed by his career in product and he has historically backed founders building differentiated user experiences.Past investments include Firebase (sold to Google), Sunrise (sold to Microsoft), Gusto, Figma, and Opendoor (IPO in 2020), PullString (sold to Apple), Kabbage (sold to American Express), Bitwise, PeerStreet, and Alto IRA. A full list of his portfolio companies can be found on AngelList. Non-Profit Work
<mask> has been heavily involved in non-profit organizations since 2011. He served for six years on the Board of Directors for Oshman Family JCC, a hub for the Silicon Valley Jewish community aimed at creating inclusive and meaningful experiences to incorporate innovation into modern life. Operationally, the organization manages a $300M facility with over 200 employees and an annual budget of over $30M. <mask> currently is a Co-Chairman and Executive Committee member of ICON, (“Israel Collaboration Network”), a non-profit organization with the mission of creating a community in Silicon Valley for those who wish to support  Israeli technology & innovation and harnessing the strength of this community to help Israeli entrepreneurs & startups expand to the United States. Personal life
<mask> is the oldest of four siblings.His father is an OB/GYN and his mother serves as Clinical Faculty with the Psychology Department at Stanford University. He was born and raised in Silicon Valley where he lives with his wife and four children. References

Stanford University alumni
Harvard Business School alumni
American chief executives of financial services companies
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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<mask> (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She won her first WTA Tour title in 2006, emerging as the Nordea Nordic Light Open doubles champion, her first singles title came in 2010 at the Guangzhou International Open, and the following year she won the Hobart International. In May 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 25. In August 2012, she peaked at No. 31 in the doubles rankings.Her greatest achievement came at the 2013 Australian Open, where she won the mixed-doubles title with countryman Matthew Ebden. Personal life
<mask>'s father Ján Gajdoš is an engineer, as was her mother who died in September 2012; her older brother Ján Gajdoš Jr. was a professional skier. She married Australian tennis player Sam Groth in February 2009 and competed as <mask> Groth from 2009 to 2011. When the couple divorced in 2011, <mask> reverted to her birth name. Following her marriage on 1 November 2015 to <mask>, from January 2016 on she was competing as <mask> <mask>. In November 2017, <mask> gave birth to their first child, <mask> <mask>. Junior career
Although she had already been playing in senior events for some years by the time, the highlights of her junior career came as she reached the semifinals at two junior Grand Slam tournaments.In the 2003 Wimbledon junior competition she lost in semifinal to the eventual winner Kirsten Flipkens. In the Australian Open junior competition, 2004, she reached semifinals in both singles and doubles (with Shahar Pe'er). Both times she lost to Nicole Vaidišová. Another success came in winning doubles at the Italian Open junior tournament in 2003 with Andrea Hlaváčková. Professional career

2001–2003
<mask> began competing as <mask> Gajdošová on the ITF Circuit just days after her 14th birthday in 2001, and that year entered three ITF tournaments, winning two matches and losing three. In 2002, she again entered only three tournaments, but this time won four matches and lost three. Early in 2003, still aged 15, she stepped up her schedule, and that February she reached the semifinal of a $25k tournament at Redbridge, defeating Séverine Beltrame, Sandra Klösel, and Roberta Vinci before losing to Olga Barabanschikova.She won the next tournament she entered, her third of the year and only the ninth of her career. It was the $10k event at Rabat in March; and in the semifinal she defeated Ekaterina Bychkova. On the strength of this result, she found herself wildcarded into qualifying for her first WTA Tour event, a clay-court tournament at Budapest in April, and justified the wildcard by defeating all three of her opponents in the qualifying draw, including Melinda Czink, in straight sets, then Virginie Razzano in the second round of the main draw, before losing 4–6, 3–6 to Alicia Molik. On her 16th birthday she entered qualifying for a $50k event on grass at Gifu, Japan. Again, she qualified defeating Aiko Nakamura in the qualifying round; and she reached the second round of the main draw before losing to another top Japanese player, Akiko Morigami. The next week, she came through three straight matches in qualifying at her third successive event, another Japanese $50k grass-court tournament at Fukuoka, defeating Sanda Mamić of Croatia in the qualifying round, before advancing to the quarterfinal of the main draw after a second-round victory over Zheng Jie, only to lose to Saori Obata. At the US Open in August, she reached the final round of qualifying with upset of Anabel Medina Garrigues, but ultimately lost to Anikó Kapros of Hungary.Her season ended with two more losses in the later stages of qualifying draws at WTA events to higher ranked players. The 16-year-old Slovak ended the year ranked No. 197. 2004–2005
In 2004, she suffered six successive losses between August and October. Earlier in the season she scored wins over Lilia Osterloh and Tzipora Obziler in qualifying for Memphis, Akiko Morigami and Tiffany Dabek at Fukuoka, Zuzana Ondrášková in Wimbledon qualifying, and Elena Baltacha in a $50k event at Lexington, while her performance in reaching the final of the $50k event at Fukuoka was her career-best in a tournament of its class. Her year-end ranking was world No. 217.In February 2005, she qualified for the annual WTA Tour event at Hyderabad, and beat Li Ting in the first round of the main draw before losing to Anna-Lena Grönefeld of Germany. She did not play in March or April, but returned in May to win her first $25k event and her second career tournament on the clay of Catania, Italy beating Ivana Abramović of Croatia in the final. The following week, she reached the quarterfinal of another $50k event at Saint-Gaudens, France beating Argentine María Emilia Salerni and French player Pauline Parmentier to this end. She entered qualifying at the French Open, and defeated Shikha Uberoi but lost to Sofia Arvidsson in the second leg. Over May and June, the 18-year-old suffered two consecutive losses in $25k tournaments to Chinese player Yuan Meng. She was able to win her second $25k tournament of the year and third career title on the grass courts of Felixstowe in July, beating Katie O'Brien of Great Britain in the semifinal and Alla Kudryavtseva in the final. The following week, she reached the semifinals of the $50k event at Vittel, France with wins over German Jana Kandarr and her countrywoman Sandra Klösel.For the second successive summer, she experienced several consecutive early defeats. But in late September she defeated Alona Bondarenko, Kateryna Bondarenko, and María Emilia Salerni to qualify for the WTA event at Luxembourg, in the first round of which she defeated Katarina Srebotnik in two close sets before losing to Dinara Safina. She had improved her year-end ranking to No. 147. 2006: Top 100 breakthrough and first WTA doubles titles
The 18-year-old Gajdošová came through the qualifying draw to gain entry to her first Grand Slam main draw at the Australian Open. She then lost a close three set first-round match to Martina Müller of Germany. But the ranking points accrued were sufficient to lift her to world No.117 on 6 February 2006. Staying in Australia for the rest of the month, she retreated temporarily to the ITF Circuit, winning two $25k tournaments in consecutive weeks, at Gosford and Sydney, the fourth and fifth ITF singles titles of her career. These two minor tournament victories resulted in her ranking rising to No. 106. In mid-March, she followed up these two tournament victories by entering another $25k event at Canberra, and again came through as the victor, defeating world No. 178, Hanna Nooni, in the semifinals and Australian Monique Adamczak in the final. The next week, she extended her winning streak to seventeen matches in reaching the quarterfinals of a $25k event in Melbourne, but then lost to Australian world No.260 Sophie Ferguson, 1–6, 4–6. She had succeeded in breaking through into the WTA top 100 for the first time in her career. In April, staying at the $25k tournament level that had recently brought her so much success, she reached another semifinal at Patras, Greece (losing in three sets to Estonian world No. 240, Margit Rüütel), but only reached the second-round at Bari, Italy before retiring when trailing upcoming French player Alizé Cornet 6–0, 4–1. In early May she decided to return to the WTA Tour, entering qualifying for the Tier I Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin while ranked world No. 94. However, she lost in three sets in the second round of the qualifying draw to Ukrainian world No.147, Julia Vakulenko, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6. The next week, she lost in the first round of qualifying for the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome to world No. 115, Victoria Azarenka, 3–6, 3–6. At the end of the month, entering a Grand Slam tournament as a direct entrant for the first time at the French Open, as world No. 100, she defeated lower-ranked wildcard Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro in round one before losing in straight sets to world No. 9, Patty Schnyder, in round two. The following week, in early June, she entered a $75k event at Prostějov in the Czech Republic and defeated two Czech players in succession, world No.31, Lucie Šafářová, and world No. 239, Renata Voráčová (3–6, 6–2, 7–6), before losing in the quarterfinals to in-form Italian Romina Oprandi in straight sets, 3–6, 4–6. Buoyed by her career-best ranking of world No. 86, she reached the second round of the Tier III tournament at Birmingham with a 6–3, 6–4 win over Yuan Meng before losing to Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama. She then came through three rounds of qualifying in straight sets at Eastbourne, a Tier II tournament, with wins over Stéphanie Foretz, Galina Voskoboeva and Samantha Stosur, but lost in the first round of the main draw to Russian former world No. 2, Anastasia Myskina. A week later, as a direct entrant at Wimbledon, she lost to Australian Nicole Pratt in the first round.At the $50k event in Vittel, France she won the event, beating Frenchwoman Olivia Sanchez. Her ranking rose to No. 86. However, in the Tier IV tournament in Budapest the following week, she lost 6–7, 2–6 in the first round to fellow Slovak Martina Suchá. As a direct entrant to the main draw of the US Open, she reached the third round with straight-sets victories over American hopeful Alexa Glatch and the Ukraine's Viktoriya Kutuzova before succumbing to Russian Dinara Safina 3–6, 0–6. As a result, her ranking leapt to No. 65.Despite an uninspired finish to 2006, she finished the year ranked world No. 71. 2007
She began the new season, still in Australia, at the end of December 2006, by narrowly failing to qualify for Gold Coast. Then in qualifying for Hobart in January, she fell at the first hurdle to Klára Zakopalová in straight sets. And as a direct entrant to the Australian Open, she lost in round one to Venezuelan Milagros Sequera, also in straight sets. In February, she managed to pull together a string of back-to-back victories in a $75k tournament at Las Vegas, with wins over Kristina Barrois (in three sets), Ahsha Rolle (6–0, 6–2) and Tatiana Poutchek (6–4, 6–3), before bowing out to Akiko Morigami in the semifinals. In March, as a direct entrant to the Tier I event at Indian Wells, ranked world No.90, she lost in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki 3–6, 1–6. Then she came through qualifying for Miami with a straight-sets wins over Kristina Barrois and Luxembourg's Anne Kremer before losing a close two-set match in the first round of the main draw to Catalina Castaño of Colombia, 3–6, 5–7. And in the first round of the main draw of the Tier II fixture at Amelia Island, her ranking having slipped back to world No. 99, she was defeated by American Alexa Glatch, 6–4, 6–3. In May, ranked No. 95, she reached the quarterfinals of the Tier IV fixture at Prague with straight-sets victories over Anastasia Rodionova and Sandra Klösel before losing to Marion Bartoli. At the end of the month, in the first round, she lost to Andrea Petkovic at the French Open.In June at Wimbledon, she defeated Meghann Shaughnessy 6–2, 6–4 before losing to Jelena Janković in round two, 1–6, 1–6. She returned to action in mid-August in Canada, again ranked No. 105, and attempted to qualify for the Tier I Canadian Open, but lost to Flavia Pennetta. Her only other tournament that month was the US Open, where she again faced Jelena Janković, this time losing 2–6, 6–7. The Slovak would play only four more tournaments that season, recording her sole victory in the first round of the Tier III event at Kolkata, India against Youlia Fedossova of France in mid-September. Her ranking was No. 142 by the end of the year.2008
Gajdošová received a wildcard into the main draw of the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts in Gold Coast, Australia where she lost in the first round to world No. 15 Dinara Safina, 6–4, 1–6, 2–6. She then lost in the second round of the qualifying competition for the Medibank International in Sydney to world No. 100 Jill Craybas 5–7, 2–6. Gajdošová then received a wildcard into the main draw of the Australian Open where she lost in the first round to then world No. 7, Serena Williams, 3–6, 3–6. She then played two tournaments in the United States.She lost in the first round of the qualifying competition for the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells to world No. 101, Alla Kudryavtseva, 2–6, 0–6. She then lost in the first round of the ITF event in Redding, California to world No. 199, Margalita Chakhnashvili, 0–4 ret. She then played three ITF Circuit tournaments in South Korea. In Incheon, she lost in the first round to world No. 374, Lee Jin-a 4–6, 7–5, 2–6.The following week, Gajdošová won the tournament in Gimcheon, defeating No. 295 Lu Jingjing in the final. She then lost in the second round of the tournament in Changwon to world No. 432, Zhang Ling, in two straight sets. As of 26 May 2008, her ranking had dropped to No. 195. 2009: First Grand Slam appearance

Gajdošová started the year at the Brisbane International losing in a tight second round to eventual champion Victoria Azarenka.In the Sydney International she again lost in the second round to eventual champion Elena Dementieva. At the Australian Open, Gajdošová lost a tight three-setter to Virginie Razzano making it her fourth straight first round loss at the first Grand Slam of the year. She then married Sam Groth, taking his name from February onwards. At the 2009 Indian Wells tournament, she played in the qualifying winning her first match and losing her final qualifying match, resulting in a slight rise in the rankings. At Roland Garros, Groth defeated French wild card Kinnie Laisné 6–4, 6–3 and Mariana Duque Marino 6–2, 7–6. She then lost to fifth seed Jelena Janković in the third round, 1–6, 1–6. At Wimbledon, in the first round, Groth defeated Lucie Šafářová 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, and then lost to second seed Serena Williams 2–6, 1–6.After solid performances at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon Groth received a career-high singles ranking of No. 57. She was then out of action with an ankle injury until returning to the tour in 2010 as a fully fledged Australian player available for Fed Cup Team selection, after being granted Australian citizenship on 23 November 2009. 2010: Top 50 breakthrough and first singles WTA title
Starting 2010 with the task to re-enter the top 100 she started the year at Brisbane and Sydney falling in second round of qualifying. Then lost another tough three-set first round at Australia Open to Sofia Arvidsson, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6. Groth remained in Australia to gain ranking points and was very successful winning the $25k Sydney, finalist at the $25k Burnie and a quarterfinalist at the Midura ITF. She also had success in doubles with a semifinal and final showings at the Burnie and Mildura ITFs.She received a wildcard entry into the French Open and played Chan Yung-jan in the first round. Groth moved into the second-round winning 6–2, 6–3. She then played Kimiko Date-Krumm from Japan. She beat Date-Krumm who had knocked out Safina the round before, 6–0, 6–3. Groth then faced fellow Australian player Anastasia Rodionova. They played a long three-setter but Groth prevailed 6–3, 5–7, 6–2. In the fourth round, she lost to Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova 4–6, 3–6.Her French Open performance was her best in Grand Slam tournaments. After the French Open, she was ranked No. 88. At Wimbledon, she progressed to the fourth round where she was beaten by Venus Williams, 6–4, 7–6. On 23 August, she reached a new career high ranking of 56 and became the second highest ranked Australian behind No. 6, Samantha Stosur. At the US Open, she lost

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 to Maria Sharapova 6–4, 3–6, 1–6 in the first round.In doubles partnering Klára Zakopalová, she defeated Angelique Kerber and Līga Dekmeijere. After the US Open, Groth participated in the Guangzhou International Open as top seed. She made it to her first WTA Tour final defeating Edina Gallovits in the semifinals 6–0, 6–1 in 38 minutes. In the final, Groth defeated Alla Kudryavtseva 6–1, 6–4 to win her maiden title. Groth's ranking rose to a career high of 41 as a result of her performance. Her next tournament was the Hansol Korea Open where she faced top seed Nadia Petrova in the first round. She lost 3–6, 2–6.2011: Career best ranking
Groth started off the year at the Brisbane International where she reached the quarterfinals by beating first seed Sam Stosur in the previous round. It was Groth's first win against a top-10 player. However, she lost to German Andrea Petkovic. She then competed at the Hobart International where she defeated Johanna Larsson, Tamira Paszek, fourth seed Roberta Vinci and Klára Zakopalová all in straight sets to reach the final. Groth defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the final to gain her second WTA title. In doubles, Groth and her partner Zakopalová won their first-round match in straight sets and then defeated fourth seeds Natalie Grandin and Vladimíra Uhlířová in the quarterfinals. They lost to Kateryna Bondarenko and Līga Dekmeijere in the semifinals.At the Australian Open she lost in the first round to 2009 US Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer in a close three-set match. Groth then became part of the Australia Fed Cup team for the first time. Despite Australia losing the tie, she managed to win against world No. 4, Francesca Schiavone, after dropping the first set. Groth then played at the Dubai Tennis Championships where she defeated Dominika Cibulková in the first round. However, she lost to 15th seed Alisa Kleybanova. She then took part in the Qatar Ladies Open where she had to qualify to reach the main draw.As top seed in qualifying, she defeated wild card player Selima Sfar in the first round, fellow Australian Jelena Dokić in the second round and sixth seed Timea Bacsinszky to qualify in the main draw. There, she faced Dominika Cibulková in the first round, where she lost 8–10 in the third set tiebreak. Groth's next tournament was the BMW Malaysian Open where she received a wild card into the main draw and was seeded fourth. She won her first match against qualifier Sun Shengnan and followed that up with a win against Misaki Doi. She then defeated the sixth seed Ayumi Morita in three close sets to advance to the semifinals where she met her doubles partner and ended up losing to fifth seed Šafářová in straight sets. Groth was the 29th seed at the BNP Paribas Open and received a first-round bye. She was defeated in the second round by Sara Errani.At the Sony Ericsson Open, Groth was seeded No. 28 and had a first-round bye. In the second round, she defeated Yaroslava Shvedova. Groth was up by a set and break. She was defeated in the next round by world No. 3, Vera Zvonareva. Groth next travelled to Melbourne to partake with Anastasia Rodionova in the Fed Cup World Group Play-offs.Although she won both of her singles matches against Olga Savchuk and Lesia Tsurenko, Rodionova lost both of her singles matches. As such, it came down to the doubles, where despite easily taking the first set 6–0, Groth and Rodionova ended up losing to Savchuk and Tsurenko. Australia, as a result, was relegated to the 2012 Fed Cup World Group II. At the Estoril Open, <mask>, who from that point changed her name to Gajdošová, was seeded second. She defeated Renata Voráčová and compatriot Casey Dellacqua to successfully defend her quarterfinal appearance. However, she advanced no further as she lost to Monica Niculescu. Gajdošová competed at the Madrid Open where she defeated Maria Kirilenko in the first round in a third set tiebreak.She then upset tenth seed Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets before losing to Lucie Šafářová. Her next tournament was the Italian Open, where she opened up by defeating wildcard Corinna Dentoni and followed that up with a win against Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Her next opponent was world No. 6 and fourth seed, Li Na, and she lost in straight sets. In doubles, Groth partnered with Romanian Alexandra Dulgheru as an alternative. Their run ended in the semifinals against Chinese pair Peng Shuai and Zheng Jie. However, their best victory was in the quarterfinals where they upset top seed and world No.1 doubles players Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta in straight sets. Gajdošová beat Virginie Razzano and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the French Open, where she was seeded 24th, but lost in three sets in the third round to Andrea Petkovic, the 15th seed. At the Wimbledon Championships, she defeated former top-20 player Alona Bondarenko. As the last Australian standing in the women's singles draw, she then beat Andrea Hlaváčková to reach the third round, but lost against world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki. She then went on a five-match losing streak: losing in first rounds at the Gastein Ladies Open, Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad, Canadian Open in Toronto, the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, and at the Texas Tennis Open. She broke her losing streak at the US Open; although hitting 57 unforced errors, she did hit 29 winners, and it was enough to defeat Iveta Benešová.In the second round she was defeated by Vania King. Gajdošová's first tournament of the Asian swing was at the Guangzhou International Open where she was the defending champion. She reached the quarterfinals by defeating Han Xinyun and Mandy Minella. In the quarterfinal however, she lost to world No. 72, Magdaléna Rybáriková. Gajdosova then played in the Pan Pacific Open where in the first round she played world No. 55, Rebecca Marino, and won in three sets.She then played world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki, going down in three sets. The next week she played at the China Open where she defeated world No. 29, Medina Garrigues, but again lost to Wozniacki, this time in straight sets. Her last tournament of the year was at the HP Open where she lost in the second round. Gajdošová ended the year ranked world No. 33 in singles and No.41 in doubles. 2012: Wrist injury and loss of form
She started her year at the 2012 Hopman Cup partnering Lleyton Hewitt. In the first tie against Spain, Gajdošová put Australia up by beating Medina Garrigues in three sets. They eventually lost the tie by losing the deciding mixed doubles, 9–11 in the final set tiebreak despite leading 5–1. In the second tie against France, Gajdošová left the court in tears after losing to Marion Bartoli, 0–6, 0–6. In the final tie against China, Gajdošová lost to Li Na, however Australia won the tie in the mixed doubles. She then played at the Hobart International, where she was the defending champion.In the first round, she defeated Ayumi Morita in straight sets and then defeated Anastasia Rodionova in a very tough second-round match. Although she started well against qualifier Mona Barthel, she lost in three sets to the eventual champion. Gajdošová then played in the Australian Open, where she faced Maria Kirilenko. She was trying to get past the first round for the first time in seven attempts, but lost the match. Gajdošová left that disappointing result behind and headed to Fribourg, Switzerland to take on the Swiss in the Fed Cup. She competed in the second singles rubber, but had a loss to Stefanie Vögele, 6–0, 6–7, 6–8. She then played in the fourth rubber and confirmed a victory for Australia with a 6–3, 3–6, 8–6 win over Amra Sadiković.Gajdošová then competed at the Open GdF Suez, where she again lost her opening round in three sets to Monica Niculescu. She then lost in the first round of the Qatar Total Open to Sorana Cîrstea. She was the fourth seed at the Malaysian Open where she won her first round over Kathrin Wörle after losing the first set. She lost her second-round match against Eleni Daniilidou. At the BNP Paribas Open, she defeated American wildcard CoCo Vandeweghe. In the second round she defeated Yanina Wickmayer after another first-set loss. She lost in the third round to American Jamie Hampton.Gajdošová was down 2–5 in the second-set but came back to win it in a tie-break, but eventually lost the match. At the Sony Ericsson Open, she was dealt a tough first-round match against four-time Grand Slam winner Kim Clijsters, who had not played since the Australian Open semifinal. Gajdošová started well and won the opening set before Clijsters came storming back to win with just the loss of one more game. Her next tournament was the Family Circle Cup, where she played Stefanie Vögele in the first round and lost in three sets. Gajdošová then competed in the 2012 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs against Germany in Stuttgart, enjoying a return to good form where she beat top 20 player Julia Görges. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she partnered Anastasia Rodionova in the women's doubles. She finished the year as world No.183. 2013
Gajdošová began her season at the Brisbane International as a wildcard. She came back from a set down to defeat world No. 16 Roberta Vinci in the first round and thus ended her nine-match losing streak from the previous season. She lost in the second round to Lesia Tsurenko despite winning the first set. After receiving a wildcard into the Hobart International, Gajdošová reached the quarterfinals for the third consecutive year after defeating Romina Oprandi and Olga Govortsova but lost to the eventual champion Elena Vesnina in straight sets. At the Australian Open, Gajdošová failed to progress beyond the first round of the event for the eighth consecutive year, losing to 20th seed Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets.However, she won the mixed doubles title with compatriot Matthew Ebden and in doing so, won her first Grand Slam title and first mixed-doubles title. This win made Gajdošová and Ebden the third all Australian pairing to win the Australian Open mixed doubles title and the first since 2005 when Samantha Stosur and Scott Draper won that title. In April, Gajdošová was diagnosed with mononucleosis which left her out of the game for six months. She made her comeback at the Nanjing Ladies Open where she advanced to the semifinal before losing to Ayumi Morita. At the Wildcard Playoff for the Australian Open, Gajdošová opened with a straight sets win over Jelena Dokic. However, she lost in the quarterfinals against Tammi Patterson. Gajdošová ended 2013 ranked No.232 in the world. 2014: Comeback to top 100

Gajdošová received a wild card for the APIA International but lost in the opening round against Lauren Davis. She was also awarded a wildcard for the Australian Open where she lost in the first round to Angelique Kerber. In mixed doubles, teaming up again with Matthew Ebden, she reached the semifinals. In June, Gajdošová won the Aegon Nottingham Challenge defeating Timea Bacsinszky 6–2, 6–2 in the singles final. This earned a wildcard into Wimbledon Championships and was her first title in over three years. Gajdošová also won the doubles, pairing with Arina Rodionova.2015: Returning form then fading
Gajdošová started her 2015 season at the Brisbane International which she entered as a wildcard entry. In the first round, she defeated Zhang Shuai to set up a second-round match against second seed and world No. 7, Ana Ivanovic, to whom she would later lose in straight sets. Gajdošová then played at the 2015 Apia International Sydney, defeating world No. 13, Andrea Petkovic, and No. 11, Dominika Cibulková, before losing to eventual champion Petra Kvitová in the quarterfinal, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6. She next played at the Australian Open, where she had never won a main-draw match, but she was able to break her duck there (on her tenth attempt) defeating Alexandra Dulgheru in straight sets to move into the second round where she then lost to world No.3, Simona Halep, in straight sets. Gajdošová then played in the Fed Cup World Group where she defeated world No. 10, Angelique Kerber, in three sets. She then lost to Andrea Petkovic in another three set match. <mask> then played at the PTT Thailand Open as the sixth seed where she lost to eventual finalist Ajla Tomljanović in the second round. Gajdošová then contested the Dubai Tennis Championships where she qualified for the main draw but lost in three sets to eventual semifinalist Garbiñe Muguruza. The following week she failed to qualify for the Qatar Total Open losing to Alexandra Dulgheru.Gajdošová then had a great run at the Malaysian Open where she was the fourth seed. She reached the semifinals before again losing to Dulgheru. Following this she played at BNP Paribas Open where she lost in the first round to Roberta Vinci. Gajdošová started her clay-court season at the 2015 Fed Cup World Group Play-offs where she lost to lower ranked players Kiki Bertens and Arantxa Rus, and as a result, Australia was relegated to the Fed Cup World Group II in 2016. She then contested the Premier Mandatory Mutua Madrid Open where she lost to world No. 5, Caroline Wozniacki. The following week she played at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where she defeated Elena Vesnina in a thrilling third set tiebreak which she won 16–14.She then retired against world No. 3, Maria Sharapova, after trailing 6–2, 3–1. She lost in the first round of the French Open to the lower ranked Amandine Hesse. Gajdošová then qualified at Nottingham before being defeated in the first round by Christina McHale. She lost in the first round at Birmingham to Johanna Konta before qualifying at Eastbourne, winning the first round against Lauren Davis before losing in the second round to Caroline Wozniacki. Gajdošová lost in the first round at Wimbledon to Sabine Lisicki, lost in the first round in Washington, D.C. to Naomi Broady and in the first round of the US Open to the eventual winner Flavia Pennetta. Gajdošová reached the second round in Tokyo, defeating qualifier Alexandra Panova before losing to Kateryna Bondarenko.She ended the year with a poor run of failures in qualifying and then losing in the first round in Hong Kong to Yaroslava Shvedova. In December Gajdošová competed for the Philippine Mavericks in the International Premier Tennis League losing to Agnieszka Radwańska and Kurumi Nara before defeating Kristina Mladenovic. 2016
Under her married name, <mask> partnered Lleyton Hewitt in the Australia Gold Team for the Hopman Cup in Perth in January. In the tie against the United States, <mask> defeated world No. 1, Serena Williams, albeit the American retired due to a knee injury. She was beaten by Karolína Plíšková and Elina Svitolina in the respective ties against the Czech Republic and Ukraine. At the Australian Open, <mask> was forced to retire, a set and 2–4 down in the second, in her first-round match against Anastasija Sevastova after sustaining a back injury during the warm-up.2017
In January 2017, <mask> announced her retirement from professional tennis. Major finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

WTA career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (14–4)

Doubles: 19 (10–9)

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<mask> (11 February 1919 – 31 March 1944) was an Australian-born Handley Page Halifax bomber rear gunner who was taken prisoner during the Second World War. He took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, but was one of the men re-captured and subsequently shot by the Gestapo. Pre-war life
<mask> was born in Waverley, Sydney, Australia, on 11 February 1919. He was the second son of a British father and an Australian mother who resided in Shanghai, China. His mother had sailed back to Australia for his birth before returning to China. She died in 1926 and their father died in 1932, but the three children had lived in England since their mother's death where they attended boarding schools and spent holidays with family friends or their guardian. On leaving school <mask> passed the entrance examination for the Training Ship Mercury near Southampton and on 30 September 1934 began to train for a life at sea.From the training ship he could see Hamble airfield and soon decided that aviation was his interest. He left the Mercury on 29 July 1935 having been accepted for the 32nd Entry of RAF Apprentices commencing 20 August 1935 at the Royal Air Force's No. 1 School of Technical Training RAF, based at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire. <mask> was assigned service number 568142 and attached to A Squadron, No. 1 Wing as an aero engine Fitter II. He was promoted to leading apprentice which usually involved commanding a room of 21 junior boys. He "passed out" (graduated) on 26 July 1938 and was attached to No.48 Squadron RAF as an Aircraftman 2nd Class. Wartime service
He had the opportunity of aircrew training and became a sergeant air gunner joining the newly reforming No. 76 Squadron RAF in May 1941 based at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire. After relocating to RAF Middleton St George the squadron carried out its first bombing operation on the night of 12–13 June 1941 and then carried out raids on a variety of targets including industrial centres and railways. <mask> had been recommended for a commission and was commissioned pilot officer and allocated service number 46462 on 30 September 1941 (with effect from 2 August 1941). Prisoner of war
On the night of 5 August 1941 <mask> flew as rear gunner aboard Handley Page Halifax (serial number "L9516"), attacking railway workshops at Karlsruhe in Germany. The bomber took off from RAF Middleton St George at about 21:45 hours and bombed the larger of two fires below before being "coned" (illuminated by a battery of searchlights).Half of the bomber's tail section was shot off and at about 02:00 hours Sergeant Thomas Byrne, the pilot, gave the order to bale out over Germany. Six of the seven-man crew were captured, the other having been killed. <mask> was captured at about 07:00 hours that morning near Worms and after processing and interrogation at Dulag Luft at Oberusel, was allocated Prisoner of War No. 63 at Stalag Luft I, in Barth. At Stalag Luft I he met Roger Bushell during various escape attempts, Bushell later masterminded the Great Escape. <mask>, Edgar Humphreys, Jack Grisman, Leslie George Bull and several other prisoners were part of the group with Bushell who were sent to Stalag Luft III in the province of Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan (now Żagań in Poland). On 2 August 1942, <mask> was promoted to flying officer, and exactly one year later he was promoted again to flight lieutenant.'Great Escape'
Allocated an escape queue position in the 40s he was one of the 76 men who escaped the prison camp on the night of 24–25 March 1944, in the escape now famous as "the Great Escape". When the Germans discovered the escape they began extensive well planned manhunts. Recaptured after travelling for several nights on foot in freezing conditions <mask> was one of nineteen officers loaded into a lorry the following day and moved to Görlitz prison under Gestapo control. Here the numbers of recaptured officers grew until thirty-five were held there. The prisoners were threatened with death and interrogated harshly but not physically. On 30 March 1944, two of the survivors saw three large sedans with ten Gestapo agents collect six officers, Ian Cross, Mike Casey, George Wiley, <mask>, John Pohe and Al Hake struggling to walk on his frostbitten feet. they were not seen again having been shot in woods near Görlitz and Halbau, their cremation urn labels stated that they died on 31 March 1944 and had been cremated at Görlitz.He was one of the 50 escapers executed and murdered by the Gestapo. Originally cremated and buried at Sagan, he is now buried in part of the Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery. Post-war investigation found that a Gestapo agent named Lux led the squad who shot the group of six recaptured airmen beside the autobahn near Halbau on the instructions of a senior officer named Scharpwinkel. He was among the 47 murdered officers named in the British and Commonwealth press when the story became public knowledge on or about 19–20 May 1944. The Glasgow Herald of 19 May 1944 published an early list naming several officers who had been killed. <mask> was not listed with other Australians named in an article in The Canberra Times on 28 February 1946. As a "Halton brat" or an "old Haltonian", a graduate of the RAF Halton aircraft apprentice scheme, <mask> is commemorated by name in the stained glass window in St. George's Church, RAF Halton dedicated to those murdered following the "Great Escape".He is also commemorated on the Dunsfold War Memorial website. Recognition
<mask> was mentioned in despatches for conspicuous gallantry as a prisoner of war (none of the other relevant decorations then available could be awarded posthumously). The citation was published in a supplement to the London Gazette on 8 June 1944. Other victims
See Stalag Luft III murders

The Gestapo executed a group of 50 of the recaptured prisoners representing almost all of the nationalities involved in the escape. Post-war investigations saw a number of those guilty of the murders tracked down, arrested and tried for their crimes. References
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Bibliography

External links
 Project Lessons from the Great Escape (Stalag Luft III), by Mark Kozak-Holland. The prisoners formally structured their work as a project.This book analyses their efforts using modern project management methods. Royal Air Force officers
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