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Luciana Aymar is not only the greatest female hockey player of all time; she also transformed the way an entire nation views her sport. It is quite a story and, after 20 years of sacrifice, the 41-year-old and now retired four-time Olympic medal winner is enjoying sharing it.
The House of Lusignan (/ ˈ l uː z ɪ n. j ɒ n / LOO-zin-yon; French:) was a royal house of French origin, which at various times ruled several principalities in Europe and the Levant, including the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Armenia, from the 12th through the 15th centuries
The Lusignan dynasty ruled at the edge of Europe, where the European space encountered the Muslim space. However, they did not forge close cultural links with the world around their Crusader states. Rather, they were as disdainful of non-Catholic Christianity as of Islam.
Mar 7, 2024 · In today’s story, we feature Luciana Aymar, one of the best to ever pick up a hockey stick, winning 4 Olympic medals and 4 World Cup medals through her long career with Argentina, and is the only player in the history of the sport to win the FIH Player of the Year Award on eight (!) occasions.
May 31, 2018 · On July 4, 1187, the Crusader army in the Latin East, led by Guy of Lusignan, king of Jerusalem, ceased to exist. Saladin’s Muslim armies slaughtered them in the brutal Battle of Hattin, fought near the present-day city of Tiberias, Israel.
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The Argentinean women’s field hockey team won medals at four consecutive Olympic Games led by Luciana Paula Aymar, often considered the best field hockey player of all time and a true Panam Sports legend.
The Château de Lusignan (in Lusignan, Vienne département, France), of which hardly any traces remain, was the ancestral seat of the House of Lusignan, Poitevin Marcher Lords, who distinguished themselves in the First Crusade and became the royal family of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Kingdom of Cyprus and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia ...
