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8 unusual facts about Estoril


2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal

The 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Portugal was an A1 Grand Prix race, held on the weekend of October 23, 2005 at the Autódromo do Estoril circuit.

Estoril Film Festival

Estoril Film Festival is an annual international film festival held in November in Estoril, Portugal.

Honduran general election, 2009

On 30 November at the 19th Ibero-American Summit in Estoril, Portugal the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela announced they are not recognizing the elections whereas Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama expressed they will while the rest of the members did not give any response.

Jana Kandarr

Apart from that, she played in the semi-finals of the WTA tournaments of 1996 in Palermo and 2001 in Estoril.

Magdolna Purgly

Due to her son's skill, the family managed to move to Estoril, Portugal.

Magdolna Purgly de Jószáshely (born 10 June 1881 in Kürtös, Hungary; died 8 January 1959 in Estoril, Portugal) was the wife of Admiral Miklós Horthy.

Miklós Horthy, Jr.

Father and son went into exile in Portugal, where Miklós Horthy Jr. lived almost fifty years before dying at Estoril, near Lisbon, in 1993.

Rui Miguel Silva

In the International Finals held at Estoril, Rui claimed the third place after taking pole position and the fastest lap of the race but was eventually disqualified


1991 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

The singles line up was headlined by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 3, Australian Open runner-up, Philadelphia and Memphis winner Ivan Lendl, reigning Rome champion, ATP Comeback Player of the Year Thomas Muster, and Estoril titlist Emilio Sánchez.

Adrian Sitaru

His first feature film, Pescuit sportiv ("Hooked"), for which, besides being the director, he also wrote the script, has been screened in film festivals from Toronto, Palm Springs, Estoril and in the main competition of the 2009 Premiers Plans Festival in Angers, France.

Ángeles Montolio

Montolio reached a career high ranking of world No. 22 in February 2002, and won three WTA Tour titles at the small events in Porto, Estoril, and Bol, as well as reaching the finals of Madrid and Palermo.

Cannes Open

It returned to the schedule as a one-off event in 2001 to replace the Estoril Open, which was cancelled by organisers due to security concerns following the 9/11 attacks in the United States.

Éric Salignon

He did miss the Estoril rounds of the championship though, with British driver Ben Hanley replacing him.

Evandro Goebel

Evandro Goebel, or simply Evandro (born 23 August 1986 in Blumenau), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Portuguese side Estoril.

Helena Sá e Costa

She taught in the Lisbon and Porto conservatories, and gained international recognition as an outstanding teacher, leading to invitations to oversee courses in Cascais, Espinho, Estoril, Salzburg (Austria), Gunsbach (Albert Schweitzer Centre, in Alsace, France), Switzerland, Italy, England, Germany, Canada and America.

Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria

She married the physician Carlos Zurita y Delgado on 12 October 1972 in Estoril.

Jean-Denis Délétraz

He was lapped by the leaders after just seven laps of the race, and after fourteen he retired from the race with cramp in his left arm- but this drew paddock wide criticism as Estoril is a clockwise circuit, which requires more work from the right arm, and English F1 journalist Nigel Roebuck made scathing comments about Delétraz's performance in the race.

Miguel Pisco

When Pisco left Estoril-Praia, the team included footballers such as Portuguese internationals Hélder Cristóvão and Paulinho, Bulgarian international Stoycho Mladenov, Moroccan international Aziz Bouderbala and Bolivian international Erwin Sanchez.

PIDE

Writers such as Ian Fleming (the creator of James Bond) were based there, while other prominent people such as the Duke of Windsor and the Spanish Royal Family were exiled in Estoril.

Portugal Open

The Portugal Open (formerly named Estoril Open) is an ATP and WTA clay court tennis tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal.


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