Katja
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Katja is a feminine given name. In Germany, Netherlands, Scandinavian and Slavic-speaking countries it is pet form of Katherine
. Katja may refer to:
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Katherine (given name)
Katherine is a feminine name, which is popular in historically Christian countries, owing to its having been the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria.-Origin and meaning:...
. Katja may refer to:
In music:
- Katja EbsteinKatja EbsteinKarin Witkiewicz, also known as Katja Ebstein, is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf . She achieved success with songs such as Theater or Es war einmal ein Jäger. She was married to Christian Bruhn, who wrote many of her songs. She represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest...
, German singer
In modeling:
- Katja ShchekinaKatja ShchekinaKatja Shchekina is a Somali-Russian model.-Biography:Shchekina was born in Perm, Russia to a Somali mother and a Russian father...
, Somali-Russian supermodel
In sports:
- Katja GerberKatja GerberKatja Gerber is a German judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
, German judoka - Katja KellerKatja KellerKatja Keller is a German heptathlete.Her personal best is 6130 points, achieved in May 2005 in Götzis.-Achievements:-References:...
, German heptathlete - Katja NybergKatja NybergKatja Johanna Alice Nyberg , is a naturalized Norwegian handball player, currently playing for Norwegian club Larvik HK as well as the Norwegian national team.- Early years :...
, (naturalized) Norwegian team handball player - Katja SeizingerKatja SeizingerKatja Seizinger , a former alpine ski racer, is the most successful alpine skier from Germany. She won three Olympic gold and two bronze medals, and won the World Cup championship three times...
, German alpine skier - Katja WakanKatja WakanKatja Tengel is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.At the 2003 World Championships she finished seventh in the 4x100 m relay, together with teammates Melanie Paschke, Marion Wagner and Sandra Möller...
, German sprinter
In other fields:
- Katja FlintKatja FlintKatja Flint is a German actress.Flint grew up in Utah and married German actor Heiner Lauterbach. They have a son named Oskar...
, German actress - Katja KassinKatja KassinKatja Kassin is the stage name of former German hardcore pornographic actress.-Biography:...
, German pornographic actress - Katja Lange-MüllerKatja Lange-MüllerKatja Lange-Müller is a German writer living in Berlin. Her works include several short stories and novellas, radio dramas, and dramatic works....
, German writer - Katja MragowskaKatja MragowskaKatja Mragowska is a Polish-German artist based in Stuttgart.-Art career:She is self taught and motivated by the fragile beauty of the human form. Mragowska has produced life-size metal and resin cast sculptures which she calls abstractions of the figure.Mragowska is currently in residence at...
, Polish-German artist - Katja RiemannKatja RiemannKatja Hannchen Leni Riemann is a German actress.- Life and work :Born as the daughter of two teachers, Katja Riemann spent her childhood in Weyhe, near Bremen. After high school she went to Hamburg to study music and theater...
, German actress - Katja SchuurmanKatja SchuurmanKatja Römer-Schuurman is a Dutch actress, singer, television personality and occasional VJ.-Youth:Katja grew up in Bunnik as the eldest daughter of a Dutch father and a Chinese-Surinamese mother; she has one younger sister, Birgit, who is an actress as well.-The 1990s:Schuurman made her acting...
, Dutch television personality - Katja ThaterKatja ThaterKatja Thater is a professional poker player and horse breeder. She is married to another poker professional, Jan von Halle.Her popularity in Germany comes from the wide coverage on local television of her participation in the Poker Nations Cup and Women's Poker Open.Before becoming a professional...
, German poker player - Katja TukiainenKatja TukiainenKatja Maarit Tukiainen is a Finnish artist and cartoonist. She was the regional artist of Uusimaa from 1999 to 2001 and the 2003 winner of the Finnish Comic Society's annual Puupää award. In 2007 she received the Finnish State Prize for Design....
, Finnish artist - Katja von GarnierKatja von GarnierKatja von Garnier is a German film director.-Biography:From 1989-1994, she studied at the University of Television and Film Munich. Her 1993 practice film Abgeschminkt! was shown in theatres all over Germany and attracted 1.2 million visitors...
, German film director