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Halla may refer to:
- Anyang Halla, a professional hockey team in the Asian League Ice Hockey
- MS Halla, a ro-ro ferry in service with Seaboard during 1987
- Halla (horse), a show jumping horse that won a record three Olympic gold medals
- Halla Group, a South Korean chaebol
- Challah, a type of bread
- Halla, Punjab, a town in the Punjab province of Pakistan
- Halla, Estonia, a village in Vastseliina Parish, Võru County, Estonia
- Hallasan (Mount Halla), a mountain in South Korea
- Halla University, a Korean University
- Halla (fictional kingdom), a fictional kingdom depicted in Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
- Halla, a name given to the multiverse featured in The Pendragon Adventure by DJ MacHale
- Halla, a planet in the fictional universe of Stargate SG-1
Halla (16 May 1945 – 19 May 1979) was a horse ridden by Hans Günter Winkler. She is the only horse ever to win three Olympic Gold medals in the sport of show jumping. She stood .
Halla (also listed as "Sonnenglanz") was born in the yard of Gustav Vierling in Darmstadt. Her parents were Helene, a French trotter horse of unknown breeding, and the Standardbred Oberst. Halla was first trained as a steeplechaser before she was discovered by the German Olympic committee. She was to be used in eventing competitions, but was considered very difficult and changed riders several times. Despite her great talent, she remained unsuccessful. In 1951 she was taken over by the then rising star Hans Günter Winkler.
Halla had already won back-to-back World Championships in show jumping when she and Winkler competed at the 1956 Olympics in Stockholm. During the first round, Halla took off early for the penultimate fence. Winkler was thrown into the air, landed heavily back in the saddle and tore a groin muscle. He knew that if he withdrew from the final round, the German team would be eliminated. In great pain, he rode anyway, only being able to give the slightest direction to his mount. Halla completed the course without a fault, and they earned gold in both the individual and team events.
Four years later, at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Halla and Winkler led the German team to another victory.
Together they won a total of 125 jumping competitions. Thus Halla stands as the horse with most gold medals from the Olympic Games in The Guinness Book of the Records.
Halla retired from the sport on 25 October 1960 to begin her career as a broodmare. She had eight foals but none was a champion like herself.
Halla died on 19 May 1979 at the advanced age of 34 years.
Halla is a fictional kingdom depicted in Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, a film directed by Satyajit Ray based on a short story penned by his grandfather Upendrakishore Ray.
The kingdom is 20 jojon (from Sanskrit yojan) away from Shundi. Halla is under the rule of the long lost brother of king of Shundi who is under the influence of the drugs made by Barfi. The minister ( Mantrimasai) is ruling the kingdom behind the addicted king with the help of the Barfi's magical potions. The citizens of Halla are an oppressed lot, neglected by their Prime Minister and forced to take up arms. The king of Halla sent a spy to find out about the military strength of Shundi, it is revealed that the citizens of Halla envy the lives of the citizens of Shundi.
Category:Fictional Asian countries
Usage examples of "halla".
Halla left the wyrm beside the shelves and pools, and sprang off through the milkwood trees, traversing meadow and dale and grove to gather the unicorns to come parley with the wyrms.
Deliberately spuming the assembly room of the State House as representing the political establishment, they met in a large room in Carpenters Halla sort of union or guild hallon Monday, September 5.
La salida se halla en un solar en el que se arrojan los escombros y desechos de las casas destruidas.
Halla started to object but the Princess cut her off challengingly.
Those who tried to break from the fighting were picked off by well-aimed bolts from Kee and Halla.