Estonia & Olympics (intersection of tags)
27 Estonia posts • 37 Olympics posts • 10 in common
- Why are some countries so good at certain sports?One gold medal's ripple effect: How Erki Nool's 2000 Olympic victory inspired a generation of Estonian decathletes in 2024.
- Olympic athletes that play the violinWhich Olympic athletes that play the violin? Six athletes from the 2018 Winter Olympics list playing the violin as one of their hobbies. Spanning countries of Estonia, USA, Canada, France, and Kazakhstan, they include a flag bearer and a bronze…
- Estonia’s only summer gold since independenceSince Estonia’s independence in 1991, they have only gotten two summer golds. Erki Nool’s decathlon in 2000 and Erika Salumae’s 1992 Cycling. And only one silver, Juri Jaason’s 2004 silver in single sculls rowing. (he’s estonia’s oldest competitor this Olympics…
- Estonia fencer Nikolai Novosjolov faces 2004 gold medalist in 2008 OlympicsMr. cocky fencer Jerome Jeannet of France (currently ranked 2nd in the world) won the gold medal in 2004. He clashed sabers against underdog 57-ranked Estonian Nikolai Novosjolov in the second round of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Let me…
- Estonia road racers Tanel Kangert, Rein Taaramae, and Grete Treier in Beijing 2008 OlympicsEstonia male cyclists a bit pokey Estonia’s male cyclists didn’t fare too well in the Bicycle Road Race of the 2008 Olympics. Tanel Kangert finished 69th, 13 minutes behind the leader. Rein Taaramae landed 48th, 7 minutes behind. Whoa! 69th?…
- Estonia’s female badminton player Kati Tolmoff in Beijing 2008 OlympicsI love the name of Estonia’s female badminton player, Kati. It’s like a merging of my parents names: My dad Mati (who is Estonian) and my mom Kathy (German). This Estonian woman badminton player had better chances to win than…
- Estonia badminton player Raul Must in Beijing 2008 OlympicsUnderdog Estonian Raul Must started off his first round against Poland’s Przemysław Wacha. Raul is ranked 74th in the world badminton rankings with Przemysław currently at 15. Przemysław also won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships. The…
- Martin Padar: Judo champion from EstoniaThe question on everybody’s mind. Who will carry the flag for Estonia in the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics? It will be the great super heavyweight Judo champion, Martin Padar. At 6’4″ 300lbs, he rules the heaviest weight division…
- Estonia in the 2004 Olympics The kind folks over at Eesti spordi lehek¬∏ljed sent me an excel document with all the events that Estonia is participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. √Ø Excel document: Estonia 2004 Olympics (36k) √Ø PDF document: Estonia…
- following estonia in the 2004 olympics It would be nice if there was a website for the 2004 Olympics where you can search exactly what events a specific country is participating in. You’d think in our information age, there would be some kind of sortable database…
