Mr. 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 tell you, Jerome Jeannet wasn’t handling things very well as he was down against Novosjolov …
Estonia fencer Nikolai Novosjolov faces 2004 gold medalist in 2008 Olympics Read More »
Estonia 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? Is that even possible? How many road racers are there? Actually, there are 90. And …
I 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 her male counterpart, as Kati’s world ranking is 46, while Raul Must’s ranking is 74. …
Estonia’s female badminton player Kati Tolmoff in Beijing 2008 Olympics Read More »
Underdog 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 backs of all the Olympic uniforms for badminton have the player’s last name, and then …
Estonia badminton player Raul Must in Beijing 2008 Olympics Read More »
The 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 (100kg) in Judo. Here’s the following world championships he has won: * 2008 World Cup …
On July 8, 2007 Estonia continued their strong-hold dominance of the greatest international competition–the wife carrying competition! This is the tenth year in a row an Estonian has won the competition. I am so proud to have Estonian blood flowing through my Estonian veins! I need to send the Uusorg brothers a gift. Pictured above …
Decade of Champions: Estonia rules AGAIN in wife-carrying competition Read More »
(photo courtesy of tiseb) Estonian Independence day is a mere two weeks away. Let the celebrations begin! On February 24, 1918, the Republic of Estonia was declared free from Lenin and his monster Russia. It was actually the Germans who convinced Lenin to let go of Estonia (along with Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, the Ukraine, …
Estonians rule, this is our 8th year in a row winning the World Wife-Carrying Competition. I’m proud to be Estonian. Long live Estonia!!! This was the FOURTH victory for Margo Ussorg and the third in a row for his family. Brother Madis Uusorg won in 2004. The Uusorg’s are my heros! Here’s some photos of …
Margo Uusorg rules: Estonians world wife-carrying champions again Read More »
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 2004 Olympics (28k) All times on this are estonian time, so subtract 8 hours to …
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 website where one can easily follow all the events for one country, like Estonia.
Estonians are the best wife-carryiers
