Andres Raja

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Andres Raja
Personal information
Born (1982-06-02) 2 June 1982 (age 43)
St. Petersburg
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Sport Athletics
Event
 Decathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Decathlon: 8119
Heptathlon: 6114

Andres Raja (born 2 June 1982) is a retired Estonian decathlete.

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Raja was born in Leningrad. He finished sixteenth at the 2007 World Championships and sixth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships.

He set a personal best score of 8119 points in August at 2009 World Championships in Athletics. His second best result is 8118 achieved in August 2008 at the Olympics after qualifying to the games with personal best 8069 points, achieved in July 2008 in Rakvere.

Raja finished tenth at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona with 7991 points. He was second in the heptathlon at the Tallinn International meet, scoring a personal best of 6114 points, while winner Ashton Eaton broke the world record. [1]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
2004 National Championships Rakvere, Estonia 2ndDecathlon7095
2005 National Championships Rakvere, Estonia 1stDecathlon7608
European Combined Events Super League Cup Bydgoszcz, Poland 1stDecathlon7434
2006 National Championships Rakvere, Estonia 1stDecathlon7809 PB
European Combined Events Super League Cup Arles, France 3rdDecathlon7016
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 16thDecathlon 7794
European Combined Events Super League Cup Tallinn, Estonia 6thDecathlon7834 PB
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 6thHeptathlon 5894
European Combined Events Super League Cup Hengelo, Netherlands 3rdDecathlon7964 PB
Olympic Games Beijing, China 13thDecathlon 8118 PB
2009 European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy 11thHeptathlon 5800
European Combined Events Super League Cup Bydgoszcz, Poland 5thDecathlon7860
World Championships Berlin, Germany 15thDecathlon 8119 PB
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 10thDecathlon 7991
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France –Heptathlon DNF
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 15thDecathlon 7982

References

  1. ↑ Lindmae, Maris (2011-02-06). Easton sets new World record in Tallinn with 6568 points. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-6.
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