| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team |  Estonia |
| Born | 19 September 1988 Pühalepa, Estonia |
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Annika Saarnak (from 2014 Annika Aljand, born 19 September 1988) is an Estonian butterfly, freestyle and medley swimmer. [1]
She is 15-time long course and 8-time short course Estonian swimming champion. She has broken 9 Estonian records in swimming. [2]
She is married to Martti Aljand, they have a daughter. [3] [4]
Peter Mankoč is a Slovenian swimmer. He is one of the most successful short course European Championship swimmers in the history of the event. Mankoč is the former world record holder in the 100 meter individual medley.
Estonia sent 27 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Half of them competed in cross-country skiing, where Estonia won all of their three Turin Olympic medals. Olympic champion Andrus Veerpalu participated on his 5th Winter Olympics.
Estonia was represented at the qualifying round for the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Muretut meelt ja südametuld", written by Leelo Tungal and Andres Valkonen, and performed by Janika Sillamaa. The Estonian participating broadcaster, Eesti Televisioon (ETV), selected its entry through a national final, after having previously selected the performer internally. The entry, which would have been the first-ever entry from Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest, failed to make it through the pre-selection round.
Triin Aljand is a retired Estonian swimmer who competed for Texas A&M University and won a silver medal at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships in 50 m butterfly. Specializing in the 50 and 100-meter freestyle, she competed in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics for Estonia, but did not reach the finals.
The Estonian Athlete of the Year is an annual award presented by the Estonian Olympic Committee to one male and one female sportsperson judged to have delivered the best performance over the course of the year. The winners of the award, which was first conceived in the 1930s and has been presented every year since 1955, are chosen by an aggregated vote from sporting journalists, national sporting federations, and the public at large.
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Martti Soosaar was an Estonian journalist and writer.
Martti Aljand is an Estonian individual medley and breaststroke swimmer.
Ulvi Indrikson is an Estonian former freestyle swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships. She also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 4×100 m freestyle and finished eighth in the 4×100 m relay. During her career she won 11 national (USSR) titles: in the 100 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle (1956–60) and 4×100 m freestyle (1958), and set 10 national records.
Kaire Indrikson is a retired Estonian backstroke swimmer who won two medals at the 1977 European Aquatics Championships. The same year she was chosen Estonian Sportspersonality of the year. During her career she set 33 Estonian records, and her record in the 200 m backstroke event stood from 1977 to 2009.
Anna-Liisa Põld is an Estonian-born American competition swimmer who has represented Estonia in international events. She competes in the backstroke, butterfly, and individual medley events. She is a two-time national record-holder at the FINA World Championships, and a multiple-time high school and collegiate record-holder. She also represented her birth nation Estonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
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Kristina Karjalainen is an Estonian-Finnish model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned the Eesti Miss Estonia 2013 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2013 in Moscow, Russia but unplaced.
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Aljand is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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