Estonia at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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Estonia at the
2010 Winter Olympics
Flag of Estonia.svg
IOC code EST
NOC Estonian Olympic Committee
Website www.eok.ee  (in Estonian)
in Vancouver
Competitors30 (18 men, 12 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearers Roland Lessing (opening) [1]
Kristina Šmigun-Vähi (closing) [2]
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1956–1988)

Estonia competed at the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. These games are the eighth Winter Olympics games for Estonia.

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Andrus Veerpalu as first Estonian six-time Winter Olympian, became the third cross-country skier in history to compete at six Winter Olympics, after Finns Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi and Harri Kirvesniemi.

Medalists

The following Estonian athletes won medals at the games:

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kristina Šmigun-Vähi Cross-country skiing Women's 10 kilometre freestyle

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRank
Deyvid Oprja Giant slalom 1:29.271:31.513:00.7866
Slalom Did not finish
Women
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRank
Tiiu Nurmberg Giant slalom Did not finish
Slalom 58.9159.081:57.9942

Biathlon

Estonian delegation at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Vancouver. 2010 Opening Ceremony - Estonia entering.jpg
Estonian delegation at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Vancouver.
Men
Athlete [3] EventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Martten Kaldvee Individual 57:56.7681
Sprint 28:07.7374
Kauri Kõiv Individual 53:22.4344
Sprint 26:56.0248
Pursuit 37:45.5450
Roland Lessing Individual 55:29.8565
Sprint 27:26.0362
Priit Viks Individual 51:38.1120
Indrek Tobreluts Sprint 26:18.9131
Pursuit 37:29.0548
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Priit Viks
Kauri Kõiv
Indrek Tobreluts
Roland Lessing 		Relay 1:28:16.5
21:07.1
22:39.6
21:35.5
22:35.5		3+10
0+3
1+3
0+4
2+3		13
Women
Athlete[ citation needed ]EventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Kadri Lehtla Individual 45:27.9242
Sprint 22:34.2264
Eveli Saue Individual 45:27.9242
Sprint 22:23.3255
Pursuit Lapped
Sirli Hanni Sprint 23:57.8284
Kristel Viigipuu Sprint 23:57.1283
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Kadri Lehtla
Eveli Saue
Sirli Hanni
Kristel Viigipuu 		Relay 1:17:55.5
18:49.8
18:15.4
20:06.6
20:43.7		2+16
0+4
0+2
1+4
1+6		18

Cross-country skiing

Men [4]
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Kein Einaste Sprint 3:59.1959Did not qualify59
Algo Kärp 50 km classical 2:13:49.641
Kaspar Kokk 30 km pursuit 1:22:40.342
Peeter Kümmel Sprint 3:37.999 Q3:42.43Did not qualify14
Jaak Mae 50 km classical 2:10:41.330
Aivar Rehemaa 15 km freestyle 36:13.551
30 km pursuit 1:21:15.837
50 km classical 2:10:57.634
Anti Saarepuu Sprint 3:45.4442Did not qualify42
Timo Simonlatser Sprint 3:40.6525 Q3:42.26Did not qualify27
Karel Tammjärv 15 km freestyle 37:38.467
30 km pursuit 1:23:02.946
Andrus Veerpalu 50 km classical 2:05:41.66
TeamEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Peeter Kümmel,
Anti Saarepuu 		Team sprint 19:27.68Did not advance17
Algo Kärp,
Kaspar Kokk,
Jaak Mae,
Aivar Rehemaa 		4 x 10 km relay 1:51:41.214
Women [4]
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Tatjana Mannima 10 km freestyle 28:13.058
15 km pursuit 44:24.244
30 kilometre classical 1:40:51.342
Triin Ojaste Sprint 3:52.3137Did not qualify37
Kristina Šmigun-Vähi 10 km freestyle 25:05.0Silver medal icon.svg
15 km pursuit Did not finish
30 kilometre classical 1:35:27.228
Kaija Udras 15 km pursuit Did not finish
Sprint 3:51.0531Did not qualify31
TeamEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Triin Ojaste,
Kaija Udras 		Team sprint 20:02.28Did not advance16

Figure skating

Estonia qualified 1 entrant in ladies singles, 1 in pair skating, and 1 in ice dancing, for a total of 5 athletes. [5]

Athlete(s)EventCDSP/ODFS/FDTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Jelena Glebova [6] Ladies'
50.80
20
83.39
22
134.19
21
Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov Pairs
42.18
18
82.72
19
124.90
19
Irina Štork / Taavi Rand Ice dancing
21.73
23
35.21
23
58.24
23
115.18
23

References

  1. ↑ Estonian Olympic Committee announcement of Lessing named flagbearer. Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Estonian) – accessed February 11, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony" (PDF). Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Vancouver 2010 Official Report - Volume 2" (PDF). Vancouver Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  4. 1 2 Cross-country Schedule and Results Archived February 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games official website
  5. ↑ "International Skating Union Communication No. 1589: Olympic Winter Games 2010 – Entries/Participation Single & Pair Skatng[sic] And Ice Dance". International Skating Union. September 28, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  6. ↑ (in Estonian) Figure skaters about to chase the Olympic tickets, Delfi
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