Estonia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Estonia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Estonia.svg
IOC code EST
NOC Estonian Olympic Committee
Website www.eok.ee  (in Estonian)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors33 in 14 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Dina Ellermann
Tõnu Endrekson [1]
Flag bearer (closing) Maicel Uibo [2]
Medals
Ranked 59th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire (1908–1912)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Estonia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Games since 1992 and thirteenth overall in Summer Olympic history.

Contents

Estonian government rewards their Olympic gold medalists with a lifetime allowance of 4,600 euros annually with additional support when they approach the retirement age. [4]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Julia Beljajeva
Irina Embrich
Erika Kirpu
Katrina Lehis
Fencing Women's team épée 27 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Katrina Lehis Fencing Women's épée 24 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 011
Athletics 617
Badminton 112
Cycling 213
Equestrian 011
Fencing 044
Judo 101
Rowing 404
Sailing 112
Shooting 101
Swimming 213
Tennis 011
Triathlon 011
Wrestling 112
Total191433

Archery

Estonia archers booked Olympic places in the women’s individual recurve based on the world ranking.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Reena Pärnat Women's individual 62653Flag of Slovakia.svg  Baránková  (SVK)
W 6–4
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Lin C-e  (TPE)
L 3–7
Did not advance

Athletics

Estonian athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time/result or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [5] [6] [7]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Rasmus Mägi Men's 400 m hurdles 48.732 Q48.36 NR 2 Q48.11 NR 7
Roman Fosti Men's marathon 2:25:3768
Tiidrek Nurme 2:16:1627
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Ksenija Balta Women's long jump NMDid not advance
Combined events – Men's decathlon
AthleteEvent 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m FinalRank
Johannes Erm Result11.047.3614.601.9948.2514.5545.724.8058.414:28.42 PB821311
Points852900765794897905782849714755
Karel Tilga Result11.316.7715.252.0250.4816.1041.31NM73.36 PB4:38.24701820
Points7937608058227937226910941691
Maicel Uibo Result11.327.3713.952.0250.8214.8346.385.50 PB50.644:38.64803715
Points7919037258227778707951067598689

Badminton

Estonia entered two badminton players (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Three-time Olympian Raul Must and rookie Kristin Kuuba were selected into the Olympic based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings. [8] In the group stage, Must will be played in the group N, while Kuuba in the group D. [9]

AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Raul Must Men's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen L  (CHN)
L (10–21, 9–21)
Flag of Spain.svg  Abián  (ESP)
L (7–21, 11–21)
3Did not advance
Kristin Kuuba Women's singles Flag of Peru.svg  Macías  (PER)
W (21–19, 21–13)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Ongbamrungphan  (THA)
L (16–21, 12–21)
2Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Estonia entered two riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking. [10]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Tanel Kangert Men's road race 6:15:3846
Men's time trial 59:05.2522
Peeter Pruus Men's road race Did not finish

Mountain biking

Estonia qualified one mountain biker for the women's Olympic cross-country race, as a result of her nation's seventeenth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.

AthleteEventTimeRank
Janika Lõiv Women's cross-country 1:23:1717

Equestrian

With Belarus withdrawing from the tournament, Estonia received an invitation from FEI to send a dressage rider to the Games, as the next highest-ranked eligible nation within the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group C (Central & Eastern Europe, Central Asia). [11] This outcome signified the nation's Olympic debut in the equestrian disciplines.

Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRank
Dina Ellermann Donna Anna Individual 65.43549Did not advance

Fencing

Estonian fencers qualified a full squad each in the women's team épée for the Games by accepting a spare berth freed up by Africa as the next highest-ranked eligible nation across all regions in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Julia Beljajeva Women's épée ByeFlag of France.svg  Vitalis  (FRA)
W 15–5
Flag of Japan.svg  Sato  (JPN)
W 15–10
Flag of Romania.svg  Popescu  (ROU)
L 8–15
Did not advance
Erika Kirpu ByeFlag of the United States.svg  Hurley  (USA)
L 14–15
Did not advance
Katrina Lehis ByeFlag of Poland.svg  Trzebińska  (POL)
W 11–10
Flag of Italy.svg  Navarria  (ITA)
W 15–10
Flag of Italy.svg  Fiamingo  (ITA)
W 15–7
Flag of Romania.svg  Popescu  (ROU)
L 11–15
Olympic flag.svg  Murtazaeva  (ROC)
W 15–8
Bronze medal icon.svg
Julia Beljajeva
Irina Embrich
Erika Kirpu
Katrina Lehis
Women's team épée Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
W 29–26
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
W 42–34
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)
W 36–32
Gold medal icon.svg

Judo

Estonia entered one male judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking. [12]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Grigori Minaškin Men's –100 kg Flag of Mongolia.svg  Lkhagvasüren  (MGL)
L 00–01
Did not advance

Rowing

Estonia qualified one boat in the men's quadruple sculls for the Games by winning the gold medal and securing the first of two remaining berths at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. [13]

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Tõnu Endrekson
Allar Raja
Kaspar Taimsoo
Jüri-Mikk Udam
Men's quadruple sculls 5:47.123 R5:56.522 FA5:38.586

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

Estonian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas. [14]

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112M*
Karl-Martin Rammo Men's Laser 16131981211225126EL11615
Ingrid Puusta Women's RS:X 151216101417171717181318EL16616

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Estonia granted an invitation from ISSF to send Rio 2016 Olympian Peeter Olesk (men's 25 m rapid fire pistol) to the rescheduled Games as the highest-ranked shooter vying for qualification in the ISSF World Olympic Rankings of 6 June 2021. [15] [16]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Peeter Olesk Men's 10 m air pistol 56433Did not advance
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 57219Did not advance

Swimming

Estonian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [17] [18]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Martin Allikvee Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:12.6025Did not advance
Kregor Zirk Men's 200 m freestyle 1:46.10 NR 11 Q1:46.6713Did not advance
Men's 400 m freestyle 3:47.05 NR 15Did not advance
Men's 100 m butterfly 52.8241Did not advance
Men's 200 m butterfly 1:57.2625Did not advance
Eneli Jefimova Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:06.7914 Q1:07.5816Did not advance
Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:27.8727Did not advance

Tennis

At the conclusion of the qualification period for the Olympic tennis tournament, Estonia qualified one tennis player by means of ranking.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Anett Kontaveit Women's singles Flag of Greece.svg  Sakkari  (GRE)
L 5–7, 2–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

Estonia qualified one triathlete by means of world individual ranking.

AthleteEventTimeRank
Swim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total
Kaidi Kivioja Women's 21:400:48Lapped

Wrestling

Estonia qualified two wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition, all of whom finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's Greco-Roman 130 kg and women's freestyle 76 kg, respectively, at the 2019 World Championships. [19]

Key:

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Epp Mäe Women's –76 kg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Wiebe  (CAN)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Japan.svg  Minagawa  (JPN)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance8
Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Artur Vititin Men's –130 kg Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Abdullaev  (UZB)
L 0–4 ST
Did not advance15

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