Estonia at the 2010 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	EST
Nocname:	Estonian Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2010
Website:
Location:	Vancouver
Competitors:	30 (18 men, 12 women)
Sports:	4
Flagbearer:	Roland Lessing (opening)^[1] Kristina Šmigun-Vähi (closing)^[2]
Rank:	25
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1928
See also:	(1908–1912) (1952–1988)

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.

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:

Alpine skiing

See main article: article and Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Deyvid Oprja	Giant slalom	1:29.27	1:31.51	3:00.78	66
Slalom	Did not finish

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Tiiu Nurmberg	Giant slalom	Did not finish
Slalom	58.91	59.08	1:57.99	42

Biathlon

See main article: article and Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete^[3]	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Martten Kaldvee	Individual	57:56.7	6	81
Sprint	28:07.7	3	74
align=left rowspan=3	Kauri Kõiv	Individual	53:22.4	3	44
Sprint	26:56.0	2	48
Pursuit	37:45.5	4	50
align=left rowspan=2	Roland Lessing	Individual	55:29.8	5	65
Sprint	27:26.0	3	62
Priit Viks	Individual	51:38.1	1	20
align=left rowspan=2	Indrek Tobreluts	Sprint	26:18.9	1	31
Pursuit	37:29.0	5	48
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	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Kadri Lehtla	Individual	45:27.9	2	42
Sprint	22:34.2	2	64
align=left rowspan=3	Eveli Saue	Individual	45:27.9	2	42
Sprint	22:23.3	2	55
Pursuit	Lapped
Sirli Hanni	Sprint	23:57.8	2	84
Kristel Viigipuu	Sprint	23:57.1	2	83
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

See main article: article and Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men^[4]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kein Einaste	Sprint	3:59.19	59	Did not qualify					59
Algo Kärp	50 km classical							2:13:49.6	41
Kaspar Kokk	30 km pursuit							1:22:40.3	42
Peeter Kümmel	Sprint	3:37.99	9 Q	3:42.4	3	Did not qualify			14
Jaak Mae	50 km classical							2:10:41.3	30
Aivar Rehemaa	15 km freestyle							36:13.5	51
	30 km pursuit							1:21:15.8	37
	50 km classical							2:10:57.6	34
Anti Saarepuu	Sprint	3:45.44	42	Did not qualify					42
Timo Simonlatser	Sprint	3:40.65	25 Q	3:42.2	6	Did not qualify			27
Karel Tammjärv	15 km freestyle							37:38.4	67
	30 km pursuit							1:23:02.9	46
Andrus Veerpalu	50 km classical							2:05:41.6	6
Team	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peeter Kümmel, Anti Saarepuu	Team sprint					19:27.6	8	Did not advance	17
Algo Kärp, Kaspar Kokk, Jaak Mae, Aivar Rehemaa	4 x 10 km relay							1:51:41.2	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tatjana Mannima	10 km freestyle							28:13.0	58
	15 km pursuit							44:24.2	44
	30 kilometre classical							1:40:51.3	42
Triin Ojaste	Sprint	3:52.31	37	Did not qualify					37
Kristina Šmigun-Vähi	10 km freestyle							25:05.0
	15 km pursuit							Did not finish
	30 kilometre classical							1:35:27.2	28
Kaija Udras	15 km pursuit							Did not finish
	Sprint	3:51.05	31	Did not qualify					31
Team	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Triin Ojaste, Kaija Udras	Team sprint					20:02.2	8	Did not advance	16

Figure skating

See main article: article and Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics. 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)	Event			/		/		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jelena Glebova^[6]	Ladies'
Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov	Pairs
Irina Štork / Taavi Rand	Ice dancing

External links

• EOK – Vancouver 2010

Notes and References

1. http://www.eok.ee/uudised?id=5871&sess_admin=b97d8f113d8ab00179aba6f82156de6c Estonian Olympic Committee announcement of Lessing named flagbearer.
2. Web site: Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony. March 2, 2010.
3. Web site: Vancouver 2010 Official Report - Volume 2. Vancouver Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2010. February 11, 2013.
4. http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-cross-country-skiing-schedule-results/ Cross-country Schedule and Results
5. Web site: International Skating Union Communication No. 1589: Olympic Winter Games 2010 – Entries/Participation Single & Pair And Ice Dance . https://web.archive.org/web/20091004213514/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1565 . dead . October 4, 2009 . PDF . . September 28, 2009 . November 21, 2009 .
6. Figure skaters about to chase the Olympic tickets, Delfi