Karel Tammjärv Explained

Karel Tammjärv
Birth Date:25 May 1989
Birth Place:Tartu, Estonia
Club:Tartu SC
Seasons:11 – (20092019)
Totalpodiums:0
Individual Starts:119
Teampodiums:0
Team Starts:8
Wcoveralls:0 – (78th in 2018)
Wctitles:0

Karel Tammjärv (born 25 May 1989 in Tartu) is an Estonian cross-country skier who has competed since 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 46th in the 30 km mixed pursuit and 67th in the 15 km events.[1] He also represented Estonia at the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics.

Tammjärv's best World Cup finish was 10th in a 4 × 7.5 km relay at France in 2016 while his best individual finish was 13th in a 15 km event at Switzerland in 2017.

In February 2019, he was arrested for allegations of blood doping[2] and subsequently admitted to having doped since 2016.[3]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[4]

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
20
24
28 17

World Championships

 Year  Age  15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
21
23
25
27
29

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
19
20
21 146 90
22 48
23 129 95 27 63
24 139 87 7244
25 44
26 49
27 63
28 78 57 19
29 91 70 64

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karel Tammjärv Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102604/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/karel-tammjarv-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. Web site: Nordic skier caught 'mid-blood transfusion'. 2 March 2019. www.bbc.com.
  3. Web site: Nordic Nation: Estonia's Karel Tammjärv. FasterSkier.com.
  4. Web site: TAMMJARV Karel . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 23 March 2023.