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Estonia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Estonia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeEST
NOCEstonian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.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[2]
Flag bearer (closing)Maicel Uibo[1]
Medals
Ranked 59th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 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.

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

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Julia Beljajeva
Irina Embrich
Erika Kirpu
Katrina Lehis		 Fencing Women's team épée 27 July
 Bronze Katrina Lehis Fencing Women's épée 24 July

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 1 1
Athletics 6 1 7
Badminton 1 1 2
Cycling 2 1 3
Equestrian 0 1 1
Fencing 0 4 4
Judo 1 0 1
Rowing 4 0 4
Sailing 1 1 2
Shooting 1 0 1
Swimming 2 1 3
Tennis 0 1 1
Triathlon 0 1 1
Wrestling 1 1 2
Total 19 14 33

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Reena Pärnat Women's individual 626 53  Baránková (SVK)
W 6–4 		  Lin C-e  (TPE)
L 3–7 		Did not advance

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rasmus Mägi Men's 400 m hurdles 48.73 2 Q 48.36 NR 2 Q 48.11 NR 7
Roman Fosti Men's marathon — 2:25:37 68
Tiidrek Nurme 2:16:16 27
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Ksenija Balta Women's long jump NM — Did not advance
Combined events – Men's decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Johannes Erm Result 11.04 7.36 14.60 1.99 48.25 14.55 45.72 4.80 58.41 4:28.42 PB 8213 11
Points 852 900 765 794 897 905 782 849 714 755
Karel Tilga Result 11.31 6.77 15.25 2.02 50.48 16.10 41.31 NM 73.36 PB 4:38.24 7018 20
Points 793 760 805 822 793 722 691 0 941 691
Maicel Uibo Result 11.32 7.37 13.95 2.02 50.82 14.83 46.38 5.50 PB 50.64 4:38.64 8037 15
Points 791 903 725 822 777 870 795 1067 598 689

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Raul Must Men's singles  Chen L (CHN)
L (10–21, 9–21) 		 Abián (ESP)
L (7–21, 11–21) 		3 Did not advance
Kristin Kuuba Women's singles  Macías (PER)
W (21–19, 21–13) 		 Ongbamrungphan (THA)
L (16–21, 12–21) 		2 Did not advance

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Tanel Kangert Men's road race 6:15:38 46
Men's time trial 59:05.25 22
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.

Athlete Event Time Rank
Janika Lõiv Women's cross-country 1:23:17 17

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Dina Ellermann Donna Anna Individual 65.435 49 Did not advance

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Julia Beljajeva Women's épée Bye  Vitalis (FRA)
W 15–5 		 Sato (JPN)
W 15–10 		 Popescu (ROU)
L 8–15 		Did not advance
Erika Kirpu Bye  Hurley (USA)
L 14–15 		Did not advance
Katrina Lehis Bye  Trzebińska (POL)
W 11–10 		 Navarria (ITA)
W 15–10 		 Fiamingo (ITA)
W 15–7 		 Popescu (ROU)
L 11–15 		 Murtazaeva (ROC)
W 15–8 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Julia Beljajeva
Irina Embrich
Erika Kirpu
Katrina Lehis 		Women's team épée —  Poland (POL)
W 29–26 		 Italy (ITA)
W 42–34 		 South Korea (KOR)
W 36–32 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Grigori Minaškin Men's –100 kg  Lkhagvasüren (MGL)
L 00–01 		Did not advance

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tõnu Endrekson
Allar Raja
Kaspar Taimsoo
Jüri-Mikk Udam 		Men's quadruple sculls 5:47.12 3 R 5:56.52 2 FA 5:38.58 6

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

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Karl-Martin Rammo Men's Laser 16 13 19 8 1 21 12 25 1 26 — EL 116 15
Ingrid Puusta Women's RS:X 15 12 16 10 14 17 17 17 17 18 13 18 EL 166 16

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

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Peeter Olesk Men's 10 m air pistol 564 33 Did not advance
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 572 19 Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Martin Allikvee Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:12.60 25 Did not advance
Kregor Zirk Men's 200 m freestyle 1:46.10 NR 11 Q 1:46.67 13 Did not advance
Men's 400 m freestyle 3:47.05 NR 15 — Did not advance
Men's 100 m butterfly 52.82 41 Did not advance
Men's 200 m butterfly 1:57.26 25 Did not advance
Eneli Jefimova Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:06.79 14 Q 1:07.58 16 Did not advance
Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:27.87 27 Did not advance

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Qualification

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

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Anett Kontaveit Women's singles  Sakkari (GRE)
L 5–7, 2–6 		Did not advance

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Estonia qualified one triathlete by means of world individual ranking.

Athlete Event Time Rank
Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total
Kaidi Kivioja Women's 21:40 0:48 Lapped

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Epp Mäe Women's –76 kg  Wiebe (CAN)
W 3–1 PP 		 Minagawa (JPN)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance 8
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Artur Vititin Men's –130 kg  Abdullaev (UZB)
L 0–4 ST 		Did not advance 15

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Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics