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Estonia at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Estonia participated in The VII. Winter Paralympic Games in Nagano, Japan. Estonian flag bearer at the opening ceremony was Vilma Nugis.[1]

Estonia at the
1998 Winter Paralympics
IPC codeEST
NPCEstonian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ee
in Nagano
Competitors16 in 3 sports
Flag bearerVilma Nugis
Medals
Ranked 22nd
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1988)

Estonia entered 16 athletes in the following sports:

The 1998 Estonian Paralympic Team edit

Estonian delegation – 16 athletes and 9 officials: Estonian Paralympic Committee president Toomas Vilosius, delegation leader Allan Kiil, team manager Maarit Vabrit, press representative Are Eller, sledge hockey referee Aleksandr Pavlovski, massage therapist Vladimir Sinenki and coaches Külli Hallik, Tõnu Kinks and Eduard Šedasev.

Biathlon

Cross-country skiing

  • Velory Kais
  • Taisto Sillamägi
  • Vilma Nugis
  • Sabina Treial

Ice sledge hockey: Team Roster: 12 men

Name, no, club, position, goals

  • Viktor Karlenko – SK Ordo Narva
  • Viktor Artemjev – SK Ordo Narva, Defenceman
  • Vjatšeslav Vassiljev
  • Raul Sas – Net Minder
  • Maksim Vedernikov – HC Panter Tallinn, Forward
  • Leonid Zubov – SK Ordo Narva, Forward
  • Kaido Kalm – HC Panter Tallinn, Center, Captain
  • Jüri Tammleht – HC Panter Tallinn, Center
  • Arvo Kelement – Defenceman
  • Arvi Piirioja – HC Panter Tallinn, Forward
  • Anatoli Ajupov – SK Ordo Narva
  • Aleksandr Jarlõkov – HC Panter Tallinn, Forward

Results by event edit

Biathlon edit

Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics
  • Vilma Nugis
    • Women's 7.5 km Free Technique B2-3 – Real time: 41.05,1 (Missed shots: 4) Factor(%): 100; Finish time: 41.05,1 (→ 5. place )

Cross-country skiing edit

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics
  • Velory Kais
    • Men's 5 km Classical Technique ID – 18.48,2 (→ 10. place )
    • Men's 15 km Free Technique ID – 40.16,8 (→ 21. place )
    • Men's 20 km Classical Technique ID – 1:28.40,0 (→ 12. place )
  • Taisto Sillamägi
  • Vilma Nugis
    • Women's 5 km Free Technique B2-3 – 19.16,9 (→ 10. place )
    • Women's 5 km Classical Technique B2-3 – (→ dq, no ranking )
    • Women's 15 km Classical Technique B1-3 – 1:09.51,6 (→ 11. place )
  • Sabina Treial
    • Women's 5 km Free Technique ID – 23.24,2 (→ 11. place )
    • Women's 5 km Classical Technique ID – 24.35,2 (→ 11. place )
    • Women's 15 km Classical Technique ID – 1:21.45,8 (→ 8. place )

Ice sledge speed racing edit

Main article: Ice sledge speed racing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics
  • Jüri Tammleht
    • Men's 100 m LW11 – Finish time: 19,79 (→ 7. place )
    • Men's 500 m LW11 – Finish time: 1.22,79 (→ 7. place )
    • Men's 1000 m LW11 – Finish time: 3.04,57 (→ 8. place )
  • Maksim Vedernikov
    • Men's 1,000 m LW11 – Finish time: 2.45,34 (→ 7. place )

Ice sledge hockey edit

Main article: Ice sledge hockey at the 1998 Winter Paralympics
  • Estonian sledge hockey team:
    • Preliminary Group A Round 1: defeated   Great Britain 6:0 ( 2:0, 2:0, 2:0 )
    • Preliminary Group A Round 2: lost to   Sweden 3:6 ( 0:4, 1:2, 2:0 ) ( 3 goals for Sweden from Jens Kask, who has Estonian roots )
    • Play off semi final game: lost to   Norway 1:4 ( 0:1, 0:2, 1:1 )
    • Bronze medal game: lost to   Sweden 1:10 ( 1:3, 0:3, 0:4 ) (→ 4. place )

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Paraolümpiamängudeni jääb veel viis päeva". Postimees (in Estonian). 28 February 1998. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

External links edit

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