Summer Olympics

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Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Alfred Neuland	1920 Antwerp	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Silver	Jüri Lossmann	1920 Antwerp	Athletics	Men's marathon
Silver	Alfred Schmidt	1920 Antwerp	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight
Gold	Eduard Pütsep	1924 Paris	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
Silver	Alfred Neuland	1924 Paris	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Aleksander Klumberg	1924 Paris	Athletics	Men's decathlon
Bronze	Jaan Kikkas	1924 Paris	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Harald Tammer	1924 Paris	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Roman Steinberg	1924 Paris	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
Gold	Osvald Käpp	1928 Amsterdam	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight
Gold	Voldemar Väli	1928 Amsterdam	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Silver	Arnold Luhaäär	1928 Amsterdam	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Nikolai Vekšin, William von Wirén, Eberhard Vogdt, Georg Faehlmann, Andreas Faehlmann	1928 Amsterdam	Sailing	Men's 6 metre class
Bronze	Albert Kusnets	1928 Amsterdam	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
Gold	Kristjan Palusalu	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight
Gold	Kristjan Palusalu	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight
Silver	Nikolai Stepulov	1936 Berlin	Boxing	Men's lightweight
Silver	August Neo	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light-heavyweight
Bronze	Arnold Luhaäär	1936 Berlin	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Voldemar Väli	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Bronze	August Neo	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman light-heavyweight
Gold	Erika Salumäe	1992 Barcelona	Cycling	Women's sprint
Bronze	Tõnu Tõniste, Toomas Tõniste	1992 Barcelona	Sailing	Men's 470 team competition
Gold	Erki Nool	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's decathlon
Bronze	Aleksei Budõlin	2000 Sydney	Judo	Men's half middleweight – 81 kg
Bronze	Indrek Pertelson	2000 Sydney	Judo	Men's heavyweight (+100 kg)
Silver	Jüri Jaanson	2004 Athens	Rowing	Men's single sculls
Bronze	Aleksander Tammert	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Bronze	Indrek Pertelson	2004 Athens	Judo	Men's heavyweight (+100 kg)
Gold	Gerd Kanter	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Silver	Tõnu Endrekson Jüri Jaanson	2008 Beijing	Rowing	Men's double sculls
Silver	Heiki Nabi	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman −120 kg
Bronze	Gerd Kanter	2012 London	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Bronze	Tõnu Endrekson, Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls
Gold	Julia Beljajeva, Irina Embrich, Erika Kirpu, Katrina Lehis	2020 Tokyo	Fencing	Women's team épée
Bronze	Katrina Lehis	2020 Tokyo	Fencing	Women's épée

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Winter Olympics

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Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Andrus Veerpalu	2002 Salt Lake City	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical
Silver	Andrus Veerpalu	2002 Salt Lake City	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km classical
Bronze	Jaak Mae	2002 Salt Lake City	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical
Gold	Andrus Veerpalu	2006 Turin	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical
Gold	Kristina Šmigun	2006 Turin	Cross-country skiing	Women's 15 kilometre pursuit
Gold	Kristina Šmigun	2006 Turin	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km classical
Silver	Kristina Šmigun-Vähi	2010 Vancouver	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 kilometre freestyle
Bronze	Kelly Sildaru	2022 Beijing	Freestyle skiing	Women's slopestyle

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List of gold medal winners during Soviet time

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No.	Name	Sport	Year
In the Soviet Union
1	Johannes Kotkas	Wrestling	1952
2	Ants Antson	Speed skating	1964
3	Jaan Talts	Weightlifting	1972
4	Aavo Pikkuus	Cycling	1976
5	Jaak Uudmäe	Athletics	1980
6	Ivar Stukolkin	Swimming	1980
7	Viljar Loor	Volleyball	1980
8	Mait Riisman	Water polo	1980
9	Tiit Sokk	Basketball	1988
10	Erika Salumäe	Cycling (track)	1988

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Aquatics

For the swimming discipline, follow this link: Swimming.

Estonia has yet to participate in Artistic swimming, Diving and Water polo.

Archery

Archery was included in the Olympic programme four times between 1900 and 1920. It returned in 1972 and has remained in the Olympic programme ever since.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is shared 17th by Reena Pärnat in women's individual in 2020.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport is 42nd by Raul Kivilo in men's individual in 1996.

Athletics

Athletics has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics.

Estonia has won 6 medals in the sport; 2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze.

Their most successful athlete in the sport is Gerd Kanter who won gold in men's discus throw in 2008 and bronze in the same event in 2012.

Estonia's other Olympic champion in the sport is Erki Nool who won gold in men's decathlon in 2000.

Three more Estonian athletes have won medals in the sport; Jüri Lossman won silver in men's marathon in 1920, Aleksander Klumberg won bronze in men's decathlon in 1924 and Aleksander Tammert won bronze in men's discus throw in 2004.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport is 6th by Ksenija Balta in women's long jump in 2016.

Badminton

Badminton has been included in the Olympic programme since 1992.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is shared 14th, both by Raul Must in men's singles in 2016 and by Kati Tolmoff in women's singles in 2016.

Basketball

Boxing

Boxing has been included in the Olympic programme since 1904 with the exception of 1912.

Estonia has won one silver medal in the sport, Nikolai Stepulov won the medal in lightweight in 1936.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Canoeing

Cycling

Estonia has yet to participate in the disciplines BMX freestyle and BMX racing.

Equestrian

Estonia has yet to participate in the disciplines Equestrian eventing and Equestrian show jumping.

They did not participate in the discontinued disciplines Equestrian driving or Equestrian vaulting.

Fencing

Fencing has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1896 Games.

Estonia has won two medals in fencing. Julia Beljajeva, Irina Embrich, Erika Kirpu and Katrina Lehis won gold in women's team épée in 2020. Katrina Lehis also won bronze in women's individual épée in the same games.

Estonia's best placement in a men's event in the sport is 4th by Kaido Kaaberma in men's individual épée in 1992.

Football

Football has been included in the Olympic programme since 1900 with the exception of 1932.

Estonia men's national football team has participated once, in 1924. They finished shared 17th.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Gymnastics

Estonia has yet to participate in the disciplines Artistic gymnastics and Trampoline.

Judo

Judo has been included in the Olympic programme since 1964 with the exception of the 1968 Games.

Estonia has won 3 bronze medals in the sport.

Indrek Pertelson won bronzes in men's +100 kg in both 2000 and 2004. Aleksei Budõlin won bronze in men's 81 kg in 2000.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Modern pentathlon

Modern pentathlon has been included in the Olympic programme since 1912.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is 7th by Imre Tiidemann in the individual event in 1996.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Rowing

Rowing has been included in the Olympic programme since 1900.

Estonia has won 3 medals in the sport, 2 silver and 1 bronze.

Jüri Jaanson has won 2 silver medals in the sport, one in men's single sculls in 2004 and one together with Tõnu Endrekson in men's double sculls in 2008.

Tõnu Endrekson has also won two medals in the sport, on top of his silver medal mentioned above he also won a bronze medal together with Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja and Kaspar Taimsoo in men's quadruple sculls in 2016.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Sailing

Sailing has been included in the Olympic programme since 1900 with the exception of 1904.

Estonia has won two bronze medals in the sport.

Andreas Faehlmann, Georg Faehlmann, Nikolai Vekšin, Eberhard Vogdt and William von Wirén won bronze in 6 metre in 1928 and Tõnu Tõniste and Toomas Tõniste won bronze in men's 470 in 1992.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport is 6th by Krista Kruuv in Europe in 1992.

Shooting

Shooting was included in the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympic programme and has been included in all Summer Games except for 1904 and 1928.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is 7th by Andrei Inešin in men's skeet in 1996.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport is shared 21st by Inna Rose in women's 10m air pistol in 1992.

Swimming

Table tennis

Table tennis has been included in the Olympic programme since 1988.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is shared 33rd by Igor Solopov in men's singles in 1992.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Tennis

Tennis was originally included in the Olympic programme between 1896 and 1924. Tennis returned to the games in 1988 and has remained in the programme since then.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is shared 9th by Kaia Kanepi in women's singles in 2008.

Estonia has yet to participate in men's events in the sport.

Triathlon

Triathlon has been included in the Olympic programme since 2000.

Estonia's best placement in the sport is 21st by Marko Albert in the men's event in 2004.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport is 44th by Kaidi Kivioja in the women's event in 2016.

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Weightlifting was first included in the Olympic programme at the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics. It was excluded from the 1900, 1908 and 1912 Games but have been included every other time.

Estonia was quite successful before the second world war, winning 1 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals.

Their most successful weightlifter was Alfred Neuland who won gold in men's 67.5 kg in 1920 and silver in men's 75 kg in 1924. In the latter event Jaan Kikkas won the bronze for Estonia too.

Estonia's second most successful weightlifter was Arnold Luhaäär who also won two medals in weightlifting, a silver in men's +82.5 kg in 1928 and a bronze in the same event in 1936.

Alfred Schmidt won silver in men's 60 kg in 1920. Harald Tammer won bronze in men's +82.5 kg in 1924.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Wrestling

Wrestling was included in the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympic programme and has been included in all Summer Games except for 1900.

Wrestling is Estonia's most successful sport in terms of both gold medals won, with 5, and overall medals won, with 11.

Estonia's most successful wrestler is Kristjan Palusalu who won gold in both men's Greco-Roman heavyweight and men's freestyle heavyweight in 1936. Their second most successful wrestler is Voldemar Väli who won gold in men's Greco-Roman featherweight in 1928 and bronze in men's Greco-Roman lightweight in 1936.

Their remaining Olympic champions are Eduard Pütsep who won men's Greco-Roman bantamweight in 1924 and Osvald Käpp who won men's freestyle lightweight in 1928.

August Neo won two medals in 1936; silver in men's freestyle light heavyweight and bronze in men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight.

Estonia's remaining medalists in the sport are Heiki Nabi who won silver in men's Greco-Roman 120 kg in 2012, Roman Steinberg who won bronze in men's Greco-Roman middleweight in 1924 and Albert Kusnets who won bronze in men's Greco-Roman middleweight in 1928.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport is 8th by Epp Mäe in women's freestyle 76 kg in 2020.

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing has been included in the Olympic programme since 1936.

Estonia's best placement in the sport was 26th by Karin Peckert-Forsmann in women's combined in 1936 and by Warren Cummings Smith in men's slalom in 2014.

Biathlon

An event in military patrol, a precursor sport to biathlon, was held at the 1924 Winter Olympics. Biathlon arrived as its own sport at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Estonia's best placement in the sport was 9th by Krista Lepik, Eveli Peterson and Jelena Poljakova in women's relay in 1992.

Estonia's best placement in a men's event in the sport was 11th by Urmas Kaldvee, Kalju Ojaste, Aivo Udras and Hillar Zahkna in men's relay in 1992.

Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing has been was included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics.

Cross-country skiing is the winter sport Estonia has had most success in - winning 7 medals; 4 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze. Their most successful cross-country skiers are Andrus Veerpalu and Kristina Šmigun-Vähi who have won 2 gold and 1 silver medal each.

Andrus Veerpalu won gold in men's 15 km classical in 2002 and 2006 and silver in men's 50 km classical in 2002.

Kristina Šmigun-Vähi won gold in women's 10 km classical and women's 15 km pursuit in 2006 and a silver in women's 10 km freestyle in 2010.

Jaak Mae is their remaining medalist, he won the bronze behind Andrus Veerpalu in men's 15 km classical in 2002.

Figure skating

Figure skating was first included in the Olympic programme in the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics. It was moved to the Winter Olympics with the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics and has been included in every Winter Olympic Games.

Estonia's best placement in the sport was 17th by Diana Rennik and Aleksei Saks in pairs in 2006.

Freestyle skiing

Freestyle skiing has been included in the Olympic programme since 1992.

Kelly Sildaru is the only Estonian athlete to compete in the sport so far. She was successful, winning a bronze medal in women's slopestyle in 2022.

Estonia has yet to participate in men's events in the sport.

Luge

Luge has been included in the Olympic programme since 1964.

Estonia's best placement in the sport was 19th by Helen Novikov in women's singles in 1994.

Estonia's only participation in a men's event in the sport was by Andrus Paul in men's singles in 1998, but he was disqualified and did not receive a placement.

Nordic combined

Nordic combined has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1924 Winter Games.

Estonia's best placement in the sport was 4th by Magnar Freimuth, Allar Levandi and Ago Markvardt in men's team in 1994.

There are no women's events in the sport.

Ski jumping

Ski jumping has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1924 Winter Games.

Estonia's best placement in the sport was 23rd by Jens Salumäe in men's individual large hill in 2006.

Estonia has yet to participate in women's events in the sport.

Speed skating

Speed skating has been included in the Olympic programme since the inaugural 1924 Winter Olympics.

Estonia's best placement in the sport was 4th by Saskia Alusalu in women's mass start in 2018.

Estonia's best placement in a women's event in the sport was 7th by Marten Liiv in men's 1000m in 2022.