Kaidy KAASIKU

Estonia

Cross-Country Skiing

Date of Birth: 3 Oct 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Place of birth: TALLINN

Birth Country:

Estonia

Residence: ARAVETE

Residence Country:

Estonia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Cross-Country Skiing	Women's 10km Classic	70
	Women's 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon	54
	Women's Sprint Free	48
	Women's 4 x 5km Relay EST Estonia	16

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's Sprint Free Qualification	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 10km Classic	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 4 x 5km Relay	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	Rel 4x5 km M Ladies	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
58	SP C Final Ladies	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
60	10 km F Ladies	2021	Oberstdorf, GER

World Cup Rankings
Season	Distance	All
2020/2021	75	107

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km
Season	SP C	10 km F	10 km C	10 km C Mst
2021/2022	1 x 53rd	1 x 64th	1 x 66th
2020/2021		1 x 67th		1 x 55th

Best performances in World Cup races from 2018/2019 - Team events
Season	TSP F	4x5 km Mst R
2021/2022	1 x 19th
2020/2021		1 x 10th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
19	TSP F	2021/2022	Dresden, GER
53	SP C	2021/2022	Dresden, GER
62	SP C	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
63	SP C	2021/2022	Davos, SUI
64	10 km F	2021/2022	Davos, SUI
66	10 km C	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN

Hobbies:

Orienteering, swimming. (sport.err.ee, Mar 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

High school diploma.

Family:

Mother, Ruth Kaasiku. Father, Raimo Kaasiku. Two older sisters, Kerli and Merly, twin sister Keidy, and two brothers, Jarmo and Kerto.

Languages spoken:

Estonian, English

Club name:

Ambla Sport Club (Aravete, EST)

Coach:

National: Jaanus Teppan (EST)

Sporting relatives:

Twin sister Keidy Kaasiku (Cross-country skiing): Competed at the 2021 World Championships, and three Junior World Championships (2019-21). Finished eighth in the 5km at the 2018 European Olympic Youth Festival and is the 2021 national 10km free champion.

Debut:

2021 World Cup in Falun (10km - 67th)

National team:

2021 (U23)

Start:

Started skiing at age seven. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Reason:

A natural next step to orienteering in the woods in the summer. (sport.err.ee, Mar 2021)

Training:

Trains with twin sister Keidy. (sport.err.ee, Mar 2021)

Memorable:

Finishing eighth in the sprint at the 2019 European Olympic Youth Festival.

Hero:

Cross-country skier Kristina Smigun-Vahi (EST), two-time Olympic champion, five-time Olympian (1994-2010), and six-time World Championship medallist. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

General Interest

SPORTY FAMILY
Comes from a large and sporty family where father Reimo runs the Ambla Sports Club, to which she and her siblings belong. Evely Kaasiku, one of the best orienteers in Estonia, is a close relative. The family was rewarded with the title of the sportiest family in their region of Jarvamaa in 2014. (delfi.ee, May 2015)

Milestones

Made her World Championships debut in 2021 at Oberstdorf where she was a member of the relay team that finished 14th.

In four appearances at the Junior World Championships (2018-21), her top results are in 2021, where individually she was 17th in the 5km free, and seventh in the 4x3.3km relay.

Finished eighth in the sprint and 16th in the 5km at the 2019 European Olympic Youth Festival.

2022 Estonian national champion in the sprint.

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/kaidykaasiku/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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