Marko KILP

Estonia

Cross-Country Skiing

Date of Birth: 1 Nov 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Place of birth: TALLINN

Birth Country:

Estonia

Residence: VORU

Residence Country:

Estonia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cross-Country Skiing	Men's Sprint Free	45
	Men's 4 x 10km Relay EST Estonia	15

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's Sprint Free Qualification	Finished
	Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's 4 x 10km Relay	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Men's Sprint, Classical	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
DSQ	Men's Team Sprint, Freestyle	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
12	Teamsprint C Final Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
13	Rel 4x10 km M Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
14	Team Sprint C Men	2017	Lathi, FIN
15	Team Sprint Finals Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
20	SP C Final Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
36	SP C Final Men	2015	Falun, SWE
49	SP F Final Men	2017	Lathi, FIN
50	SP F Final Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT

World Cup Rankings
Season	Sprint	Distance	All
2020/2021	77	84	103
2019/2020	70		118
2018/2019	74		125
2017/2018	52		105

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km
Season	SP C	SP F	15 km C
2021/2022	1 x 39th		1 x 81st
2020/2021	1 x 31st
2019/2020	1 x 37th
2018/2019	1 x 21st	1 x 38th

Best performances in World Cup races from 2018/2019 - Team events
Season	TSP C	TSP F	4x7.5 km Mst R
2021/2022		1 x 28th
2020/2021		1 x 12th	1 x 10th
2019/2020		1 x 16th
2018/2019	1 x 17th	1 x 22nd

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
28	TSP F	2021/2022	Dresden, GER
39	SP C	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
50	SP C	2021/2022	Dresden, GER
70	SP C	2021/2022	Davos, SUI
81	15 km C	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN

Nickname:

Marx

Hobbies:

Watching other sports. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Wife.

Languages spoken:

Estonian, English

Club name:

Voru Suusaklubi (Voru, EST)

Coach:

Personal: Aivar Rehemaa (EST)

Debut:

2012 World Cup in Otepaa (Sprint - 57th)

National team:

2013

Reason:

Likes the movement on snow. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

Ambition:

Be the best. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

Hero:

Football player Roberto Carlos (BRA), member of the national team from 1992-2006. Joined Real Madrid from Inter Milan in 1996 where he spent 11 seasons, playing 584 matches and scoring 71 goals. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

Influence:

His friends. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

Philosophy:

Love what you do. Do it as well as you can. (Athlete, Oct 2021)

General Interest

TRAINING WITH A-TEAM
Following the difficult years after the 2019 World Championships in Seefeld, when a doping scandal impacted Estonian cross-country skiing and the national team was decimated, he joined the private AR Pro Ski Team that is led by former cross-country ski racer Aivar Rehemaa. (AR Pro Ski Team Instagram, arproskiteam)

Milestones

Made his Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018, finishing 17th in the sprint.

At four World Championships appearances, (2015-21), his personal best individual finish was at his fourth championship in 2021 (20th in the sprint).

Competed at two U23 World Championships (2015-16) and two Junior World Championships (2012-13), with a best finish of sixth in the sprint in 2013 in Liberec.

Broke into the World Cup top-15 finishing 13th in the sprint in 2016 (Ruka), and 10th in the relay in 2021 (Lahti).

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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