RAJA Allar

Date of Birth: 22 Jun 1983

Age: 38

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Height (m/ft): 1.90/6'2''

Place of birth: SINDI

Birth Country:

Estonia

Place of residence : PARNU

Residence Country:

Estonia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Men's Quadruple Sculls EST Estonia	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Quadruple Sculls Heat 2 #20	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Quadruple Sculls Repechage 1 #57	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Quadruple Sculls Final A #85	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	4x
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3
2012	London, GBR	4
2008	Beijing, CHN	9

World Championships

Year	Location	2x	4x
2019	Linz, AUT	-	12
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	-	3
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	-	3
2014	Amsterdam, NED	-	5
2013	Chungju, KOR	-	5
2011	Bled, SLO	7	-
2010	Hamilton, NZL	8	-
2009	Poznan, POL	3	-
2007	Munich, GER	-	8
2006	Eton, GBR	-	3
2005	Gifu, JPN	14	-

European Championships

Year	Location	2x	4x
2021	Varese, ITA	-	3
2020	Poznan, POL	-	4
2019	Lucerne, SUI	15	-
2018	Glasgow, GBR	-	9
2017	Racice, CZE	12	7

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Quadruple Sculls	2021	Zagreb, CRO	5:48.03
7	Quadruple Sculls	2018	Belgrade, SRB	5:46.01
7	Double Sculls	2017	Belgrade, SRB	6:29.61
9	Quadruple Sculls	2018	Lucerne, SUI	5:53.06
10	Quadruple Sculls	2019	Rotterdam, NED	6:14.97
10	Quadruple Sculls	2017	Lucerne, SUI	6:01.47

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Occupation:

Police Studies - Estonian Public Service Academy, Tallinn, EST

Wife Kerstin, two daughters including Ronja

Languages spoken:

English, Estonian, Russian

Parnu Kalev [Estonia]

Veikko Sinisalo [national], FIN

In 2018 he was diagnosed with tendinitis in his elbow and had to refrain from rowing for several months. His doctor thought the injury was mainly the result of playing too much golf rather than too much rowing. (sport.delfi.ee, 29 Jan 2018)

He took up rowing in the seventh grade at school under the direction of Estonian coaches Reet Palm and Matti Killing. (ajakirisport.ee, 22 Dec 2017; esbl.ee, 08 May 2016)

He would ski in the winter, swim in the summer, and play ball games whenever he could. He also tried athletics at high school, which he dropped when he discovered rowing. (ajakirisport.ee, 22 Dec 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (reporter.elu24.ee, 16 May 2021)

His family, and coaches Reet Palm and Matti Killing. (jooksja.ee, 01 Sep 2020; ajakirisport.ee, 22 Dec 2017)

Philosophy:

"A winner is respectful of his opponents and never underestimates them. A winner is never alone - he respects his team and appreciates the contribution of his peers. Satisfaction and self-confidence are important, but there isn't a winner in the world who has never lost. It is important to learn from each loss and, if necessary, to be able to actually change something. It is important that the winner dares to look at himself in the mirror, and also dares to cooperate with the person looking back at him." (sportlandmagazine.com, 24 Oct 2016)

In 2018 he was named Best Sports Police Officer in Europe by the European Police Sports Union in Liberec, Czech Republic. (sport.err.ee, 11 Jul 2018)

In 2017 he was presented with the Order of the White Star [Third Class], an honour given by the Estonian state in recognition of outstanding public service. (ajakirisport.ee, 22 Dec 2017)

In 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013 he was named Best Male Athlete in Parnu, Estonia. (parnu.ee, 01 Sep 2020; esbl.ee, 08 May 2016)

In 2009 and 2012 he won the RKL Sports Award in Estonia. (esbl.ee, 08 May 2016)

General Interest

General
POLICE WORK
He became a policeman in 2009 and has held a number of positions in the Estonian police force. From 2017 to 2019 he worked as a special training instructor and as a strategy and response commissioner at the Police and Border Guard Board's [PBGB] Development Department. He has also worked as a sports manager in the force. (sport.ohtuleht.ee, 02 Apr 2019; ajakirisport.ee, 22 Dec 2017)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He was elected as a member of the Estonian Olympic Committee [EOK] athletes' committee in 2016, and was re-elected again in 2020. (biathlon.ee, 21 May 2020; eok.ee, 01 Sep 2018; ajakirisport.ee, 22 Dec 2017)

FURTHER EDUCATION
From 2012 to 2016 he studied at the faculty of exercise and sport science at the University of Tartu in Estonia. (Facebook profile, 05 Apr 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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