Kadri Lehtla
Kadri Lehtla (born 3 May 1985 in Tallinn, Estonian SSR then, Soviet Union) is an Estonian cross-country skier and biathlete. As best result achieved Lehtla 2012, 18th in the pursuit competition at the Biathlon World Cup in Oslo. The participant of the 2010 Winter Olympics and four-time winner of the Viru Ski Marathon 2012 was Estonian champion in cross-country skiing on 10 km freestyle.
Life and career
Kadri Lehtla began like many Estonian children early with the cross-country and was among others the " Merko team " to, the junior team of the Estonian Ski Association. In 2002 she took part in the cross-country ski -Continental Cup competitions in Otepaeae, but where they could place only in the rear box is. Four years later she had her second Haanja use in cross-country skiing Continental Cup, where they failed to impress again. So she moved in early 2006 to biathlon and launched since the beginning of 2007, first in the Biathlon European Cup. Your first race she contested in Forni Avoltri and became 36th in the sprint and 29th in the pursuit. Best result was 16th place in the sprint of Nové Město na Moravě. So they came in 99th place in the overall standings of the Europacus. In the summer they started in Otepaeae at the World Championships in the summer biathlon. On rollerskis she took 14th place in the sprint and pursuit. In the Cross Country competitions, she was 15th in the 3 km sprint, 17th in the mass start and eighth in the relay. Since the beginning of the 2007/ 08 Biathlon World Cup in the Sandestin takes. In her first race, a single in Kontiolahti, it ranked 97th Subsequently she could but steadily improve their performance. In Antholz Lehtla missed in January 2008 as the 37th in the sprint and 32nd in the pursuit of winning the first World Cup points. In the Biathlon World Championships 2008 in Östersund it reached # 20, winning not only the good WM- placement also first World Cup points. In pursuit competition she was 39 and in the individual competition 65th at the World Cup final in Oslo she shot in the sprint competition in the standing position on slices of the neighboring railway, after which it was subsequently fined by 2 minutes and from 34th to 73rd at the end of the season they occupied the 69th place in the World Cup standings. In the sprint she placed 54th.
In 2009 she qualified for the Biathlon World Championships in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Like last year, she convinced there in the sprint competition, where she finished in 28th place with zero misses. In pursuit competition she fell with six misses back to 42nd place. In individual competition she was 66 After the World Cup, it launched in the European Cup in Ridnaun where they could celebrate their first top- ten finish with the seventh place in the individual competition. In pursuit of competition they could still work your way from 20th to tenth place. At the end of the 2008/ 09 Lehtla arrive in Trondheim 27th place in the sprint and 25th in the pursuit of their best season in the World Cup rankings. She finished the season with 66th place in the overall World Cup. In the overall standings of the European Cup, she was 32 Kadri Lehtla participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics and finished with the season ranked 18th in the individual race they came in at number 45, in the sprint course 64 Their best finish in the season 2009/10 they reached with number 23 in the sprint competition in Oslo. In the World Cup Ranking she was again 66 After the Olympic events in Vancouver Lehtla started at the Biathlon World Championships 2010 at the domestic Otepaeae. In individual competition, she took 34th place. After a 32nd place in the sprint competition, it improved in the pursuit to 17th place. With the Estonian season they finished fifth.
The 2010/11 season began for Lehtla with good results in the points. In the second half of the season, however, she had to struggle with big problems at the shooting range and put out a break in the World Cup one. While her competitors fighting for World Cup points in America, she won for the third time in a row the Viru ski marathon started at the IBU Cup in Osrblie. The end of February, she participated in Ridnaun at the Biathlon European Championships 2011. In individual competition she finished with five misses the twelfth. In the sprint competition they increased their performance after intense exercise the Finnish Asko Nuutinen shooting coach, who also coached Kaisa Mäkäräinen among others and supports a subset of the Estonian biathlon team, and was a missed shot Sixth. This is her best career result at European Championships. In pursuit competition, she was again Twelfth. In the Biathlon World Championships in 2011 in the Russian Khanty-Mansiysk Lehtla finished 66th in the sprint. In individual competition, she was 57 the end of the World Cup season, she won in Oslo as the 30th in the sprint and 35th in the pursuit again World Cup points. In the World Cup Ranking she placed 67th in this season. After the World Cup season Lehtla went in Estonian championships in cross-country skiing on 30 km freestyle at the start. Along with her teammate Eveli Saue they managed to get away just before the finish of the expert. In the final sprint to Saue but just sat through against Lehtla.
Having the best Estonian biathlete Eveli Saue after the 2010/11 season announced to take a break from competition due to stagnant performance and lack of support by the Estonian Association, thought also Lehtla due to internal problems with the Association and the coaching staff to end their career. A significant reason for this was the contract extension of the Estonian biathlon association with the Latvian Maris Cakars coach, who oversees the Estonian national biathlon team since May 2010. Already in the course of his first year in office, there were discrepancies between Cakars and the training group to Eveli Saue, Priit Viks and Kadri Lehtla who continued their cooperation with the Finnish shooting coach Asko Nuutinen also Cakars. Lehtla decided to continue their careers while, but decided not to participate in the first World Cup competitions and to motivate yourself instead with good and consistent results among the top ten in the IBU Cup again. This was taken in the Estonian Ski Association with displeasure. With a fourth place at the start of the IBU Cups 2011/12 in Ostersund Lehtla proved, however, that their decision was right and its goal of a podium finish in the IBU is achievable. At her previous best career result she sat by in a field of over 100 athletes among others against well-known competitors such as Andrea Henkel and Vita Semerenko. Lehtla who is coached by her partner, the former Estonian cross-country skier Meelis Aasmäe, returned in January 2012 as the leader of the IBU Cup in the World Cup back. At their first use in Nove Mesto she succeeded with the 24th place, her best career result in a single competition within the Biathlon World Cup. The end of January, she won for the first time Estonian champion in cross-country skiing. About 10 km freestyle they won clearly ahead of the two cross-country skiing World Cup participants Laura Rohtla and Piret Pormeister. A day later, she won for the fourth time in a row at the Viru Ski Marathon over the distance of 42 kilometers. After the seats 29 and 20 in the sprint and pursuit competition in Oslo, Lehtla used her good with No. 21 starting position in the pursuit competition in Kontiolahti, where she 18, her best career result achieved despite ongoing back problems with space in a World Cup competition. The Biathlon World Championships 2012 in Ruhpolding Bavaria began for Lehtla warm in difficult weather conditions with a 43rd place in the sprint competition. In pursuit competition, she was taken by Svetlana Slepzowa who lost his balance in a curve to the case and finished with seven penalties, a disappointing for her 53rd and last place on the grid. However, in the individual competition she was able to continue with a 22nd place on the good finishes the past few weeks. With her best career result to date in a single competition she placed among other things, the world champions of the previous two competitions Magdalena Neuner and Darya Domratschawa and thus secured the 26th place in the World Cup overall rating of the individual competitions. The joy of this result, however, lasted only briefly, because she was informed shortly after the race that they can participate in the World Cup Final in Khanty-Mansiysk due. The Estonian head coach Cakars declared that he will want to start with the desire Lehtlas at the World Cup finals did not know, although this at a joint meeting on the authority of Kadri Lehtla - in which also the Estonian FA president Aivar Nigol and an interpreter were present - committed in December been. Cakars stated to be able to send because of the financial situation of only three athletes to Khanty -Mansiysk. The best Estonian biathlete of the season would have to raise € 400 with the help of private sponsors to participate in the competitions in Siberians can. Cakars further stated that he had asked Lehtla at the beginning of the season several times not to start at the IBU Cup but the World Cup and that it is not promising now, in the last World Cup competition to seek a place among the top 30. However, for men it would be possible to secure a fourth place for the coming season. A few days later, the president of the Estonian Biathlon Association Aivar Nigol admitted that he made a mistake and also to have left upon departure after Ruhpolding in faith Lehtla to be able to start in Khanty-Mansiysk. About the ultimate team's formation, but decide still the coach. On her last time of the season 2011/12, the relay competition at the World Championships, Lehtla could convince again despite the public clash with the association leadership. With a good running and shooting performance led the Estonian season on a meantime eighth place. At the end of the season came in 14th place. Although Lehtla did not participate in 10 World Cup competitions, they finished the season with a 48th place in the World Cup overall standings and thus its best-ever result, where they could triple their points won from the previous year. In the overall standings of the IBU Cups she was 16, which is also her best placement. After the World Cup season Lehtla started at the Estonian Championships in cross-country skiing. In the team sprint, she won the bronze medal together with Liis Kalda. They ran the fastest last lap and was the distance to the runner-up of 6 s to 0.6 s and reduce missed so narrowly the silver medal for their team. With the 3x5 km relay their cross-country sports clubs Sparta she won along with the Team Sprint winners of the previous day Piret Pormeister and Heidi Raju sovereign gold medal.
After they had prepared himself again in the summer of 2012 off the Estonian team for the new season, Lehtla started with a good 22 place in the 15 km individual competition in the 2012/13 season. They awarded only to a missed shot during the fourth and final shooting a top ten placement. Subsequently, however, bad placements followed far out of World Cup points. After surviving cold Lehtla launched in early January Otepaeae where IBU Cup competitions were held for the first time. When victory of Yekaterina Jurjewa in individual competition over 15 km they took fourth place in difficult wind conditions before the home crowd. So she put her best placement in a IBU Cup competition from the previous year.
Balance sheet in the World Cup and Championships
Biathlon World Cup rankings
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).
World Cup ratings
Results in World Cup competitions ( disciplines and overall World Cup ) according to points system
Olympic Winter Games
Results at the Olympic Winter Games
World Championships
Results at Biathlon World Championships
European Championships
Results in Biathlon European Championships
Summer Biathlon World Championships
Results at Summer Biathlon World Championships ( Rollski )