Timo Simonlatser

Timo Simonlatser ( born May 17, 1986 in Rakvere, then Estonian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Estonian cross-country skier.

Life and career

Simonlatser already developed at a young age to a pure sprinter. So he could be at home in 2004 Haanja at the Nordic World Junior Championships, where in addition to athletes from the Nordic countries also participate Estonians, Sprint penetrated against strong competition from Norway, Sweden and Finland and won the gold medal. A year earlier in Sysslebäck his best result of fifth place 10-kilometer freestyle had been. In 2005 and 2006 he took part in the Junior World Championships. In Rovaniemi, he finished in the sprint, which was held in the classical technique, the eleventh. About the 10 km freestyle, he was the best Estonian starter twelfth. The following year he improved in the qualification of the freestyle sprints while in eighth place, but retired in the quarterfinals of. In final standings he finished the victory of Petter Northug 22nd place. On January 8, was launched in 2006 Simonlatser at the World Cup in the domestic Otepaeae first time in the Cross Country World Cup. However, he managed to reach not the finals.

Since the beginning of the 2006/07 season Simonlatser is a member of the Estonian World Cup team. For the season opener in Kuusamo, he missed nearly as 15 to move into the semi-finals in the sprint competition and secured his first World Cup points. With multiple placements in the top twenty in World Cup sprints he also qualified for the 2007 Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo, Japan. There, too, he was qualified for the finals and was the best Estonian sprinter the 24th Place. In the 2007 /08 season Simonlatser managed the sprint in Prague during the Tour de Ski 2007/2008 as seventh for the first time among the top - ten. But since he does not quit the Tour de Ski, he managed to win for him the best ever performance in the World Cup no World Cup points. During the sprint in Otepaeae he reached the semi-finals also in twelfth. This result he was able to repeat at the beginning of the season 2008/ 09 in Dusseldorf. In Rybinsk he just missed the semi-finals, finishing in 15th place. With these results, he fought his way to the nomination for the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009. In the sprint, his only use in Liberec, but he missed a 39 to qualify for the finals. His best result in the 2009/10 season Simonlatser succeeded in Rybinsk, where he ranked twelfth and in the team sprint with anti Saarepuu won seventh place in the sprint. He was then nominated by the Estonian Ski Association for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. There he stood on the qualification and was eliminated in 27th place in the quarterfinals of. After poor results early in the season 2010/11 Simonlatser launched in the Alpine Cup. In Ortisei he finished fourth behind Russia's Alexei Petukhov Trio, Nikolai Morilow and Nikita Kryukov. Then he was again nominated for the World Cup and competed in the Tour de Ski 2010/2011. During the sprint in Oberhof, he convinced with 13th place also in the sprint in Toblach, he won the World Cup points. His best career result ersprintete Simonlatser short time later at the World Cup in Liberec, where he reached the semifinals and eighth place his first placement was able to celebrate a World Cup race in the top ten.