Allar Raja

Allar Raja ( born June 22, 1983 in Sindi, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Estonian rowers.

Sporting successes

His first international assignment was Raja. At the Junior World Championships 2000 in Zagreb, where he finished in 19th place with the Estonian sculls His first Estonian Champion title he won in 2004 in the One. This year, he finished at the U23 World Championships in Poznan, ranked eighth in this class of boat. 2005 Raja started in double sculls with Silver Sonntak. The World Rowing Championships 2005 Kaizu the duo reached the 14th place. The following year, Raja moved to the Double Four. Together with Igor Kuzmin, Tõnu Endrekson and Andrei Jämsä he won the bronze medal at the World Rowing Championships in 2006 in Eton. At the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, the Estonian sculls in the cast Kaspar Taimsoo, Vladimir Latin, Igor Kuzmin, Allar Raja finished ninth. Together with Jüri Jaanson, Tõnu Endrekson and Andrei Jämsä Raja secured sovereign gold medal at the 2008 European Championships rowing in Athens.

Since the 2009 season, Raja starts with Kaspar Taimsoo in the double sculls. At the World Cup in Munich they reach the A-final, where she finished fifth. In Lucerne, the duo was able to increase and finished third. Rate this place they could fight in Poznan also at the World Rowing Championships 2009. At the helm European Championships in 2009 they succeeded even a start- to-finish victory.

Awards

  • 2006 and 2012 Raja was elected to the Estonian sculls Team of the Year in Estonia
  • 2009 Raja was chosen together with his colleague Kaspar Taimsoo Team of the Year in Estonia
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