Priit Viks

Priit Viks ( born January 7, 1982 in Elva, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union) is an Estonian biathlete.

Priit Viks operates since 1994 Biathlon. He starts for the Elva Ski Club and is coached by pure Pedaja. The sport soldier belongs since 2002 to the Estonian national team. International since 2000 when he joined youth and junior competitions. His first Junior World Championships 2000 in Hochfilzen still ran without any significant results. Two years later, in Ridnaun he already reached a 15th place in singles. In the Junior European Championships in the same year he was in Kontiolahti 19 in the same competition shape his last Junior World Championships ran Viks 2003 Kościelisko. There he achieved his best finish in eleventh place in the singles.

In Östersund Viks was the season finale in 2002/ 03 his debut in the Biathlon World Cup and was 60th in singles. In the Biathlon World Championships 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk the Este launched for the first time at a World Cup. In the individual, his special discipline, he reached number 57 Comparatively he achieved good results as 34th in the sprint and 37th of persecution at the Biathlon World Championships 2004 in Minsk. In the summer of that year he went several times to at competitions in the summer biathlon. At the Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk Viks was about 16 in the sprint at the Summer Biathlon World Championships 2004 in Osrblie he reached the 24th place in Sprint, 20th place in the pursuit and was seventh in the relay. Even better was the summer 's World Cup in 2005 in Muonio, where he finished ninth in the sprint and pursuit of the Twelfth and with the season in fourth just missing a medal. To the next highlight was Vik's participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. The Este was used in single ( 74 ) and in the relay ( 15 ). In Antholz, he started in 2007 at his second World Championships and was 69th in singles, 65th in the sprint and finished eleventh in the relay. Good results achieved Viks again as 16th in the sprint and 15th in the pursuit at the Summer Biathlon World Championships 2007 in Otepaeae. In 2008 he reached rank 56 in Oberhof sprint a placement, which was to be his best in the World Cup less than a year. Shortly thereafter, he began for the third time in a World Cup. In Östersund of Este 93 in individual, was 71st in the sprint and 12th in the relay. In 2009, he managed to collect first World Cup points in Ruhpolding as the 38th of the sprint.

Priit Viks participated in the Olympic Winter Games 2010. Rank 20 in the individual of Vancouver was also his best ever international placement.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).