Raul Olle

Raul Olle ( born January 23, 1968 in Tartu) is an Estonian cross-country skier who has achieved his greatest success in ski marathon competitions. In 2000, he became the first Este the Vasaloppet and the overall ranking of the FIS Marathon Cup. Olle is furthermore multiple winner of the Tartu Maraton.

Life and career

Olle won the 1991 Estonian championship title on his first 30 km classic. He first appeared in 1994 internationally in appearance than he, a ski marathon of Worldloppet series, won the Tartu Maraton. His first try at an international championship he had then a year later at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 in Thunder Bay, where he could and reached the 37th place in the 30 km classic, the 65th place 10-kilometer classic. Two years later he was in Trondheim 30 about 50 km classic and 64 10-kilometer classic. The Classical specialist won his first points in the Cross Country World Cup in the 1997/98 season. In Davos, he finished in 27th place over a distance of 30 kilometers. At the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano in 1998 he was 17th on the 30 km and 37 on the 10 km in the classical technique. These results could not confirm at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 in Ramsau and finished only 35th and 36th place on the 10 and 50 km classic. In the following year, Olle focused on the FIS Marathon Cup and won, among others, be the first Este the Vasaloppet. The overall ranking of the FIS Marathon Cup he won clearly ahead of Staffan Larsson. Also in the 2000/ 01 season he was able to convince the FIS Marathon Cup. So he won, among other again at Tartu Maraton and finished third overall. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 in Lahti, he was classic 35 over 15 kilometers. His good performances on the long distances he could confirm 2002 when he finished 18th place on the 50 km at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and was only beaten by Juan Jesús Gutiérrez at Marcialonga ski marathon. In the season 2002/ 03 he succeeded at Isergebirgslauf third place and other top - ten finishes in the FIS Marathon Cup. In the overall classification, he finished in seventh place this year. The following year he achieved his best World Cup placing as he could win over 70 km classic in Val di Fiemme eighth. When Vasaloppet and the Isergebirgslauf he finished each ranked second. When King Louis - run and in the overall standings of the FIS Marathon Cup, he missed the podium in fourth place just. Its last use in an international championship had Olle at the 2005 Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 in Oberstdorf. With the Estonian season he finished ninth. This season, he latched on to second place in the Kangaroo Hoppet and the Isergebirgslauf and won for the third time the Tartu Marathon. 2006 won the Olle Birkebeinerrennet and the Isergebirgslauf each with his third place podium finishes last in the FIS Marathon Cup and finished at the end of the season in ninth place in the overall standings. The following year, he played his last marathon races, for which he was several times placed among the top ten. His last season in the FIS Marathon Cup he finished once again in ninth overall.

After the doping incident to Andrus Veerpalu Olle took over from in the season 2011/12 season as coach of the Estonian Mati Alaver cross-country skiing team. However, after the season was more than disappointing, the cooperation has ended after just one season.