Allar Raja
Estonian rower
Allar Raja (born 22 June 1983) is an Estonian rower . He is a member of rowing club SK Kalev located in Pärnu .
Rowing career
2000–2008
Raja competed in the World Rowing Junior Championships in 2000 in the quadruple sculls event (19th) and in 2001 in the double sculls event (13th). In 2004 he competed in the U-23 World Regatta in the single sculls event achieving 8th position.
His first appearance in the World Rowing Championships was in 2005 in Gifu , Japan in the double sculls event with Silver Sonntak. They were second in Final C, achieving 14th position overall. Raja won his first World Championships medal in 2006 in Eton , Great Britain , where ha was a member of the bronze-winning quadruple sculls team with Andrei Jämsä, Tõnu Endrekson and Igor Kuzmin. 2007 in Munich , Germany he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Kuzmin, Latin and Taimsoo earning 8th position. The same team was 5th at the 2007 European Rowing Championships held in Poznań , Poland. At the 2008 European Rowing Championships in Marathon , Greece he won a gold medal in the quadruple sculls event with Jüri Jaanson , Tõnu Endrekson and Andrei Jämsä.
Allar Raja made his first appearance at the Olympics in Beijing 2008 competing in the quadruple sculls event with Igor Kuzmin , Vladimir Latin and Kaspar Taimsoo . The men were 4th in their preliminary heat and won the repechage. In the semifinals they finished fourth and did not get to Final A. The final place was 9th as they finished third in Final B.[2]
2009–2012
Raja won his second World Championships bronze medal in Poznań in 2009, where he competed in the double sculls event with Kaspar Taimsoo.[3] Raja and Taimsoo finished 8th at the 2010 World Rowing Championships held at Lake Karapiro , New Zealand.[4] The same crew finished 7th at the 2011 World Rowing Championships .
At the 2009 European Championships , held in Brest, Belarus , Raja won his second European title. This time in the double sculls event with Kaspar Taimsoo.[5] The same crew finished second at the 2010 European Championships . For the 2011 European Championships Raja and Taimsoo formed a new quad scull team with Tõnu Endrekson and Andrei Jämsä. The crew finished second after Russia and won the silver medals.[6] The same crew finished won a gold medal at the 2012 European Championships .
At the 2012 Summer Olympics , held in London , Raja also represented Estonia in the quadruple sculls event. This time with Kaspar Taimsoo, Tõnu Endrekson and Andrei Jämsä . The crew finished second in their preliminary heat and also in the semifinal, thus earning a place in Final A. In the final they finished just outside the medals in 4th place behind crews from Germany , Croatia and Australia , respectively.
2013–2016
Raja celebrating bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships.
Raja (second from right) with teammates at the podium of the 2016 European Championships
In summer of 2013 Raja and Taimsoo formed a new quadruple scull crew with young prospects Sten-Erik Anderson and Kaur Kuslap . They also finished 5th at the 2013 World Rowing Championships held at Tangeum Lake , Chungju in South Korea . The same team repeated their 5th place at the 2014 World Rowing Championships held in Amsterdam . At the 2013 European Championships , held in Seville , Spain Raja competed in the double sculls event with Kaspar Taimsoo. The result was a disappointment as the men did not reach Final A and finished in 7th place overall.
In the summer of 2015 Raja and Taimsoo reunited with Tõnu Endrekson and Andrei Jämsä in preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games . The crew went on to win a bronze medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships held in France . In the spring of 2016 they also won a gold medal at the 2016 European Championships . At the 2016 Summer Olympics , held in Rio de Janeiro , Taimsoo made his third olympic appearance in the quadruple sculls event, with Raja, Endrekson and Jämsä. The crew won their preliminary heat, thus earning a place in Final A. In the final they finished third winning the bronze medals, behind crews from Germany and Australia , respectively.
Achievements
Olympic Games
2008 – 9th, Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo , Igor Kuzmin , Vladimir Latin )
2012 – 4th, Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Tõnu Endrekson , Andrei Jämsä )
2016 – Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Tõnu Endrekson, Andrei Jämsä)
2020 – 6th, Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Tõnu Endrekson, Jüri-Mikk Udam )
World Rowing Championships
2005 – 14th, Double sculls (with Silver Sonntak )
2006 – Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Andrei Jämsä, Tõnu Endrekson, Igor Kuzmin)
2007 – 8th, Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Igor Kuzmin, Vladimir Latin)
2009 – Bronze , Double sculls (Kaspar Taimsoo)
2010 – 8th, Double sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo)
2011 – 7th, Double sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo)
2013 – 5th, Quadruple sculls (with Allar Raja, Sten-Erik Anderson , Kaur Kuslap )
2014 – 5th, Quadruple sculls (with Allar Raja, Sten-Erik Anderson, Kaur Kuslap)
2015 – Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Tõnu Endrekson, Andrei Jämsä)
2017 – Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Tõnu Endrekson, Kaur Kuslap)
2019 – 12th, Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Tõnu Endrekson, Kaur Kuslap)
2022 – 5th, Quadruple sculls (with Mikhail Kushteyn , Tõnu Endrekson, Johann Poolak )
European Rowing Championships
2007 – 5th, Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Igor Kuzmin, Vladimir Latin)
2008 – Gold , Quadruple sculls (with Jüri Jaanson , Tõnu Endrekson, Andrei Jämsä)
2009 – Gold , Double sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo)
2010 – Silver , Double sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo)
2011 – Silver , Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Tõnu Endrekson, Andrei Jämsä)
2012 – Gold , Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Tõnu Endrekson, Andrei Jämsä)
2013 – 7th, Double sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo)
2014 – 6th, Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Sten-Erik Anderson, Kaur Kuslap)
2015 – 8th, Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Sten-Erik Anderson, Tõnu Endrekson)
2016 – Gold , Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Tõnu Endrekson, Andrei Jämsä)
2017 – 7th, Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Sten-Erik Anderson, Kaur Kuslap)
2018 – 9th, Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Sten-Erik Anderson, Kaur Kuslap)
2019 – 15th, Double sculls (with Kaur Kuslap)
2020 – 4th, Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Tõnu Endrekson, Jüri-Mikk Udam)
2021 – Bronze , Quadruple sculls (with Kaspar Taimsoo, Tõnu Endrekson, Jüri-Mikk Udam)
2022 – 5th, Quadruple sculls (with Mikhail Kushteyn, Tõnu Endrekson, Johann Poolak)
U23 World Rowing Championships
2004 – 8th, Single sculls
Junior World Rowing Championships
2000 – 19th, Quadruple sculls
2001 – 13th, Double sculls
Henley Royal Regatta
Rowing World Cup
Allar Raja Rowing World Cup appearances
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Date
Venue
Country
Result
Event
Crew
2004
1.
7–9 May 2004
Lake Malta , Poznań
Poland
FE 27th
Single scull
Allar Raja
2.
18–20 June 2004
Rotsee , Lucerne
Switzerland
FB 12th
Double scull
(b) Allar Raja, (s) Silver Sonntak
2005
3.
26–28 May 2005
Dorney Lake , Eton
Great Britain
FB 9th
Double scull
(b) Allar Raja, (s) Silver Sonntak
4.
8–10 July 2005
Rotsee, Lucerne
Switzerland
FC 14th
Double scull
(b) Allar Raja, (s) Silver Sonntak
2006
5.
25–27 May 2006
Oberschleissheim , Munich
Germany
FB 7th
Double scull
(b) Allar Raja, (s) Igor Kuzmin
6.
7–9 July 2006
Rotsee, Lucerne
Switzerland
FA 6th
Double scull
(b) Allar Raja, (s) Igor Kuzmin
2007
7.
1–3 June 2007
Danube , Linz / Ottensheim
Austria
FA 3rd
Double scull
(b) Allar Raja, (s) Igor Kuzmin
8.
22–24 June 2007
Bosbaan , Amsterdam
Netherlands
FE 25th
Single scull
Allar Raja
9.
13–15 July 2007
Rotsee, Lucerne
Switzerland
FB 11th
Quad scull
(b) Kaspar Taimsoo, Vladimir Latin, Igor Kuzmin, (s) Allar Raja
2008
10.
8–11 May 2008
Oberschleissheim, Munich
Germany
FB 7th
Quad scull
(b) Kaspar Taimsoo, Vladimir Latin, Igor Kuzmin, (s) Allar Raja
11.
20–22 June 2008
Lake Malta, Poznań
Poland
FB 7th
Quad scull
(b) Kaspar Taimsoo, Vladimir Latin, Igor Kuzmin, (s) Allar Raja
2009
12.
19–21 June 2009
Oberschleissheim, Munich
Germany
FA 5th
Double scull
(b) Kaspar Taimsoo, (s) Allar Raja
13.
10–12 July 2009
Rotsee, Lucerne
Switzerland
FA 3rd
Double scull
(b) Allar Raja, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
2010
14.
28–30 May 2010
Lake Bled , Bled
Slovenia
FA 3rd
Double scull
(b) Allar Raja, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
15.
9–11 July 2010
Rotsee, Lucerne
Switzerland
FA 4th
Double scull
(b) Allar Raja, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
2011
16.
27–29 May 2011
Oberschleissheim, Munich
Germany
FA 4th
Double scull
(b) Allar Raja, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
17.
17–19 June 2011
Allermöhe , Hamburg
Germany
FA 4th
Double scull
(b) Allar Raja, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
18.
8–10 July 2011
Rotsee, Lucerne
Switzerland
FA 6th
Double scull
(b) Allar Raja, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
2012
19.
4–6 May 2012
Sava , Belgrade
Serbia
FA 3rd
Quad scull
(b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
20.
25–27 May 2012
Rotsee, Lucerne
Switzerland
FA 4th
Quad scull
(b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
21.
15–17 June 2012
Oberschleissheim, Munich
Germany
FA 6th
Quad scull
(b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
2013
22.
22–24 March 2013
Penrith , Sydney
Australia
FA 2nd
Double scull
(b) Allar Raja, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
23.
21–23 June 2013
Dorney Lake, Eton
Great Britain
FA 3rd
Quad scull
(b) Kaur Kuslap, Allar Raja, Sten-Erik Anderson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
24.
12–14 July 2013
Rotsee, Lucerne
Switzerland
FA 3rd
Quad scull
(b) Kaur Kuslap, Allar Raja, Sten-Erik Anderson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
2014
25.
20–22 June 2014
Lac d'Aiguebelette , Aiguebelette
France
FA 5th
Quad scull
(b) Allar Raja, Kaspar Taimsoo, Sten-Erik Anderson, (s) Kaur Kuslap
26.
11–13 July 2014
Rotsee, Lucerne
Switzerland
FA 2nd
Quad scull
(b) Kaur Kuslap, Allar Raja, Sten-Erik Anderson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
2015
27.
9–10 May 2015
Lake Bled, Bled
Slovenia
FB 7th
Quad scull
(b) Allar Raja, Sten-Erik Anderson, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
28.
10–12 July 2015
Rotsee, Lucerne
Switzerland
FA 3rd
Quad scull
(b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
2016
29.
15–17 April 2016
Lake Varese , Varese
Italy
FA 4th
Quad scull
(b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
30.
17–19 June 2016
Lake Malta, Poznań
Poland
R1 DNS
Quad scull
(b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
2017
31.
5–7 May 2017
Sava, Belgrade
Serbia
FB 7th
Double scull
(b) Allar Raja, (s) Tõnu Endrekson
32.
7–9 July 2017
Rotsee, Lucerne
Switzerland
FB 10th
Quad scull
(b) Allar Raja, Sten-Erik Anderson, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
2018
33.
1–3 June 2018
Sava, Belgrade
Serbia
FB 7th
Quad scull
(b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaur Kuslap
34.
13–15 July 2018
Rotsee, Lucerne
Switzerland
FB 9th
Quad scull
(b) Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaur Kuslap
2019
35.
12–14 July 2019
Willem-Alexander Baan , Rotterdam
Netherlands
FB 10th
Quad scull
(b) Allar Raja, Sten-Erik Anderson, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
2021
36.
30 April–1 May 2021
Lake Jarun , Zagreb
Croatia
FA 1st
Quad scull
(b) Jüri-Mikk Udam, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
2022
37.
16–19 June 2022
Lake Malta, Poznań
Poland
FA 2nd
Quad scull
(b) Mikhail Kushteyn, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Johann Poolak
38.
8–10 July 2022
Rotsee, Lucerne
Switzerland
FB 7th
Quad scull
(b) Mikhail Kushteyn, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, (s) Johann Poolak
References
^ a b "Allar Raja" . World Rowing . Archived from the original on 13 August 2020.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Allar Raja" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
^ "Tears for Redgrave, World Best Time for Drysdale at rowing champs ". World Rowing (29 August 2009). Retrieved on 7 September 2009
^ "2010 World Championships – Karapiro Lake, New Zealand – Race 152 : M2x / FB ". World Rowing. Retrieved on 13 July 2011
^ "Greece off to good start at European Champs Archived January 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine ". World Rowing (20 September 2009). Retrieved on 30 May 2010
^ "Gold medal haul for Greece at the European Championships ". World Rowing (18 September 2011). Retrieved on 7 May 2012
^ "Kuzmin , Raja, Latin and Taimsoo celebrating the Queen Mother Challenge Cup victory Archived 18 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine ". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved on 7 September 2009
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