Estonian Sport
● 40 000-60 000 people
Paul Keres
● January 7, 1916
● chess grandmaster
● the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s.
● the strongest player never to become world champion
● one of the greatest players in history
Jaan Talts
● 19 May 1944
● weightlifter
● silver 1968
● gold 1972
● 41 WR
● lifted 500 kg
Erika Saulmäe
● born 11 June 1962
● track bicycle racer
● only Estonian female medallist
● gold in 1988, 1992
Andrus Veerpalu
● 8 February 1971
● most successful male cross country skier
● 2002 gold and silver
● 2006 gold
● oldest world champion in history - 38 years old
● oldest Olympic champion in individual distance
Kristina Šmigun-Vähi
● 23 February 1977
● most successful Estonian female cross-country skier
● 2 gold medals 2006
● silver 2010
● first woman to win a medal at the Winter Olympics
Museum of sport