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Raido Ränkel
Raido Ränkel (born 13 January 1990 in Rakvere, Estonia) is a former Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier and a Biathlon, biathlete from Estonia. He competed for Estonia at the 2014 Winter Olympics and Estonia at the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics in the cross country skiing events, and biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games World Championships :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.'' References 1990 births Living people Olympic cross-country skiers for Estonia Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics Estonian male cross-country skiers Tour de Ski skiers Sportspeople from Rakvere Estonian male biathletes Olympic biathletes for Est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakvere
Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the administrative centre of the Lääne-Viru ''maakond'' (county), 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Rakvere is the 8th most populous urban area in Estonia. Rakvere has a total area of 10.75 square kilometres, and although about 15% of it is covered by forest, the city is still populated so densely as to make it the third most densely populated city in Estonia. From the 13th century until the early 20th century, Rakvere was more widely known by its historical German name, ''Wesenberg(h)''. History The earliest signs of human settlement dating back to the 3rd–5th centuries AD have been found on the present theatre hill. Probably to protect that settlement, a wooden stronghold was built on the present-day Vallimägi. Soon after the kingdom of Denmark had conquered northern Estonia, in 1220, the new rulers started to erect stone buildings. A settlement called ''Tarvanpea'' was first mentioned in the Chronicle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
