Ago Markvardt (born 11 August 1969 in

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) is a retired

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n nordic combined skier who competed from 1989 to 1998. At the

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, he finished fifth in the 15 km individual and fourth in the 3 x 10 km team events. Markvardt finished fourth in the 15 km individual event at the

1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 took place from February 21 to March 2 at Granåsen Ski Centre in Trondheim, Norway. This event was the first time in consecutive championships that the number or type of events did not change since 1966 ...

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. His best World Cup finish was eighth twice in the 15 km individual event (1994, 1997). A three-time Olympian Markvardt's only career victory was in a World Cup B 15 km individual event in

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in 1996. He is well-respected guest commentator of Nordic combined sports events on Estonian Television.

Personal

He has two daughters:

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and Keira Olivia.

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* * * * 1969 births Living people People from Elva, Estonia Nordic combined skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Estonian male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Estonia {{Estonia-skijumping-bio-stub