Allar Levandi (born 28 December 1965) is an
Estonia
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nordic combined
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skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s under two different nations in three straight
Winter Olympic Games
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(1988:
Soviet Union
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, 1992 and 1994:
Estonia
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). He trained at
Dynamo
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in
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...
when Estonia was under Soviet rule in the late 1980s.
![Allar Levandi ja Anna Levandi](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Allar_Levandi_ja_Anna_Levandi.jpg)
He won a bronze in the 15 km individual at the
1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� ...
in
Calgary
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Levandi also won a bronze medal in the 3 x 10 km team event at the
1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1987 took place 11–21 February 1987 in Oberstdorf, West Germany. Following the domination of the skating technique at the previous championships, the International Ski Federation (FIS) introduced separate c ...
in
Oberstdorf
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Personal life
He is married to
Anna Kondrashova
Anna Anatolevna Levandi (russian: Анна Анатольевна Леванди, Kondrashova, Кондрашова; born 30 June 1965) is a Russian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union in international competitio ...
, a retired competitive figure skater and a current figure skating coach and choreographer.
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1965 births
Living people
Estonian male Nordic combined skiers
Soviet male Nordic combined skiers
Nordic combined skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Nordic combined skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Nordic combined skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Estonia
Olympic Nordic combined skiers of the Soviet Union
Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Sportspeople from Tallinn
Olympic medalists in Nordic combined
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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