Eveli Saue (born February 13, 1984) is an

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n orienteering

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and retired

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

. She is world champion in the combined sport ''biathlon orienteering''.

Orienteering

She received a bronze medal in the ''short course'' at the 2003

Junior World Orienteering Championships The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) are an annual orienteering competition. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition. Representative countries must ...

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."JWOC 2003 EST – Pölva, Estonia, 7-12 July 2003"
(Retrieved on June 29, 2008)
(Retrieved on June 29, 2008)

Biathlon

She participated in

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at the

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, where she finished 47th in the sprint and 73rd in the individual. At the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gret ...

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she finished 18th in the 4×6 km relay, 42nd in the 15 km individual and 55th in the 7.5 km sprint

Biathlon orienteering

She received a gold medal in ''sprint'' at the World Championship in ''biathlon orienteering'' in

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in 2006.Biathlon Orienteering – World Championships – Women: Sprint
(Retrieved on June 29, 2008)

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Eveli Saue
at World of O Runners * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saue, Eveli 1984 births Living people People from Kärdla Estonian orienteers Estonian female biathletes Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of Estonia Foot orienteers Female orienteers Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists

Orienteering

Biathlon

Biathlon orienteering

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