Ilmar Aluvee (25 November 1969 – 17 January 2013) was an Estonian
ski jumper
Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...
,
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 ...
, and coach. He competed in the
Nordic combined event at the
1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...
.
Early life
Ilmar Aluvee was born in Tallinn to former biathlete Valev Aluvee and Raaja Aluvee (''née'' Kaasik).
He graduated from secondary school in 1988 and was a 1997 graduate of
Tallinn University of Technology
Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; et, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool) is the only technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, public administrati ...
. He began training with
Uno Kajak in 1977 for Kalev Ski Club, and later with Tiit Tamm for Dünamo Ski Club.
Career
In 1994, Aluvee placed 39th in
Lillehammer at the 1994 Winter Olympics. In 1993, he placed 34th at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship eve ...
, 31st in 1995, in 1997 he placed 10th in individual competition and 11th in team competition. Between 1988 and 1998 at the Estonian Championships, he won one gold, two silver, and five bronze medals in the biathlon and two bronze medals in ski jumping, and two gold, two silver and two bronze in
summer biathlon
The IBU Summer Biathlon is a sporting event organized by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) which combines trail running or roller skiing and rifle shooting, or sometimes trail running and rifle shooting. It is modeled after the IBU (winte ...
and one silver in ski jumping.
Between 1997 and 2001, Aluvee was a trainer at Tallinn's Estonian Sports Gymnasium and from 2006 until 2007, at the
Otepää
Otepää (formerly Nuustaku) is a town in Valga County, southern Estonia, it is the administrative centre of Otepää Parish. Otepää is a popular skiing resort, popularly known as the "winter capital" of Estonia (in contrast to the "summer c ...
branch of the Audentes Gymnasium. Aluvee was the head coach of the national Estonian Biathlon Team from 2002 until 2004. In 2005, he began working as a cell tower installer.
Death
On 17 January 2013, Aluvee was killed in an accidental fall while working on a cell tower in Aegviidu in
Harju County
Harju County ( et, Harju maakond or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in Northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the so ...
, aged 43. He was interred at
Rahumäe Cemetery.
References
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1969 births
2013 deaths
Accidental deaths from falls
Accidental deaths in Estonia
Burials at Rahumäe Cemetery
Estonian male biathletes
Estonian male Nordic combined skiers
Industrial accident deaths
Nordic combined skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Estonia
Sportspeople from Tallinn
Tallinn University of Technology alumni