Ingrid Puusta (born 8 November 1990 in
Märjamaa
Märjamaa is a borough ( et, alev) in Rapla County, Estonia. It is the administrative center of Märjamaa Parish. Märjamaa has a population of 2,961 as of 29 November 2012, making it the largest settlement in the whole of Märjamaa Parish.
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) is an Estonian Olympic windsurfer, who specializes in the
Neil Pryde RS:X class.
She represented
Estonia
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at the
2012
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and
2016 Summer Olympics
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,
and trains at Noblessner Yacht Club in
Tallinn
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under her personal coach Matthew Rickard.
[ As of March 2017, Puusta is ranked no. 10 in the world for the RS:X class by the ]World Sailing
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History
The creation of the International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) beg ...
.
Puusta competed in the women's RS:X class at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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in London
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, receiving a berth due to her results at the World Championships
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in Cádiz, Spain. Delivering a satisfactory effort in the opening series, Puusta managed to pull off a sixth position on the third leg, but fell short of reaching the medal race with an accumulated net score of 134 and a fifteenth-place finish in a fleet of twenty-six sailors.
At the Rio Olympics Puusta almost didn't reach the medal race before coming 11th over all.
On the 25 September 2016 Ingrid Puusta windsurfed 164.5 km across the Baltic Sea alone to rise money for disabled sailing in Estonia. Puusta started from Swedish Farö near Gotland on Sunday morning 0737 UTC+3 and finished 2125 UTC+3 at Türju in Saaremaa, Estonia. Weak wind extended her crossing time to nearly 14 hours.
In the 2019 pre-Olympics event READY STEADY TOKYO in Enoshima, Japan, Ingrid Puusta achieved 8th position overall, achieving 3rd place in the medal race.
References
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1990 births
Living people
Estonian windsurfers
Female windsurfers
Olympic sailors for Estonia
Estonian female sailors (sport)
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – RS:X
People from Märjamaa
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