Karel Tammjärv (born 25 May 1989 in Tartu) is an

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n cross-country skier who has competed since 2007. 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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, he finished 46th in the 30 km mixed pursuit and 67th in the 15 km events. He also represented

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and

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

. Tammjärv's best World Cup finish was 10th in a 4 x 7.5 km relay at

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in 2016 while his best individual finish was 13th in a 15 km event at Switzerland in 2017. In February 2019, he was arrested for allegations of blood doping and subsequently admitted to having doped since 2016.

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Biography at ESBL
1989 births Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Estonian male cross-country skiers Estonian sportspeople in doping cases Tour de Ski skiers Living people Olympic cross-country skiers of Estonia Sportspeople from Tartu Doping cases in cross-country skiing 21st-century Estonian people {{Estonia-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub