Õilme Võro (born 2 January 1996) is an Estonian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. She is a multiple time national champion, as well as being the national record holder over

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Career

Vōro set a new personal best of 7.32 at the Estonian Indoor championships in February. On March 3, 2023 Vōro set a new 60m personal best and national record 7.31 to qualify for the semi-finals at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in

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, Turkey. In the semi-finals Vōro ran 7.29 to equal the national record of Ksenija Balta. In January 2024, she ran 7.34 seconds for the 60 metres in

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. She and sprint hurdler Diana Suumann were both selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in

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, Scotland, the first time Estonia had been represented at a global championships by two female sprinters at the same time, with both being coached by the experienced Tiina Torop. She reached the semi-finals of the championships, with a new national record time of 7.24 seconds. She was named in the Estonian team for the 4 x 100 metres relay team for the 2024 2024 World Athletics Relays in

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, but was ruled out of the championships with injury. She won the Motonet GP in

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, Finland in July 2021 with a wind assisted run of 11.48 seconds (+2.1 m/s). Competing in

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in August 2024, she won the women's 100 metres race in 11.33 seconds, two hundredths of a second faster than the Estonian record held by Ksenija Balta since 2014. However, Võro was denied by a tailwind of +2.1 m/s from claiming the national record.

Personal life

She was named after her grandmother. Alongside her athletics career she worked as a make-up artist.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Voro, Oilme 1996 births Living people Estonian female sprinters 21st-century Estonian sportswomen Sportspeople from Võru European Games competitors for Estonia Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games