Английская Википедия:Andrus Veerpalu
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Andrus Veerpalu (born 8 February 1971) is a retired Estonian cross-country skier. He is Estonia's most successful Winter Olympian, having won the gold medal in men's 15 km classical in 2002 and 2006, and silver in men's 50 km classical in 2002.[1]
Career
On 17 February 2006 Veerpalu won his second Winter Olympics gold medal (in 15 km cross country skiing; his previous gold medal is from the Salt Lake City games), becoming the fourth Estonian to have won two Olympic gold medals (Kristjan Palusalu, Erika Salumäe and Kristina Šmigun-Vähi are the first three). He is the most successful Olympic athlete from Estonia with three medals. (Kristina Šmigun-Vähi tied that record at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics)
Veerpalu has also found success at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning a gold at 15 km in 2009 at Liberec, 30 km in 2001 at Lahti and a silver at 50 km in 1999 at Ramsau. He has also won the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2003 and 2005. Veerpalu also competed in the men's 50 km, Mass Start Classic at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing at the 6th place.
Veerpalu became the oldest world champion in history with his victory at Liberec 2009 on the 15 km classical event. He was then 38 years old.[2] He is also the oldest Olympic champion in individual distance.
Veerpalu earned the Holmenkollen medal in 2005, the first Estonian to do so.
Veerpalu is the fourth athlete to compete in cross-country skiing at six Winter Olympics, after Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Harri Kirvesniemi, and Jochen Behle. (Kateřina Neumannová is also a cross-country skier who competed at six Olympics, but one of her appearances was in cycling.)
On 23 February 2011, Veerpalu announced that he will end his professional sportsman career due to a chronic knee injury.[3]
Doping case acquittal
Several months after Veerpalu's retirement it was announced that he had tested positive for HGH (growth hormone), however he had pleaded innocent in HGH treatment. Estonian biochemistry doctors explained that the verdict was untimely and that there was no reliable method to distinguish artificial HGH from natural background hormone.[4][5][6] Veerpalu appealed the test result to the FIS.[7]
The FIS antidoping commission found Veerpalu guilty and extended his ban to three years, due to Veerpalu's team's lack of co-operation with FIS.[8] A group of top Estonian biochemists investigated the matter and insist Veerpalu was a false positive.[9][10] The Court of Arbitration for Sport acquitted Veerpalu, lifted his doping ban and ordered the FIS to pay a part of Veerpalu's court costs on 25 March 2013.[11]
The court stated "that there are many factors in this case which tend to indicate that the Athlete did in fact himself administer exogenous hGH" but found that the decision limit, the threshold for considering the result an adverse analytical finding, was not sufficiently reliable to uphold the doping conviction.[12] Krista Fischer, a senior researcher for the Estonian Genome Center, questioned what these unexplained factors hinted at by CAS could be: "So what were these factors? Right now the only numbers that seem to hint at doping are the same four numbers that have been ruled invalid."[13]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[14]
Olympic Games
- 3 medals – (2 gold, 1 silver)
| Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 21 | 21 | Шаблон:N/a | 42 | 44 | — | Шаблон:N/a | 10 | Шаблон:N/a |
| 1994 | 23 | 36 | Шаблон:N/a | 55 | — | 26 | Шаблон:N/a | — | Шаблон:N/a |
| 1998 | 27 | 8 | Шаблон:N/a | [[Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit|Шаблон:Abbr]] | 19 | — | Шаблон:N/a | 10 | Шаблон:N/a |
| 2002 | 31 | Шаблон:N/a | Gold | — | — | Silver | — | 9 | Шаблон:N/a |
| 2006 | 35 | Шаблон:N/a | Gold | — | Шаблон:N/a | — | — | 8 | — |
| 2010 | 39 | Шаблон:N/a | — | — | Шаблон:N/a | 6 | — | — | — |
World Championships
- 3 medals – (2 gold, 1 silver)
| Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 22 | 49 | Шаблон:N/a | 57 | 31 | — | Шаблон:N/a | — | Шаблон:N/a |
| 1995 | 24 | 72 | Шаблон:N/a | — | 30 | — | Шаблон:N/a | — | Шаблон:N/a |
| 1997 | 26 | 32 | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон:Abbr | — | 39 | Шаблон:N/a | 11 | Шаблон:N/a |
| 1999 | 28 | 14 | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон:Abbr | — | Silver | Шаблон:N/a | 10 | Шаблон:N/a |
| 2001 | 30 | Шаблон:N/a | 5 | — | Gold | — | — | 7 | Шаблон:N/a |
| 2003 | 32 | Шаблон:N/a | 8 | Шаблон:Abbr | 4 | — | — | 8 | Шаблон:N/a |
| 2005 | 34 | Шаблон:N/a | — | 19 | Шаблон:N/a | 4 | — | 9 | — |
| 2009 | 38 | Шаблон:N/a | Gold | 19 | Шаблон:N/a | — | — | 8 | 8 |
World Cup
Season standings
Individual podiums
- 6 victories – (6 Шаблон:Abbr)
- 11 podiums – (11 Шаблон:Abbr)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998–99 | 28 February 1999 | Шаблон:Flagicon Ramsau, Austria | 50 km Individual C | World ChampionshipsШаблон:Ref label | 2nd |
| 2 | 2002–03 | 12 January 2003 | Шаблон:Flagicon Otepää, Estonia | 30 km Mass Start C | World Cup | 3rd |
| 3 | 15 February 2003 | Шаблон:Flagicon Asiago, Italy | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | |
| 4 | 8 March 2003 | Шаблон:Flagicon Oslo, Norway | 50 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | |
| 5 | 2003–04 | 13 December 2003 | Шаблон:Flagicon Davos, Switzerland | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
| 6 | 16 December 2003 | Шаблон:Flagicon Val di Fiemme, Italy | 1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 3rd | |
| 7 | 17 January 2004 | Шаблон:Flagicon Nové Město, Czech Republic | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | |
| 8 | 7 March 2004 | Шаблон:Flagicon Lahti, Finland | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd | |
| 9 | 2004–05 | 8 January 2005 | Шаблон:Flagicon Otepää, Estonia | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
| 10 | 12 March 2005 | Шаблон:Flagicon Oslo, Norway | 50 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | |
| 11 | 2009–10 | 16 January 2010 | Шаблон:Flagicon Otepää, Estonia | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
Шаблон:Refbegin Note: Шаблон:Note label Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system. Шаблон:Refend
Personal life
He is married to Angela Veerpalu and they have five children.
See also
References
External links
- Шаблон:FIS cross-country skier
- Шаблон:Webarchive – click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file Шаблон:In lang
- Шаблон:Webarchive – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file Шаблон:In lang
- 13 June 2012, Veerpalu Court Hearing Ends Today, Estonian Public Broadcasting News
- 28 August 2012, Veerpalu Appeal Decision Delayed, Estonian Public Broadcasting News
- 28 February 2013, Judgement Day for Veerpalu Doping Case: Result Expected Shortly, Estonian Public Broadcasting News
- 28 February 2013, Decision in Veerpalu Doping Case Postponed, The ruling will now come on March 25, ETV reported, Estonian Public Broadcasting News
- Lausanne, 1 March 2013, Court of Arbitration for Sport: VEERPALU/FIS CASE: DECISION POSTPONED TO 25 MARCH 2013
- Estonian Public Broadcasting: 25. March 2013, Veerpalu Decision Expected (Again)
- 26.03.2013, The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS): CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING - CASE VEERPALU/ FIS: APPEAL UPHELD, tas-cas.org
- FIS-Ski: CAS issues decision in the case of Veerpalu, fis-ski.com
- Lausanne, 26 March 2013, The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) MEDIA RELEASE, CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING, CASE VEERPALU/FIS
- CAS 2011/A/2566 Andrus Veerpalu v. International Ski Federation, ARBITRAL AWARD
- Шаблон:Olympedia
- Шаблон:Olympics.com profile
- Шаблон:ESBL profile
Шаблон:S-start Шаблон:S-ach Шаблон:Succession box Шаблон:Succession box Шаблон:Succession box Шаблон:Succession box Шаблон:S-end
Шаблон:Footer Olympic Champions 15 km Cross Country Men Шаблон:Footer World Champions XC 15km Men Шаблон:Footer World Champions XC 30km Men Шаблон:Holmenkollen medal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite Sports-Reference
- ↑ FIS-Ski.com article on Veerpalu's victory. – accessed 1 March 2009.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Tartu Ülikooli professor: Veerpalu dopingupatuseks nimetamine on ennatlik (Professor of the University of Tartu: It is untimely to condemn Veerpalu as guilty in doping) Шаблон:Webarchive Eesti Päevaleht
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Alaveri jätkamine peatreenerina sõltub FISi otsusest (Alaver's resumption as head coach depends on FIS's decision). Postimees
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ CAS issues decision in the case of Veerpalu International Ski Federation
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite court
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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