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Kristjan Voolaid
Kristjan is a masculine given name in different European languages. It is a variation of the name Christian. Notable people named Kristjan include: * Kristjan Asllani (born 2002), Albanian footballer * Kristjan Čujec (born 1988), Slovenian futsal player * Kristjan Fajt (born 1982), Slovenian professional road bicycle racer * Kristjan Gregorič (born 1989), Slovenian track cyclist * Kristjan Glibo (born 1982), German football defender and manager * Kristjan Haho (1877–1937), Estonian lawyer, judge and politician * Kristjan Ilves (born 1996), Estonian Nordic combined skier * Kristjan Järvan (born 1990), Estonian politician * Kristjan Järvi (born 1972), Estonian-American conductor * Kristjan Niels Julius (1860–1936), Icelandic-American satirical poet * Kristjan Kais (born 1976), Estonian beach volleyball player * Kristjan Kaljurand (born 1992), Estonian male badminton player * Kristjan Kangro, Estonian entrepreneur and investor * Kristjan Kangur (born 1982), Estonian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Its capital Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest List of cities and towns in Estonia, urban areas. The Estonian language is the official language and the first language of the Estonians, majority of its population of nearly 1.4 million. Estonia is one of the least populous members of the European Union and NATO. Present-day Estonia has been inhabited since at least 9,000 BC. The Ancient Estonia#Early Middle Ages, medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last pagan civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Northern Crusades in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristjan Kais
Kristjan Kais (born 3 March 1976) is a retired Estonian beach volleyball player. With teammate Rivo Vesik, he represented Estonia in beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as .... Achievements Overall FIVB World Tour results Personal He is married to Liina Kais (born Uibopuu). References * * External links * * 1976 births Living people Volleyball players from Pärnu Estonian beach volleyball players Men's beach volleyball players Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players for Estonia {{Estonia-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristjan Palusalu
Kristjan Palusalu (until 1935 Kristjan Trossmann, – 17 July 1987) was an Estonian heavyweight wrestler and Olympic winner. Palusalu became the first and only wrestler in Olympic history ever to win both the Greco-Roman and freestyle heavyweight events. Palusalu was born in Varemurru village, Saulepi Parish, Lääne County (now Matsi village, Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County) as one of eight children to Jüri and Liisu Trossmann. He is best remembered for winning two gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He was given the honor of carrying the Estonian flag to the Olympiastadion. The triumph was celebrated across Estonia with Palusalu and other Estonian athletes touring the country by rail giving speeches. A third of the inhabitants of Tallinn turned out to greet him and the Estonian government granted him a farm. After the Soviet Union occupied Estonia in 1940, Palusalu was sent to hard labour in Kotlas, Russia in 1941. He tried to escape with other p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristjan Õuekallas
Kristjan Õuekallas (born 8 January 1981) is an Estonian volleyball player. He was born in Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth-largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second-largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of .... He began his volleyball career in 1990, coached by Oleg Lazarev. Later his coaches have been Andrei Ojamets, Pasi Rautiainen, Georg Grözer and Avo Keel. He has played at volleyball club Pärnu VK, and Tallinna Selver. He has also played for several foreign clubs: Rovaniemi Napapiirin Palloketut (Finland), Moerser (Germany) and Beauvais Oise (France). 2003–2013 he was a member of Estonian national volleyball team. References Living people 1981 births Estonian men's volleyball players Volleyball players from Pärnu Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate volleyball players in Finland Estonian expatri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristjan Oja
Kristjan Oja (born 8 August 1968) is an Estonian former biathlete. He competed in the men's 20 km individual event at the 1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Albertville '92 (Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile '92''), were a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and aroun .... His daughter is biathlete Regina Ermits. References External links * 1968 births Living people Estonian male biathletes Olympic biathletes for Estonia Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Biathletes from Tallinn {{Estonia-biathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristjan Makke
Kristjan Makke (born March 12, 1981, in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia) is an Estonian professional basketballer. He is currently playing for TTÜ KK at the center/forward position. Makke started his senior club career at the age of fifteen with "BC Kalev" in 1996. After that he attended high school and college in the United States. In 2001, he moved to Tallinna Kalev. He played there until December 2002 and then moved to Ehitustööriist where he spent the next season also. In 2004–05 Makke played for Audentese Ülikool and then signed with Nybit. After three seasons in the team Makke joined TTÜ KK. He is currently the captain of the team. Kristjan Makke is also a member of the Estonia national basketball team and has been a member of the Estonian EuroBasket squad in 2003, 2007, and 2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristjan Lüüs
Kristjan Lüüs (born 17 March 1991) ''Kristjan Lüüs'' (in Estonian) 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019. is an n stage, film and television actor whose career began in the 2010s. Early life and education Kristjan Lüüs was born and raised in . He is a 2010 graduate of the Tartu Art Gymnasium secondary school (now, Tartu Variku School).[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristjan Lipovac
Kristian Lipovac (born 3 December 1989) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i .... Lipovac played his first match for Olimpija on 25 July 2010 against Gorica. References External linksKristjan Lipovacat NZS * 1989 births Living people Footballers from Ljubljana Men's association football goalkeepers Slovenian men's footballers 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen NK Aluminij players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Slovenian Second League players {{Slovenia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristjan Kõrver
Kristjan Kõrver (born 1 October 1976, in Tallinn) is an Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...n composer. In 1997, Kristjan Kõrver graduated in music theory from the Georg Ots Tallinn Music School where he also studied composition with Alo Põldmäe. His music has been performed in various ensembles such as the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, as well as by conductors Risto Joost and Lauri Sirp, mezzo soprano Iris Oja, Estonian zither (kannel) player Kristi Mühling, flutist Tarmo Johannes, cellist Leho Karin, Ensemble Resonabilis, pianists Kai Ratassepp and I rina Zahharenkova, Quartet SaxEst and many others. He studied composition at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, graduating in 2003. Since 2003, has been a member of Estonian Composers' Union. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristjan Kombe
Kristjan Kombe (born 28 March 2000) is an Estonian professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ... centre who currently plays for JoKP in the Finnish Mestis. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International statistics References External links * 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Kuressaare Estonian ice hockey centres HPK players Jokerit players Kiekko-Vantaa players Jokipojat players Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Estonian expatriate ice hockey people Expatriate ice hockey players in Finland {{Estonia-icehockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristjan Kõljalg
Kristjan Kõljalg (born 26 December 1982 in Paide) is an Estonian politician. He was a member of XIII Riigikogu, representing the Estonian Reform Party. References Living people 1982 births Estonian Reform Party politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 2015–2019 University of Tartu alumni People from Paide Politicians from Järva County {{Estonia-2015-Riigikogu-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristjan Kitsing
Kristjan Kitsing (born December 11, 1990) is an Estonian professional basketball player for TalTech of the Estonian–Latvian Basketball League and the Korvpalli Meistriliiga (KML). Kitsing is also a member of the Estonia national basketball team. Club career Kitsing started his career with the junior team of the University of Tartu basketball team. In the beginning of the 2008/2009 season, Kitsing was promoted to the senior team. In his first season he averaged 4 points a game with an average of almost 8 minutes in only 11 games. The following season looked a lot better for the Estonian youngster as he averaged 8,7 points in 16 minutes in the regular season, but was later benched for the playoffs although he proved to be one of the best prospects in Estonia at that time. After winning his first Estonia League title in Tartu, Kitsing moved to BC Kalev in hopes of getting more playing time and gaining some experience in the VTB United League. With the new team and a new coach, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
