Kaija Vahtra (née Udras, born 4 December 1986) is an
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
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cross-country skier
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...
who has competed since 2005. At the
2010 Winter Olympics
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in
Vancouver
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, she finished 16th in the team sprint, 31st in the individual sprint, and did not finish the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit events.
Vahtra competed at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 ( cs, Mistrovství světa v klasickém lyžování Liberec 2009) took place 18 February – 1 March 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. This was the fourth time these championships were hosted either i ...
in
Liberec, finishing 11th in the team sprint, 15th in the 4 × 5 km relay, 21st in the individual sprint, and 54th in the 10 km event. Her best World Cup finish was 18th in a team sprint event at
Germany
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in 2008 while her best individual finish was 19th in an individual sprint event at
Slovenia
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in 2009.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Cup
Season standings
References
External links
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1986 births
Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Estonian female cross-country skiers
Living people
Olympic cross-country skiers for Estonia
Sportspeople from Võru
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