Raido Rüütel (born 19 September 1951) 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 racing driver. He was born in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

. He studied at

Tallinn Pedagogical Institute Tallinn University (TLU; , ''TLÜ'') is a public research university in Estonia. Located in the centre of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, Tallinn University is one of the three largest institutions of higher education in the country. Both Q ...

's Faculty of Physical Education. He began his motorsport career in 1970, coached by Enn Griffel and Richard Laur. In 1981 he won with Toomas Ristlaan silver medal at Soviet Union championships. He is multiple-times Estonian champion in different motorsport disciplines. He has been a member of Estonian Autosport Union.

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