Eveli Saue

Eveli Saue
Association	Estonia
birthday	February 13, 1984
place of birth	Kärdla
Career
society	Sports club Biathlon Kärdla
Trainer	Tõnu Pääsuke
Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup	2003
Debut in the World Cup	2002
status	resigned
End of career	2012
Medal table
Junior World Championship 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Junior World Championship bronze Kontiolahti 2005 Season
World Cup balance
Overall World Cup	27. ( 2007/2008 )
Individual World Cup	10. ( 2006/2007 )
Sprint World Cup	24. ( 2010/2011 )
Pursuit World Cup	18th (2007/2008)
Mass start world cup	24. (2010/2011)
last change: March 27, 2011

Eveli Saue (born February 13, 1984 in Kärdla ) is a former Estonian biathlete .

Eveli Saue, who has been biathlon since 2001 , starts for the Kärdla Biathlon sports club . The student, who lives in Elva , has been part of the Estonian national team since 2002 and is trained by Tõnu Pääsuke. She made her debut in the biathlon world cup in 2002 in Antholz on the individual distance (75th). The following year she ran in the same place, again in an individual race, for the first time in the points (27th). In 2004 she took part in the World Championships in Oberhof (81st in the sprint). At the Junior World Championships in 2005 in Kontiolahti , Finland , she won the bronze medal in the relay competition together with Tagne Täne and Sirli Hanni . At the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin , where she was the flag bearer of the Estonian team at the opening ceremony, she competed in the individual (73rd), sprint (47th) and pursuit (lapped). In the individual World Cup race in Hochfilzen in the 2006/07 season , she surprisingly made it into the top of the world for the first time with a fifth place. In 2007 , the Estonian started at the World Cup in Antholz . With 15th place in the sprint, 23rd place in the pursuit and 22nd place in the mass start, she achieved good results, and in the individual she was 28th in the top 30. With the relay she came in 13th place, her previous World Championship Best result. In another individual race in Lahti , Finland , she also reached the top ten with 8th place. At the end of the season, the Estonian reached 34th place overall, which she was able to improve in the following season with 27th place. At the 2008 World Cup , in its best season so far, Saue was able to take part in all races and always finish in the top 30. In the individual she reached the 23rd place, in the sprint she was 26th, 19th in the pursuit and 29th in the mass start. With the relay Saue was 17th. The 2009 World Cup in Pyeongchang was less successful . In no single race she reached the top 30 places. She finished 77th in the individual, in the sprint she was 51st, but could improve to 32nd in the pursuit race. With the season Eveli Saue ran in 14th place. In the 2008/09 season she could not quite hold the position as 40th, but continued to run in the expanded circle of the world's best.

After a good preparation for the 2009-10 season , where they, among other things won the biathlon test race in Muonio, she retired at the start of the World Cup season in Östersund in a training accident a broken fibula to. After her injury break, she started the sprint competition at the World Cups in Ruhpolding and Antholz , where she was only able to finish in 89th and 67th place. Nevertheless, Eveli Saue was nominated for the 2010 Winter Olympics. In addition to rank 18 with the Estonian relay, rank 42 in the individual was her best result in Vancouver . After the competitions in Vancouver, Saue started at the 2010 European Biathlon Championships in Otepää . In both the individual competition and the sprint, she just missed a medal as fourth. In the pursuit competition she took ninth place and with the Estonian relay she was fifth. In the 2010/11 season , Saue was able to reconnect with the expanded world leaders. At the beginning of the World Cup season, she finished tenth in the sprint in Hochfilzen. Her best result of the season was achieved in the sprint competition in Antholz, where she was able to fight for ninth place with faultless shooting performance. In the course of the season she got another five top 20 placements. In the end, she finished 28th in the overall World Cup ranking. The 2011 Biathlon World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk , Russia , began for Saue with a 42nd place in the sprint competition. In the subsequent pursuit competition, she was lapped on the last lap. Due to the poor results, they could not take part in the mass start competition. In the individual competition, however, she showed a great improvement and with twelfth place she achieved her best career result at world championships so far. After the World Cup season, Saue competed in the Estonian championships in cross-country skiing over 30 kilometers freestyle. Together with her teammate Kadri Lehtla , she was able to break away from the specialists shortly before the finish. In the final sprint, Saue prevailed against Lehtla and won her first national title in cross-country skiing. After Saue with rank 28 in the overall ranking of the World Cup season no longer lived up to her own performance requirements and because she did not feel well enough supported by the Estonian Association, she announced that she would take a break in the 2011/12 season. She considered a return to competitive sport for the following season, at least she would like to resume training then. In January 2012 Saue announced that he would return to the World Cup and take part in the competitions in Oslo in order to support the Estonian team, especially at the 2012 Biathlon World Championships in Ruhpolding. As a preparatory competition, she contested the Estonian championship in cross-country skiing, where she finished fifth in the victory of Kadri Lehtla over 10 kilometers of freestyle. In the sprint competition in Oslo she finished 53rd with two penalties on her comeback in the biathlon world cup. At the Biathlon World Championship, Saue finished 35th with two shooting errors.

In May 2012, Saue announced that she would not continue her sporting career and would concentrate on her job. However, she wants to stay with the Estonian biathlon and contribute her experience to youth work in an advisory capacity.

Eveli Saue lives in Elva with the Estonian biathlete Priit Viks . She also takes part in orienteering competitions and won a bronze medal in the short distance at the 2003 Junior World Championships.

Biathlon World Cup placements

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).

• 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
• Relay: including mixed relays

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10	2	3	1		1	7th
Scoring	12	26th	19th	12	19th	88
Starts	27	69	32	12	19th	159

Web links

• Eveli Saue in the IBU database (English)
• Eveli Saue in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Website from Eveli Saue and Priit Viks

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eesti lippu kannab Torino taliolümpia avamisel Eveli Saue . sport.err.ee. February 7, 2007. Accessed on February 16, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ No longer available Wikio blog entry "Biathletes test each other in Muonio: Saue and Antila win individual races" from November 18, 2009
3. ↑ Favorites Remain the Same in 20K . /www4.biathlonworld.com. December 3, 2009. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 16, 2011. 
4. ↑ Saue krooniti ka tavasuusatamises Eesti parimaks . Postimees . March 27, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
5. ↑ Estin Eveli Saue is taking a break from biathlon . www.biathlon-online.de. April 21, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
6. ↑ Eveli Saue: pigem on Eesti koondisel MM-il mind . sport.delfi.ee. January 28, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
7. ↑ Eveli Saue lõpetab sportlaskarjääri . Postimees. May 9, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2012.