Kaur Kivistik

Kaur Kivistik
nation	Estonia
birthday	29th April 1991 (age 28)
place of birth	Tartu ,  Soviet Union
size	192 cm
Weight	76 kg
Career
discipline	Obstacle course
Best performance	8: 28.55 min
society	Tartu SS Kalev
Medal table
Summer Universiade 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Universiade silver Gwangju 2015 3000 m obstacle
last change: August 18, 2020

Kaur Kivistik (born April 29, 1991 in Tartu , Estonian SSR , USSR ) is an Estonian athlete who competes in the medium-distance and obstacle course .

Athletic career

International experience gained Kaur Kivistik in 2010, when he at the World Junior Championships in Moncton in the steeplechase with 9: 16.87 minutes was eliminated in advance, as well as in the U23 European Championships out in in Ostrava with 8 minutes 53.15. In 2012 he reached the final at the European Championships in Helsinki , where he finished 14th in 8: 58.02 min. At the U23 European Championships in Tampere in 2013 he was fifth in 8: 42.98 min and in 2015 he won the silver medal behind the German Martin Grau at the Summer Universiade in Gwangju in 8: 32.23 min . He qualified for the first time for the World Championships in Beijing , but did not reach the final in 8: 56.36 minutes . In 2016 he reached sixth place at the European Championships in Amsterdam in 8: 33.75 minutes and then took part in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he was eliminated with 8: 44.25 minutes in advance .

In 2017 he finished eighth in the Student World Games in Taipei in 8: 48.04 minutes and the following year he was ninth in the final at the European Championships in Berlin in 8: 40.32 minutes and was in the lead with 8: 28.84 minutes set a new national record. In 2019 he again took part in the World Championships in Doha , but did not reach the final again with 8: 39.26 min .

In 2016 and 2017 as well as 2019 and 2020 , Kivistik became Estonian champion in obstacle course. In 2019 he also won over 800 and 1500 meters and in 2020 also over 1500 and 10,000 meters. In 2014, he was also the indoor champion in the 1,500 meter run .

Personal best

• 800 meters: 1: 51.69 min, June 16, 2018 in Ogre
  • 800 meters (hall): 2: 01.62 min, February 19, 2012 in Tartu
• 1500 meters: 3: 43.83 s, June 15, 2014 in Tartu
  • 1500 meters (hall): 3: 49.05 min, February 22, 2014 in Tartu
• 10,000 meters: 30: 19.19 min, July 19, 2020 in Tallinn
• 3000 m obstacle: 8: 28.55 min, September 3, 2019 in Zagreb ( Estonian record )

Web links

Commons : Kaur Kivistik  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kaur Kivistik in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Kaur Kivistik in the database of Olympedia.org (English)