Maret Vaher

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Maret Vaher, 2009

Maret Vaher (born January 12, 1973 in Saverna , rural municipality Valgjärve ) is an Estonian orienteer , ski orienteer and mountain bike orienteer .

Career

Maret Vaher contested her first world championship in 1990 in ski orienteering while still wearing the jersey of the Soviet Union when she was eighth and seventh in the individual competitions, and fourth in the relay with Svetlana Beresin and Jekaterina Petrowa . Her greatest success at an orienteering ski world championship came in 1994 in the Non Valley in Italy, when she won the bronze medal on the long distance behind Pepa Miluschewa from Bulgaria and Virpi Juutilainen from Finland. She started at the World Ski Orienteering Championships in 1996 and 1998 and took fifth place with the Estonian relay, which in 1992 had reached fourth place with Maret Vaher. After that, Vaher concentrated more on orienteering in summer. She started at the World Championships in 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2006, but did not get past a 25th place in an individual competition. At the European Championships in Ukraine in 2000 , she was sixth on the long distance. From 2006 she started to orientate herself in mountain bike races. At the 2007 World Cup she reached tenth place in the middle distance. In 2009 she was fifth at the European Long Distance Championship.

She belongs to the OK Põlva Kobras association. She is 68 times Estonian champion and also won 33 silver and 17 bronze medals. Orienteering athlete Ruth Vaher is her sister.

Placements

Orienteering

World Championships:

  • 1997 : 40th place medium, 45th place long, 7th place relay
  • 1999 : 25th place long, 15th place relay
  • 2001 : 54th place medium, 28th place long, 8th place relay
  • 2006 : 42nd place medium, 32nd place long, 15th place relay

European Championships:

  • 2000 : 6th place long
  • 2002 : 29th place medium, 23rd place long, 16th place relay
  • 2006 : 13th place medium, 28th place long, 7th place relay

Overall World Cup:

Ski orienteering

World Championships:

  • 1990 : 8th place short, 7th place long, 4th place relay
  • 1992 : 10th place short, 5th place long, 4th place relay
  • 1994 : 16th place short, 3rd place long, 7th place relay
  • 1996 : 22nd place short, 17th place long, 5th place relay
  • 1998 : 16th place short, 17th place long, 5th place relay

Mountain bike orienteering

World Championships:

  • 2006 : 11th place short, 24th place long
  • 2007 : 21st place sprint, 10th place medium, 36th place long
  • 2009 : 42nd place sprint, 19th place medium
  • 2010 : 21st place sprint, 32nd place medium, 26th place long

European Championships:

  • 2006 : Kurz dsq., 13th place Lang, 5th place relay
  • 2009 : 22nd place short, 20th place medium, 5th place long

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Delfi Sport: ERAKORDNE: Maret Vaher võitis 68th meistrikulla! (February 12, 2012)
  2. ^ ESBL: Ruth Vaher (Estonian; accessed April 2, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME Vaher, Maret
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian orienteer, ski orienteer, mountain bike orienteer
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Saverna , rural municipality Valgjärve