Roland Lessing
Roland Lessing 
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| Full name | Roland Lessing | ||||||||
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 Estonia
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| birthday | 14th April 1978 (age 42) | ||||||||
| place of birth | Tartu , Estonian SSR , Soviet Union | ||||||||
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| job | Police chief candidate / student |
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| society | Elva Ski Club | ||||||||
| Trainer | Purely Pedaja | ||||||||
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Admission to the national team |
1998 | ||||||||
| Debut in the World Cup | 1998 | ||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||
| End of career | 2019 | ||||||||
| World Cup balance | |||||||||
| Overall World Cup | 48th ( 2014/15 ) | ||||||||
| Individual World Cup | 28th ( 2006/07 ) | ||||||||
| Sprint World Cup | 50th ( 2007/08 ) | ||||||||
| Pursuit World Cup | 36th ( 2009/10 ) | ||||||||
| Mass start world cup | 34th ( 2014/15 ) | ||||||||
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| last change: January 8, 2019 | |||||||||
Roland Lessing (born April 14, 1978 in Tartu ) is a former Estonian biathlete .
Career
Roland Lessing from Elva starts for the local Elva Skiclub . He has been practicing biathlon since 1987. His trainer is Rein Pedaja. Since 1998 he has been a member of the Estonian national team.
Roland Lessing made his debut in 1997 at the Junior World Championships in Forni Avoltri and a year later in Jericho without any notable successes. In 1998 he also took part in the World Championships in summer biathlon in Osrblie . In the same place he made his debut in the biathlon world cup at the beginning of the following season . In the sprint he was 75. At the season highlight Lessing appeared in Kontiolahti for the first time at the biathlon world championships , but without any notable successes. Lessing started at all world championships from now until 2007. Again in the summer biathlon, he started again from 2000 at the world championships, which were held in Khanty-Mansiysk . After a sixth place in the sprint and a fifth place in the pursuit, he won bronze with Indrek Tobreluts , Janno Prants and Dimitri Borovik with the relay.
In Salt Lake City , Lessing started at the Olympic Games in 2002 . Here his best result was an eleventh place with the relay. It was not until the 2005/06 season that Lessing achieved World Cup points for the first time. In Östersund he was twelfth in the sprint. However, he was able to achieve better results several times with the relay. His highlight of the 2006 season was his participation in the Olympic Winter Games in Turin , where Lessing, however, again remained without any noteworthy results. Things went better a year later at the 2007 Biathlon World Championships in Antholz. Here Lessing was 23rd in the individual and eleventh in the relay.
Roland Lessing made it into the top ten in the World Cup for the first time in the 2008/2009 season in Trondheim. In the sprint he is 10th. He achieved his first podium in 2009 in Pokljuka. Surprisingly, he took second place in the pursuit with an error-free shooting performance, having already finished 16th in the sprint.
Roland Lessing started at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games , his best result was 62nd place in the sprint. With the season, Lessing was 14.
After the 2018/19 season, he ended his career as an active biathlete.
statistics
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 |
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| 1st place | ||||||
| 2nd place | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 3rd place | ||||||
| Top 10 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14th | ||
| Scoring | 8th | 14th | 10 | 2 | 84 | 118 |
| Starts | 42 | 106 | 47 | 2 | 85 | 282 |
| As of January 8, 2019 | ||||||
winter Olympics
Results at Olympic Winter Games:
| Individual competitions | Relay competitions | |||||
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| sprint | persecution | singles | Mass start | Men's relay | Mixed relay | |
Olympic Winter Games 2002  | Salt Lake City
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70. | - | 45. | 11. | ||
Olympic Winter Games 2006 | Turin
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58. | 51. | 62. | - | 15th | |
2010 Winter Olympics | Vancouver
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62. | - | 65. | - | 14th | |
Olympic Winter Games 2014 | Sochi
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65. | - | - | - | 17th | - |
Olympic Winter Games 2018 | Pyeongchang
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41. | 53. | 70. | - | 13. | - |
Web links
- Roland Lessing in the IBU database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lessing, Roland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian biathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tartu |