The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Estonian Skiers of all time. This list of famous Estonian Skiers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
With an HPI of 42.34, Andrus Veerpalu is the most famous Estonian Skier. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.
Andrus Veerpalu (born 8 February 1971) is a retired Estonian cross-country skier. He is Estonia's most successful Winter Olympian, having won the gold medal in men's 15 km classical in 2002 and 2006, and silver in men's 50 km classical in 2002.
With an HPI of 38.41, Allar Levandi is the 2nd most famous Estonian Skier. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Allar Levandi (born 28 December 1965) is an Estonian nordic combined skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s under two different nations in three straight Winter Olympic Games (1988: Soviet Union, 1992 and 1994: Estonia). He trained at Dynamo in Tallinn when Estonia was under Soviet rule in the late 1980s. He won a bronze in the 15 km individual at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Levandi also won a bronze medal in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf.
With an HPI of 29.56, Kelly Sildaru is the 3rd most famous Estonian Skier. Her biography has been translated into 22 different languages.
Kelly Sildaru (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈkelʲˑi ˈsilˑdɑ.ru]; born 17 February 2002) is an Estonian Olympic freestyle skier.
Pantheon has 3 people classified as skiers born between 1965 and 2002. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living skiers include Andrus Veerpalu, Allar Levandi, and Kelly Sildaru.
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.34
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.41
2002 - Present
HPI: 29.56