On the International Women’s Day, Estonian World has since 2015 highlighted some of the most outstanding Estonian women on the global stage – this is our take in 2022.
Kelly Sildaru has become the first Estonian freestyle skier to win a Winter Olympic medal, after winning a bronze in women’s freeski slopestyle at Beijing 2022.
2021 has reached an end, so perhaps it is time for reflection on a year in Estonia which has seen changes in national and local government, not to mention a new head of state. The highs of sporting success in the olympics, in tennis, swimming and athletics, all vied for our attention, as did the highs, but not in a good way, of soaring energy prices near year-end, and spikes in coronavirus rates in spring and autumn.
The national olympics governing body has approved a 2022 budget of close to €15 million, the highest figure to date, on the back of recent successes and ahead of a busy calendar next year.