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HISTORY

Club Tartu Maraton's main project has been ski race Tartu Maraton, first organized in 1960. Within years the small group's skiing trip has grown into a big marathon that brings together thousands of skiers from all over the world. Biggest numbers descend from 1986, when almost 12 000 people registered from all over the Soviet Union.


As the eastern border was closed in 1991, the numbers have become smaller. The popularity of the ski marathon which standard of organization is internationally acknowledged brings now here participants from every corner of the world. In 2013 there was established participation record of last 25 years 7881 finishers in the main distances.

Besides the main 63 km race the Tartu Maraton program includes a 31 km short race. In 2019 the Tartu Maraton Vintage was added to the program. Everyone with an equipment made before the year 2000 are welcome to join Tartu Maraton Vintage. These races are preceded by the Open Track and the relay marathon a week before. TILLU and MINI races for children take place a day before the main event.

Club Tartu Maraton has managed to prove itself more widely in the world of cross-country skiing. Since 1994 when Tartu Marathon became a member of Worldloppet the organizers have constantly tried to improve the level of organization, which has brought along the acknowledgement of participants and increased the share of participants from foreign countries. In years 1999-2004, the Worldloppet General Secretariat was in Tartu, the first headquarter of an international sports organization in Estonia. The Secretary General was Madis Lepajõe, a founding member of Club Tartu Maraton.
In 1999, Tartu Maraton was awarded as The Best Tourism Establishment by Estonian Association of Travel Agents and in 2010 as The Best Touruism Establishment in South Estonia.

  • Timeline

    1960 – took place for the first time. Course form Tartu to Kääriku
    1980 – for the first time as a competition (all participants received startnumbers and were ranked). Corse turned from Otepää to Tartu
    1981 – new rececourse for next 15 years from Matu to Elva
    1986 – the greatest number of participants at the finish - 9858. The best sport establishment of Soviet Union
    1991 – Club Tartu Maraton was founded
    1994 – became member of the Worldloppet
    1995 – the first race as a Worldloppet member
    1996 – Open Track events were added to the program
    1997 – 33 km short race was added to program, start was moved to Otepää
    1999 – 2004 – Headquarters of Worldloppet in Tartu
    1999 – title of the Best Tourism Establishment in Estonia by Estonian Association of Travel Agents
    2002 – 16 km Tartu Ladies Race was added to the Open Track program
    2009 – Tartu Maraton moved its finish area to Tartumaa Tervisespordikeskus
    2010 – title of the Best Tourism Establishment in South Estonia by South Estonian Tourism Board
    2012 – Tartu Relay Marathon was added to the program 
    2016 – Worldloppet's head office is back in Tartu
    2019 – Tartu Maraton Vintage was added to the program

  • Winners

     

    1960 Rein Tikk  EST  -  
    1962 Valter Tennisson, Anatoli Kreinin  EST  -  
    1963 Valter Tennisson  EST  -  
    1964

    Valeri Zelentsov

     EST  -  
    1965 Tõnu Haljand  EST  -  
    1967 Rudolf Mürk  EST  Eha Abel (Suija)  EST
    1968 Arvo Kütt  EST  Ene Märtin (Altmäe)  EST
    1969 Hain Kinks  EST  Ingrid Mägar  EST
    1970 Tõnu Kinks  EST  -  
    1971 Vladimir Šokman   EST  -  
    1976 Mati Mallo  EST  Taima Kuusk (Nurm)  EST
    1977 Tõnu Kinks  EST  Tatjana Ojavere  EST
    1978 Anatoli Šmigun  EST  Rutt Šmigun  EST
    1979 Arne Sammel   EST  Ülle Torop (Raudsepp)  EST
    1980

    Arne Sirel

     EST  Küllike Ohno  EST
    1981 Mati Albert  EST  Helmi Mihhailova  EST
    1982 Mati Albert  EST  Rutt Šmigun  EST
    1983 Jaanus Teppan  EST  Rutt Šmigun  EST
    1984 Vahur Kihuoja   EST  Siiri Sepp  EST
    1985 Artur Daniel   EST  Kerstin Kruuda (Margus)  EST
    1986 Nikolai Politajev  EST  Ingrid Tikk  EST
    1987 Ulvar Pavlov   EST  Krista Lepik  EST
    1991 Margo Pulles  EST  Ene Tjulkina (Ojari)  EST
    1993 Ulvar Pavlov  EST  Ene Aigro  EST
    1994 Raul Olle  EST  Katrin Mauring  EST
    1995 Hakan Westin  SWE  Ene Aigro  EST
    1996 Hakan Westin  SWE  Maria Theurl   AUT
    1997 Mihhail Botvinov  AUT  Gudrun Pflüger  AUT
    1998 Mihhail Botvinov  AUT  Piret Niglas  EST
    1999 Johann Mühlegg  GER  Nadezda Simak  RUS
    2001 Raul Olle  EST  Piret Niglas  EST
    2002 Havard Skorstad  NOR  Elin Nielsen  NOR
    2003 Joergen Aukland  NOR  Svetlana Frizen  RUS
    2005 Raul Olle  EST  Tatjana Mannima  EST
    2006 Stanislav Rezac  CZE  Õnne Kurg  EST
    2007 Jerry Ahrlin  SWE  Elin Ek  SWE
    2009 Anders Aukland  NOR  Sandra Hansson  NOR
    2010 Anders Aukland  NOR  Sandra Hansson  NOR
    2011 Jerry Ahrlin  SWE  Sandra Hansson  NOR
    2012 Joergen Brink  SWE   Susanne Nystroem  SWE
    2013 Simen Oestesen  NOR  Sandra Hansson  NOR
    2015 Eldar Roenning  NOR  Tatjana Mannima  EST
    2017 Bastien Buttin  FRA  Aurelie Dabudyk  FRA
    2018 Antoine Auger  FRA  Maria Gräfnings  SWE
    2019 Niko Koskela  FIN  Maria Gräfnings  SWE
    2021 Mart-Kevin Põlluste   EST  Tatjana Mannima  EST
    2022 Emil Persson                 SWE  Britta Johansson Norgren  SWE
    2023 Henri Roos  EST  Justyna Kowalczyk-Tekieli  POL
    2024 Henri Roos  EST  Teesi Tuul  EST

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