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Estonia at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

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Estonia at the
2022 Winter Paralympics
Flag of Estonia
IPC codeEST
NPCEstonian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ee (in Estonian)
in Beijing, China
4 March 2022 (2022-03-04) – 13 March 2022 (2022-03-13)
Competitors5 (3 men and 2 women)
Flag bearers
  • Signe Falkenberg
  • Mait Mätas
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1988)

Estonia was represented at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China by the Estonian Paralympic Committee.

In total, five athletes represented Estonia, all in the wheelchair curling.

Competitors

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In total, five athletes represented Estonia at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China in one sport.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Wheelchair curling 3 2 5
Total 3 2 5

Wheelchair curling

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Main article: Wheelchair curling at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

Five Estonian athletes participated in the wheelchair curling – skip Andrei Koitmäe, third Lauri Murasov, second Mait Mätas, lead Katlin Riidebach and alternate Signe Falkenberg.[2][3]

The wheelchair curling took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre in the Chaoyang District of Beijing from 5–12 March 2022.[4] Estonia played their first round-robin matches on 6 March 2022. They lost their first match 9–6 against the USA and, later on the same day, they lost 9–3 to hosts China. On 7 March 2022, Estonia won their first match of the competition by defeating Latvia 6–5 before they defeated Norway 8–3 to hold a record of two wins and two losses after three days of competition.[5]

The following day, 8 March 2022, Estonia's winning streak ended as they lost 10–5 to Great Britain before losing 6–4 against Sweden. On 9 March 2022, Estonia lost 5–2 to South Korea before subsequently extending their losing streak to four matches following a 9–3 defeat against Canada.[5]

Estonia played their final round-robin matches on 10 March 2022. After defeating Switzerland 8–6, they lost their final round-robin match against Slovakia 7–6. As a result, Estonia ended the competition with a record of three wins and seven losses as they finished in 10th position overall. They did not compete in the pay-offs.[5]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
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Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Andrei Koitmäe
Lauri Murasov
Mait Mätas
Katlin Riidebach
Signe Falkenberg 		Mixed  USA
L 6–9 		 CHN
L 3–9 		 LAT
W 6–5 		 NOR
W 8–3 		 GBR
L 5–10 		 SWE
L 4–6 		 KOR
L 2–5 		 CAN
L 3–9 		 SUI
W 8–6 		 SVK
L 6–7 		10 did not advance

Round robin Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC
 China Wang Haitao 8 2 – 68 39 36 28 2 13 71% 122.32
 Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 7 3 2–0 65 57 40 33 1 16 65% 95.19
 Sweden Viljo Petersson-Dahl 7 3 1–1 66 52 37 35 3 18 68% 91.08
 Canada Mark Ideson 7 3 0–2 69 50 36 33 2 11 71% 95.29
 United States Matthew Thums 5 5 1–0 60 75 32 39 2 6 60% 70.98
 South Korea Go Seung-nam 5 5 0–1 64 59 35 37 0 11 64% 103.20
 Norway Jostein Stordahl 4 6 2–0 60 64 37 38 2 13 64% 107.82
 Great Britain Hugh Nibloe 4 6 1–1 67 56 37 36 0 16 62% 134.75
 Latvia Poļina Rožkova 4 6 0–2 61 71 40 32 0 18 63% 100.43
 Estonia Andrei Koitmäe 3 7 – 51 69 32 41 2 13 61% 106.21
 Switzerland Laurent Kneubühl 1 9 – 48 87 32 42 0 8 56% 109.27
Wheelchair curling round robin summary table
Pos. Country Canada China Estonia Great Britain Japan Norway Slovakia South Korea Sweden Switzerland United States Record
4  Canada — 7–3 9–3 6–3 10–3 7–6 8–9 4–9 3–6 8–4 7–4 7–3
1  China 3–7 — 9–3 6–3 9–2 7–4 7–5 9–4 1–5 7–4 10–2 8–2
10  Estonia 3–9 3–9 — 5–10 6–5 8–3 6–7 2–5 4–6 8–6 6–9 3–7
8  Great Britain 3–6 3–6 10–5 — 8–4 5–7 3–7 6–8 4–6 15–1 10–6 4–6
9  Latvia 3–10 2–9 5–6 4–8 — 6–8 8–4 8–4 9–7 9–7 7–8 4–6
7  Norway 6–7 4–7 3–8 7–5 8–6 — 9–3 4–9 6–8 8–5 5–6 4–6
2  Slovakia 9–8 5–7 7–6 7–3 4–8 3–9 — 7–2 6–5 8–6 9–3 7–3
6  South Korea 9–4 4–9 5–2 8–6 4–8 9–4 2–7 — 10–4 7–8 6–7 5–5
3  Sweden 6–3 5–1 6–4 6–4 7–9 8–6 5–6 4–10 — 9–2 10–7 7–3
11  Switzerland 4–8 4–7 6–8 1–15 7–9 5–8 6–8 8–7 2–9 — 5–8 1–9
5  United States 4–7 2–10 9–6 6–10 8–7 6–5 3–9 7–6 7–10 8–5 — 5–5

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Entry List by NPC - As of THU 3 MAR 2022 - Wheelchair Curling" (PDF). Beijing 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Estonian wheelchair curling team qualifies for Beijing Paralympics". ERR. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Paralympic qualification". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Wheelchair-curling". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  5. ^ a b c "Wheelchair-curling - mixed". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
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