Kaspar Taimsoo is an Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n rower. He is a member of rowing club "Viljandi Sõudeklubi" (Viljandi Rowing Club).

Taimsoo made his first international appearance in the Junior World Championships in 2004 achieving 14th position in the double sculls event. In 2005 he won a bronze medal in the single sculls event at the Junior World Championships.

His first appearance in the Rowing World Championships was in 2007 in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 where he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Allar Raja

Allar Raja

Allar Raja is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Kalev" located in Pärnu.-Junior years:...

, Igor Kuzmin

Igor Kuzmin

Igor Kuzmin is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva.-Junior years:...

 and Vladimir Latin

Vladimir Latin

Vladimir Latin is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva. He finished 9th in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Rowing World Cup:- External links :...

 earning 8th position. The same team achieved 5th position in the 2007 European Rowing Championships held in Poznan

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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Taimsoo made his first appearance at the Olympics in Beijing 2008 competing in the quadruple sculls event with Raja, Kuzmin and Latin. The men were 4th in their preliminary heat and won the repechage. In the semifinals they finished fourth and did not get to Final A. The final place was 9th as they finished third in Final B. The same team also won the Queen Mother Challenge Cup

Queen Mother Challenge Cup

The Queen Mother Challenge Cup is a rowing event for men's quadruple sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England. It is open to male crews from all eligible rowing clubs. Two or more clubs may combine to make an entry.-External links:*...

 at the Henley Royal Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta is a rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. The Royal Regatta is sometimes referred to as Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage...

. In September 2008 he won a silver medal in the European Rowing Championships in the double sculls event with Vladimir Latin.

In 2009 Taimsoo won his first World Championships medal, competing in the double sculls event with Allar Raja in Poznan. The same duo also won the gold medal at the 2009 European Rowing Championships

2009 European Rowing Championships

The European Rowing Championships 2009, the 3rd after the decision made in May 2006 by the FISA to re-establish them, were held in Brest, Belarus, between September 18 and September 20, 2009.-Men's results:-Women's results:-Medal count:...

, held in Brest, Belarus

Brest, Belarus

Brest , formerly also Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk , is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the city of Terespol, where the Bug River and Mukhavets rivers meet...

. Raja and Taimsoo finished 8th at the 2010 World Rowing Championships

2010 World Rowing Championships

The 39th 2010 World Rowing Championships were held at Lake Karapiro, near Cambridge, New Zealand between October 29 – November 7. The annual week-long rowing regatta was organised by FISA . Usually held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer, they were held later in the year in the southern...

 held at Lake Karapiro

Lake Karapiro

Lake Karapiro is an artificial reservoir lake on the Waikato River in the North Island of New Zealand. The lake, near Cambridge and some south-east of the city of Hamilton, was created in 1947 to store water for the Karapiro Power Station, the last of the eight hydroelectric power stations on the...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. The same crew finished second at the 2010 European Championships

2010 European Rowing Championships

The 2010 European Rowing Championships, the 4th since the decision made in May 2006 by the FISA to re-establish them, was held in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal, between September 10 and September 12, 2010.-Men's results:-Women's results:-Medal count:...

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Rowing World Cup

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!colspan="7"|Kaspar Taimsoo Rowing World Cup appearances
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! # !! Date !! Venue !! Country !! Position !! Class !! Crew
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!colspan="7"|2007
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| 1. || 1–3 June 2007 || Danube

Danube

The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

, Linz

Linz

Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...

/Ottensheim

Ottensheim

Ottensheim is a municipality in the district of Urfahr-Umgebung in Upper Austria, Austria. In July 2008 it hosted the World Rowing Championships.- History :...

 ||   Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 || FD 22nd || Double scull

Double scull

A double scull is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, one in each hand....

 || (b) Vladimir Latin

Vladimir Latin

Vladimir Latin is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva. He finished 9th in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Rowing World Cup:- External links :...

, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
|-
| 2. || 13–15 July 2007 || Rotsee

Rotsee

The Rotsee is a natural rowing lake on the northern edge of Lucerne, Switzerland. It is 2,400 m long with virtually no current and protected from winds by nearby hills making it an ideal rowing venue....

, Lucerne

Lucerne

Lucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...

 ||   Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 || FB 11th || Quad scull

Quad scull

A quad scull, or quadruple scull in full, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, one in each hand....

 || (b) Kaspar Taimsoo, Vladimir Latin, Igor Kuzmin

Igor Kuzmin

Igor Kuzmin is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva.-Junior years:...

, (s) Allar Raja

Allar Raja

Allar Raja is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Kalev" located in Pärnu.-Junior years:...

|-
!colspan="7"|2008
|-
| 3. || 8–11 May 2008 || Oberschleissheim, Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 ||   Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 || FB 7th || Quad scull || (b) Kaspar Taimsoo, Vladimir Latin, Igor Kuzmin, (s) Allar Raja
|-
| 4. || 20–22 June 2008 || Lake Malta

Lake Malta

Lake Malta is an artificial lake in Poznań, Poland. It was formed in 1952 as a result of the damming of the Cybina River. It is about 2.2 km long, which makes the lake the biggest man-made lake of the city. The water is 3.1 m deep on average with a maximum about 5 m...

, Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

 ||   Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 || FB 7th || Quad scull || (b) Kaspar Taimsoo, Vladimir Latin, Igor Kuzmin, (s) Allar Raja
|-
!colspan="7"|2009
|-
| 5. || 19–21 June 2009 || Oberschleissheim, Munich ||   Germany || FA 5th || Double scull || (b) Kaspar Taimsoo, (s) Allar Raja
|-
|-style="background-color:#CC9966"
| 6. || 10–12 July 2009 || Rotsee, Lucerne ||   Switzerland || FA 3rd || Double scull || (b) Allar Raja, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
|-
!colspan="7"|2010
|-
|-style="background-color:#CC9966"
| 7. || 28–30 May 2010 || Lake Bled

Lake Bled

Lake Bled is a glacial lake in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia, where it adjoins the town of Bled. The area is a popular tourist destination.-Geography and history:...

, Bled ||   Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

 || FA 3rd || Double scull || (b) Allar Raja, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
|-
| 8. || 9–11 July 2010 || Rotsee, Lucerne ||   Switzerland || FA 4th || Double scull || (b) Allar Raja, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
|-
!colspan="7"|2011
|-
| 9. || 27–29 May 2011 || Oberschleissheim, Munich ||   Germany || FA 4th || Double scull || (b) Allar Raja, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
|-
| 10.|| 17–19 June 2011 || Allermöhe

Allermöhe

Allermöhe is a quarter in the borough Bergedorf of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. The quarter consists of a rural area and the old settlement Allermöhe, on the other hand the new neighbourhood Neu-Allermöhe West, which is a development zone of several agencies of...

, Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

||   Germany || FA 4th || Double scull || (b) Allar Raja, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo
|-
| 11. || 8-10July 2010 || Rotsee, Lucerne ||   Switzerland || FA 6th || Double scull || (b) Allar Raja, (s) Kaspar Taimsoo

External links

• Biography at worldrowing.com