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Andrus Veerpalu was born on 8 February, 1971 in Pärnu, Estonia, is an Estonian cross-country skier. Discover Andrus Veerpalu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?

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Age 53 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 8 February 1971
Birthday 8 February
Birthplace Pärnu, Estonia
Nationality Estonia

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Andrus Veerpalu Height, Weight & Measurements

At 53 years old, Andrus Veerpalu height is 1.82m and Weight 73 kg.

Physical Status
Height 1.82m
Weight 73 kg
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Who Is Andrus Veerpalu's Wife?

His wife is Angela Veerpalu

Family
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Wife Angela Veerpalu
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Children Anette Veerpalu

Andrus Veerpalu Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Andrus Veerpalu worth at the age of 53 years old? Andrus Veerpalu’s income source is mostly from being a successful Skier. He is from Estonia. We have estimated Andrus Veerpalu's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
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Source of Income Skier

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1971

Andrus Veerpalu (born 8 February 1971) is a retired Estonian cross-country skier.

1999

Note: Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

He is married to Angela Veerpalu and they have five children.

2002

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.

2003

He has also won the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2003 and 2005.

2005

Veerpalu earned the Holmenkollen medal in 2005, the first Estonian to do so.

Veerpalu is the fourth athlete to compete in cross-country skiing at six Winter Olympics, after Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Harri Kirvesniemi, and Jochen Behle.

(Kateřina Neumannová is also a cross-country skier who competed at six Olympics, but one of her appearances was in cycling.)

2006

On 17 February 2006 Veerpalu won his second Winter Olympics gold medal (in 15 km cross country skiing; his previous gold medal is from the Salt Lake City games), becoming the fourth Estonian to have won two Olympic gold medals (Kristjan Palusalu, Erika Salumäe and Kristina Šmigun-Vähi are the first three).

He is the most successful Olympic athlete from Estonia with three medals.

2009

Veerpalu has also found success at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning a gold at 15 km in 2009 at Liberec, 30 km in 2001 at Lahti and a silver at 50 km in 1999 at Ramsau.

Veerpalu became the oldest world champion in history with his victory at Liberec 2009 on the 15 km classical event.

He was then 38 years old.

He is also the oldest Olympic champion in individual distance.

2010

(Kristina Šmigun-Vähi tied that record at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics)

Veerpalu also competed in the men's 50 km, Mass Start Classic at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing at the 6th place.

2011

On 23 February 2011, Veerpalu announced that he will end his professional sportsman career due to a chronic knee injury.

Several months after Veerpalu's retirement it was announced that he had tested positive for HGH (growth hormone), however he had pleaded innocent in HGH treatment.

Estonian biochemistry doctors explained that the verdict was untimely and that there was no reliable method to distinguish artificial HGH from natural background hormone.

Veerpalu appealed the test result to the FIS.

The FIS antidoping commission found Veerpalu guilty and extended his ban to three years, due to Veerpalu's team's lack of co-operation with FIS.

A group of top Estonian biochemists investigated the matter and insist Veerpalu was a false positive.

2013

The Court of Arbitration for Sport acquitted Veerpalu, lifted his doping ban and ordered the FIS to pay a part of Veerpalu's court costs on 25 March 2013.

The court stated "that there are many factors in this case which tend to indicate that the Athlete did in fact himself administer exogenous hGH" but found that the decision limit, the threshold for considering the result an adverse analytical finding, was not sufficiently reliable to uphold the doping conviction.

Krista Fischer, a senior researcher for the Estonian Genome Center, questioned what these unexplained factors hinted at by CAS could be: "So what were these factors? Right now the only numbers that seem to hint at doping are the same four numbers that have been ruled invalid."

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).