Age, Biography and Wiki
Tanel Leok was born on 1 June, 1985 in Võru, Estonia, is an Estonian motorcycle racer. Discover Tanel Leok'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 38 years old?
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| Age |
38 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
| Born |
1 June 1985 |
| Birthday |
1 June |
| Birthplace |
Võru, Estonia |
| Nationality |
Estonian
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He is a member of famous Racer with the age 38 years old group.
Tanel Leok Height, Weight & Measurements
At 38 years old, Tanel Leok height is 177 cm .
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177 cm |
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Not Available |
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Not Available |
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Not Available |
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Who Is Tanel Leok's Wife?
His wife is Karoliina Karu (m. 2008)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Karoliina Karu (m. 2008) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
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Not Available |
Tanel Leok Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Tanel Leok worth at the age of 38 years old? Tanel Leok’s income source is mostly from being a successful Racer. He is from Estonian. We have estimated Tanel Leok'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 |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Racer |
Tanel Leok Social Network
Timeline
Tanel Leok (born 1 June 1985) is an Estonian professional motocross racer.
He became the first rider with two junior world titles to his credit, winning the 85 cc FIM world cup in 2000 and the 125cc FIM Junior World Cup in 2001.
He has competed in the Motocross World Championships since 2001.
Tanel was born in Võru, Estonia and currently resides in Balen, Belgium.
His father, Arvo Leok, was a motocross rider and introduced his son to the sport at a young age.
He lived in Estonia and attended Sõmerpalu Primary school until he was 16 years old when he decided to pursue his racing career full-time.
He turned semi-professional midway through the 2001 season, and qualified for a number of GP races at 15 years of age.
He claimed his first senior title in 2001 as well, being crowned German 125cc champion.
His hard-charging and unmistakable racing style earned him the moniker "The Estonian Express."
In 2003, the Vangani Racing team metamorphosed into Bruforce Racing, still on KTM motorcycles.
Tanel had by now definitely broken through in the top level of motocross world.
After a few successful races in the 125cc class in 2003, he successfully shifted to 250 cc class for the Motovision Racing Suzuki team in 2004.
He made a huge impact during this season, being the only remaining top level rider on a two-stroke machine in the class.
His reputation was solidified with a number of furious on-track battles with the hotshots of the class, such as multiple world champion Stefan Everts.
At the end of the 2004 season he signed a two-year contract with the Kawasaki factory team of legendary champion maker Jan De Groot.
In his first season with LS Motors Honda team Tanel chose his "legendary" riding number 40, he started riding in MX1 class with this number in 2004.
In addition he got his first personal driving trainer – Marnicq Bervoets, this is very important renewal for Leok.
Leok claimed his first podium in FIM Motocross World Championships MX1 class on 2 April 2006 at Zolder, Belgium.
This contract was renewed for another two-year term at the end of the 2006 racing season.
After having claimed numerous GP podiums in the preceding year, Tanel Leok won his first MX1 Grand Prix in Ireland in 31, August 2008.
He claimed 9 podiums and 1449 points with kawasaki team.
At the end of the 2008 Season, Red Bull Yamaha De Carli announced that they will move on to MX1-GP in the 2009 season and the riders will be Antonio Cairoli and Tanel Leok.
The 2009 season started off well for the Estonian, winning the Italian MX1 motocross championships by a margin of 5 points over Cairoli (158–153).
He won the first GP of the season in Faenza, Italy, and was the first holder of the red plate marking him as world championship leader.
2009 year was steady season for Leok, only 2 retirements: 1st race in Latvia and 2nd race in Brazil.
Tanel signed with Honda on September 27, 2009 and in 2010 season he is in LS Motors Honda team, his teammate is Davide Guarneri.
His first competition with Honda was on February 7, 2010 in the Mantua Starcross.
He had good starts, placed 3rd in second race and 1st in third race, overall place was 6th, because he retired first race.
Tanel Leok finished 2nd to Guarneri in Italian MX1 motocross championships.
Leok lost the championship by 17 points (152–135).
On May 16, 2010 Leok won the second race and was the overall winner in the Grand Prix of Catalunya.
In September 2010 Tanel signed with TM Racing Factory Team.
His first competition with TM was on February 19–20, 2011 in Mantova Starcross.
Leok finished second in all three races and were also second overall behind David Philippaerts.
The 2011 season was poor season for Tanel, he had several crashes and technical problems with bike.
The best moment of this season was holeshot win in the Grand Prix of Czech Republic and the worst moment was the crash in the Grand Prix of Great Britain.
In October 2011 Tanel signed with Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 team, this is Suzuki factory team.
His teammate in 2012 season was Clement Desalle.
On February 5, 2012 Tanel Leok battled snow and icy conditions to race to second place overall against 1080 riders at Enduropale Du Touquet Beach Race in northern France, less than two minutes behind overall winner Jean-Claude Mousse.
