page_title: Allar Raja
section_title: 2013–2016
hierarchical_section_title: Allar Raja / Rowing career / 2013–2016
caption_attribution_description: English: From left: Kaspar Taimsoo, Tõnu Endrekson, Allar Raja, Andrei Jämsä at 2016 European Rowing Championships (gold medal).Deutsch: Andrei Jämsä, Allar Raja, Tõnu Endrekson, Kaspar Taimsoo, Ruder-EM 2016
context_page_description: Allar Raja is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Kalev" located in Pärnu.
context_section_description: In summer of 2013 Raja and Taimsoo formed a new quadruple scull crew with young prospects Sten-Erik Anderson and Kaur Kuslap. They also finished 5th at the 2013 World Rowing Championships held at Tangeum Lake, Chungju in South Korea. The same team repeated their 5th place at the 2014 World Rowing Championships held in Amsterdam. At the 2013 European Championships, held in Seville, Spain Raja competed in the double sculls event with Kaspar Taimsoo. The result was a disappointment as the men did not reach Final A and finished in 7th place overall.
  In the summer of 2015 Raja and Taimsoo reunited with Tõnu Endrekson and Andrei Jämsä in preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games. The crew went on to win a bronze medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships held in France. In the spring of 2016 they also won a gold medal at the 2016 European Championships. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, held in Rio de Janeiro, Taimsoo made his third olympic appearance in the quadruple sculls event, with Raja, Endrekson and Jämsä. The crew won their preliminary heat, thus earning a place in Final A. In the final they finished third winning the bronze medals, behind crews from Germany and Australia, respectively.
caption: Raja (second from right) with teammates at the podium of the 2016 European Championships
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