Allar Raja is an Estonian rower, born on 22 June 1983 and a member of the rowing club SK Kalev in Pärnu. He competes mainly in the quadruple sculls and the double sculls. He won his first world championship medal, a bronze in the quadruple sculls, at Eton in 2006, and has four world championship bronze medals in all, as well as four European titles and several further European medals. He rowed at the Olympic Games in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020, finishing ninth, fourth and sixth, and winning bronze in the quadruple sculls at Rio de Janeiro in 2016 with Kaspar Taimsoo, Tõnu Endrekson and Andrei Jämsä. He also won the Queen Mother Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 2008.
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Allar Raja (born 22 June 1983) is an Estonian rower.
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Olympic Games Medals: 1 Bronze
Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Rowing career, 2000-2008
Allar Raja made his first appearance at the Olympics in Beijing 2008 competing in the quadruple sculls event with Igor Kuzmin, Vladimir Latin and Kaspar Taimsoo.
Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, Rowing career, 2009-2012
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London, Raja also represented Estonia in the quadruple sculls event.
Competed In: 2016 Summer Olympics, Rowing career, 2013-2016
In the final they finished third winning the bronze medals, behind crews from Germany and Australia, respectively.
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