Külli Kaljus

Külli Kaljus, who took the surname Pirksaar in 2004, is an Estonian orienteer and distance runner born on 22 January 1973 in Toila. She graduated in geography from the University of Tartu in 1995. She began orienteering in 1983, coached first by Elli Saal until 1989 and then by Tõnu Raid, and she competed at the World Orienteering Championships. She won medals at the Soviet Union orienteering championships, has been Estonian champion several times in different orienteering disciplines, and was a member of the Estonian national orienteering team from 1988 to 2001. From 1996 she also competed in athletics under coach Harry Lemberg, concentrating on longer distances, and she belonged to the Estonian national athletics team from 1997 to 2002. Her personal bests include 4:32.77 for 1500 metres, 16:14.47 for 5000 metres and 2:35.54 for the marathon, all set in 2001.