3.  Fencing has been very
successful for Estonia in the
past few decades. Oksana
Jermakova became the first
fencing World Champion for
Estonia winning Individual Épée
in 1993. Irina Embrich has won
some medals in the past years,
but unfortunately failed to
qualify to the 2008 Summer
Olympics.
 Nikolai Novosjolov was the only
Estonian fencer to compete at
the 2008 Olympic tournament
and became world champion
in 2010.
 Estonia has won 10 World
Fencing Championships medals
and several European Fencing
Championships medals.

4. Jaan Kirsipuu has been the best
Estonian road bicycle racer. He has
won 4 Tour de France stages and
1 Vuelta a España stage. Jaan
kirsipuu also wore the yellow
jersey for six days in the1999 Tour
de France.
Erika Salumäe is an Estonian track
bicycle racer who won the first
Olympic gold medal for Estonia after
the country regained its independence
in 1991.
Rein Taaramäe finished the 2011 Tour
de France in 11th place and won the
14th stage of 2011 Vuelta a España. He
also held the white jersey for Stage 8
and 9 in the 2012 Tour de France.

5. Markko Märtin was the first
Estonian who managed to win
the WRC rally. Markko has scored
5 WRC victories, total of 18
podium finishes, 207 points and
101 stage wins. In 2004, he
finished the season with 3rd
place. Markko was one of the best
rally drivers, but now he has
retired. But thousand of rally fans
from Estonia are still interested of
WRC, visiting Rally Finland.

6. Marko Asmer is an Estonian auto
racing driver, whose career
in single seater junior formula is
notable for his British Formula
Three Championship title in
2007. Asmer is also the first
Estonian to test a Formula
One car.
Kevin Korjus is an Estonian racing
driver. In 2010, he won
the Eurocup Formula Renault
2.0 championship.

7. In the Estonian folk calendar
Easter is celebrated not only as a
great church holiday but also as a
spring holiday to welcome the
arrival of the lighter and warmer
season. And although chocolate
eggs and bright-coloured feathers
have found their way into Estonian
family traditions, many of the old
customs are being kept alive, too.