{{short description|Estonian decathlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Andres Raja | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|06|02}} | birth_place = St. Petersburg | death_date = | death_place = | height = 187 cm | weight = | country = {{EST}} | sport = Athletics | event = Decathlon | pb = Decathlon: 8119<br>Heptathlon: 6114 | career = | updated = | medaltemplates = }}
'''Andres Raja''' (born 2 June 1982) is a retired Estonian decathlete.
Raja was born in Leningrad. He finished sixteenth at the 2007 World Championships and sixth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships.
He set a personal best score of '''8119''' points in August at 2009 World Championships in Athletics. His second best result is 8118 achieved in August 2008 at the Olympics after qualifying to the games with personal best 8069 points, achieved in July 2008 in Rakvere.
Raja finished tenth at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona with 7991 points. He was second in the heptathlon at the Tallinn International meet, scoring a personal best of 6114 points, while winner Ashton Eaton broke the world record.<ref>Lindmae, Maris (2011-02-06). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=59234.html Easton sets new World record in Tallinn with 6568 points]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-6.</ref>
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Result=yes|NotesOff=yes}} |- |2004 |National Championships |Rakvere, Estonia |bgcolor="Silver"| 2nd |Decathlon |7095 |- |rowspan=2|2005 |National Championships |Rakvere, Estonia |bgcolor="Gold"| 1st |Decathlon |7608 |- |European Combined Events Super League Cup |Bydgoszcz, Poland |bgcolor="Gold"| 1st |Decathlon |7434 |- |rowspan=2|2006 |National Championships |Rakvere, Estonia |bgcolor="Gold"| 1st |Decathlon |7809 '''PB''' |- |European Combined Events Super League Cup |Arles, France |bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd |Decathlon |7016 |- |rowspan=2|2007 |World Championships |Osaka, Japan |16th |Decathlon |7794 |- |European Combined Events Super League Cup |Tallinn, Estonia |6th |Decathlon |7834 '''PB''' |- |rowspan=3|2008 |World Indoor Championships |Valencia, Spain | 6th |Heptathlon |5894 |- |European Combined Events Super League Cup |Hengelo, Netherlands |bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd |Decathlon |7964 '''PB''' |- |Olympic Games |Beijing, China |13th |Decathlon |8118 '''PB''' |- |rowspan=3|2009 |European Indoor Championships |Turin, Italy |11th |Heptathlon |5800 |- |European Combined Events Super League Cup |Bydgoszcz, Poland |5th |Decathlon |7860 |- |World Championships |Berlin, Germany |15th |Decathlon |8119 '''PB''' |- |2010 |European Championships |Barcelona, Spain |10th |Decathlon |7991 |- |rowspan=2|2011 |European Indoor Championships |Paris, France |– |Heptathlon |DNF |- |World Championships |Daegu, South Korea |15th |Decathlon |7982 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720141237/http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atmeaa.php?ID=58846 |date=dmy |title=Andres Raja at EAA Athlete Database}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|andres-raja}} * {{ESBL profile|Andres_Raja}}
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