Kristo Enn Vaga
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Kristo Enn Vaga | |
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.jpg) Vaga in 2023 | |
| Member of the Riigikogu | |
| Assumed office 10 April 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 January 1997 |
| Party | Estonian Reform Party |
| Children | 1 |
| Occupation | Politician, racing cyclist |
Kristo Enn Vaga (born 4 January 1997)[1] is an Estonian racing cyclist and politician representing the Estonian Reform Party (Estonian: Eesti Reformierakond). Following the 2023 Estonian parliamentary election, he was elected to the Riigikogu.
Cycling career
In 2014, he became the Estonian junior champion in road bicycle racing and competed with the Estonia national team U23.[3] In 2015, he took second place in the Estonian Junior Road Championship and ninth place in the European Junior Road Championship and was the Estonian team pursuit champion (with Siim Kiskonen, Tair Stalberg, and Kirill Tarassov), and Estonian team sprint champion (with Kirill Tarassov and Oliver Keller). In France, he finished sixth on the Mont Faron stage of the Tour de la Région Sud PACA Juniors.[4]
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For the 2016 season, he signed a contract with the French club Charvieu-Chavagneux Isère Cyclisme, competing in the national division. With it, he achieved several honors, taking fifth in the Nocturne de Montrevel-en-Bresse, seventh place in the Tour de Côte-d'Or, and eighth in the Critérium de Briennon.[4] In his home country, he took seventh place among the elite at the Estonian Championship. He was then recruited by UC Monaco in 2017.[5]