Kersti Kaljulaid ousted as Estonian Olympic Committee president after bitter revolt
Kersti Kaljulaid, Estonia’s former head of state, has been removed as president of the Estonian Olympic Committee, or EOK, after a bruising vote of no confidence that exposed deep divisions inside the country’s sporting establishment.
At an extraordinary general assembly held on Monday at the A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn, 61 members of the committee voted to remove the former Estonian president from office. Fifty members voted against the motion and three ballots were declared invalid. Of the EOK’s 123 members, 114 were present – meaning that 58 votes were required for the motion to pass.
The result brings an abrupt end to Kaljulaid’s short tenure at the helm of the committee, to which she was elected in autumn 2024.
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4/27/2026 10:16:01 AM